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Philip Glass, Sally Whitwell and Maki Namekawa join forces to premiere Glass’s Twenty Piano Études.
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Murder in the Dark: light, shadow, movement and music illuminate the Passion of Christ.
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Devil’s in the detail of this slick yet gritty production of Weill and Brecht’s anti-masterpiece.
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Robert Wilson's grim, ghoulish production is Weill and Brecht's Weimar Germany like you've never seen it before.
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On making silent operas and how Einstein on the Beach was supposed to be about Hitler.
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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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Tos Mahoney, director of the dynamic Perth new music organisation, on the state of new music in WA today.
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The Perth-born singer played a raunchy, bisexual Don Giovanni in London.
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AHG motoring group the driving force behind Australia’s newest professional orchestra.
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Delving into the "maestro myth": why are our best conductors overlooked?
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The incoming chief says he wants to give Perth's state orchestra its own distinct sound.
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Live review: Dance, Lucinda Childs Dance Company, Perth Festival
Heath Ledger Theatre, February 25
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More Brahms with your Webern, sir?
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Perth Festival, February 11
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In
Classical Music -
Feb 20, 2012
A major highlight of the 2012 Perth Festival was a new production of Richard Strauss's Elektra, presented by ThinIce and WA Opera. Director Matthew Lutton's production features powerhouse Danish soprano Eva Johansson, renowned as the most electrifying Elektra singing the role today.
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New Yorker Joseph Colaneri takes up the baton for Madama Butterfly in July.
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Strauss’s Elektra is the Perth Festival’s most bloodthirsty offering.
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In
Classical Music -
Nov 16, 2011
Members of the West Australia Symphony Orchestra revisit their "wonder years" in this charming series of photographs documenting formative early experiences with their instrument... And where it's led them as professional musicians today. Visit www.waso.com.au for more information on the orchestra's 2012 season.
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Festival Baroque Australia showcases local and national talent in a rare Handel opera.
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A ten-year portrait of one of Australia's favourite sopranos, from Baroque to Bernstein.
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Gallery partnership brings New York's prized Picassos and Warhols to art lovers in Perth.
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In
Jazz -
Peter Wockner -
Apr 12, 2011
Perth's Johannes Luebbers cooks up a treat, straddling the jazz-classical divide.
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The programme of the year's most anticipated orchestral event has been revealed, but will Vienna surpass Berlin?
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Paul Dyer talks to Limelight about his upcoming debut with WASO and the art of performing Baroque repertoire with a modern orchestra.