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The world’s leading violist talks rockstar aspirations, “divorce” from his own group and bouncing back.
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With so much virtual music at our fingertips, was it silly to get sentimental about selling off 2,000 of my classical CDs?
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Wunderbar! Feather boas and onstate orgasms in this tribute to the German jazz age.
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Apr 19, 2013
Acclaimed American pianist who famously self-financed her way to recorded success brings Bach's Goldberg Variations to Sydney.
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Apr 14, 2013
He composes, performs and conducts fiendishly difficult music with prodigious ease. What makes the British polymath tick?
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Apr 10, 2013
Rip-off or homage, here are ten of the greatest hits that pinched classical music in the name of pop.
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Apr 1, 2013
Great white takes chunk out of $10-million instrument as surfing violinist wrestles instrument from its jaws.
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Mar 26, 2013
The prolific French composer is moving into grittier territory with films like Zero Dark Thirty, and although Rust and Bone isn’t a walk in the park his signature sparse, eloquent orchestration remains largely unchanged.
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Mar 7, 2013
On the eve of his latest Australian performances we catch up with the globe-trotting gambist.
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The young French countertenor on why he’s taking eight months off singing to smoke and drink.
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Catching up with the youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn Competition as she heads to Australia.
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Feb 25, 2013
Dishy French pianist Alexandre Tharaud makes his acting debut in Amour.
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Feb 22, 2013
How did a girl from Point Piper grow up to conquer the opera world and be dubbed the “voice of the century”?
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Jan 30, 2013
Mendelssohn-lite on period instruments is far from lightweight.
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Jan 30, 2013
The grande dame of New York's avant garde has met her match composing for Kronos Quartet, but she has many strings to her bow.
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Jan 19, 2013
The best-selling choral composer is now writing for the harp, but it's not all choirs of angels.
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The cream of the classical music crop, as chosen by Limelight readers in 2012.
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Oct 11, 2012
We peer behind the veils in Opera Australia's gruesome new production.
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Sep 10, 2012
Accordionist Richard Galliano says the father of modern tango was “a second father” to him.
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Aug 16, 2012
What makes the world's most expensive instruments so special? Why are they synonymous with beautiful sound?
