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When Fran met Baz

ABC’s Fran Kelly gets it warts and all from the director of The Great Gatsby.

Julie Andrews to tour Australia

The legendary performer will appear on stage with an old pal from the Sound of Music.

June issue of Limelight: Your essential guide to British music

The June issue focuses on the glorious musical tradition that is British music.

Classic FM go to the movies

Wanted: the top 100 musical soundtracks or pieces of classical music used in films.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Ahmed, Puri)

Searing study of 9/11’s effect on a man caught in the culture wars.

The Hunt (Mads Mikkelsen)

A sensitive subject with a satisfyingly Scandinavian chill.

Song for Marion (Redgrave, Stamp)

Redgrave can’t redeem this fluff for the silver-haired screen.

Tabu (Soveral, Madruga)

Kiss the rains down in Africa: a cinematic masterpiece.

Deanna Durbin has died

Hollywood legend and one of the first crossover stars passes away at 91.

Greatest Music in War Films (ANZAC Day Special)

In an ANZAC Day special, we salute the 10 greatest war films of all time and the music that defined them.

Singing Life of Pi: Bombay Jayashri's high Cs on the high seas

The voice behind Ang Lee’s blockbuster brings Indian classical music to the Sydney Opera House.

May issue of Limelight: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring turns 100

The new issue reveals how Stravinsky’s controversial yet hugely influential masterpiece changed the world.

Conductor, pianist and arranger Tommy Tycho has died

Influential and much loved award winning arranger of Advance Australia Fair passes away at the age of 84.

Rust and Bone: The Film Soundtrack (Alexandre Desplat)

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.

Rust and Bone (Schoenaerts, Cotillard)

This tale of love blooming from tragedy just doesn’t have legs.

Landfill Harmonic: Great orchestra, rubbish instruments

An upcoming documentary film features a remarkable orchestra from Paraguay where young musicians play instruments made from rubbish.

Landfill Harmonic: Great orchestra, rubbish instruments

Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming documentary film about a remarkable orchestra where musicians play instruments made from rubbish. The documentary features “The Recycled Orchestra”, the creation of Favio Chavez, a landfill worker and musician and focuses on Chavez and an inspiring group of children beating the odds in poverty stricken Cateura, Paraguay.

Archibald Prize 2013: The Finalists

Limelight presents the 39 Archibald finalists. The arts dominate proceedings as in many years with the most striking entries in 2013 including portraits of violinist Warren Ellis as well as actors Bille Brown, Hugo Weaving, Asher Keddie (entitled Love Face), Naomi Watts, Toni Collette and burlesque artist Venus Vamp. The portrait of writer Tara Moss has won the Packing Room Prize. The exhibition of the finalists runs from March 23 to June 2.

“Creative Australia” puts art at the heart of the nation

Arts community broadly welcomes National Cultural Policy initiatives – plus a stack of cash.

Amour: The Film Soundtrack (Alexandre Tharaud)

Dishy French pianist Alexandre Tharaud makes his acting debut in Amour.
 
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