October 22, 2019
Classical Music
Rohan Dasika is the 2019 Freedman Classical Fellow
Dasika will use the $20,000 prize to commission new works for double bass by composers who have worked between Western and Carnatic music traditions.
October 22, 2019
Classical Music, Orchestral, Orchestral
Review: An Evening with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Carnegie Hall, New York)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra bring a pair of fine Australian works to the Big Apple.
October 22, 2019
Visual Art
Art Gallery of NSW announces its 2020 program
The summer exhibition for next year will be a major, Sydney-exclusive Matisse exhibition from the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
October 22, 2019
Classical Music
Composer of the month: Gounod
Feted in his own era, the French composer deserves to be remembered for more than the small handful of his works that are familiar today, says Roger Nichols.
October 22, 2019
Dance
Sydney Dance Company turns 50
Alumni, company members and audiences join forces to share memories in Us 50.
October 21, 2019
Chamber, Chamber, Classical Music
A new five day chamber music festival is coming to Bendigo
Musicians from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe will be amongst the guest artists at the first ever Bendigo Chamber Music Festival.
October 19, 2019
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
Review: The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Australia)
A rich, confident revival helmed by strong performances.
October 10, 2019
Classical Music
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October 22, 2019
Review: An Evening with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Carnegie Hall, New York)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra bring a pair of fine Australian works to the Big Apple.
October 21, 2019
Review: Pandemonium (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)
A weird alternative world: a roller coaster of horror and humour.
October 21, 2019
Review: The Enchanted Pig (Gertrude Opera, Yarra Valley Opera Festival)
A joyful production that demonstrates how it's possible to be world class while working on a shoestring.
October 21, 2019
Review: Madama Butterfly (Metropolitan Opera, New York)
Hui He soars as Minghella's thoughtful Butterfly, though all is not at ease down below.
October 19, 2019
Review: The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Australia)
A rich, confident revival helmed by strong performances.
October 22, 2019
Review: Debussy: Nocturnes (Singapore SO/Lan Shui)
Lan Shui proves you don’t have to be French to sound Gallic.
October 22, 2019
Rohan Dasika is the 2019 Freedman Classical Fellow
Dasika will use the $20,000 prize to commission new works for double bass by composers who have worked between Western and Carnatic music traditions.
October 22, 2019
Nominees announced for NLMA’s Live Classical Act of the Year
The classical music category was introduced by the National Live Music Awards this year.
October 22, 2019
Composer of the month: Gounod
Feted in his own era, the French composer deserves to be remembered for more than the small handful of his works that are familiar today, says Roger Nichols.
October 22, 2019
Review: An Evening with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Carnegie Hall, New York)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra bring a pair of fine Australian works to the Big Apple.
October 21, 2019
Review: The Enchanted Pig (Gertrude Opera, Yarra Valley Opera Festival)
A joyful production that demonstrates how it's possible to be world class while working on a shoestring.
October 19, 2019
Review: The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Australia)
A rich, confident revival helmed by strong performances.
October 18, 2019
West Australian Opera announces its 2020 season
Highlights include a new work by Tim Finn, the return of Emma Matthews, and a production from Glyndebourne.
October 9, 2019
Double Toil and Trouble
What do you do with a chorus of witches? And a less than heroic hero? These are just some of the challenges Verdi’s Macbeth poses for a director, says Stuart Maunder.
October 8, 2019
Review: Winter Journey (Teatro Massimo, Palermo)
Ludovico Einaudi's hypnotic, African-infused score and Colm Tóibín's poetic libretto unite in a triumphant, topical new opera.
October 19, 2019
Review: Billy Elliot The Musical (Sydney)
A powerful musical with a serious political message, that is joyously uplifting and entertaining at the same time.
October 14, 2019
Review: Fully Sikh (Black Swan State Theatre Company, Barking Gecko)
The theatre debut of spoken word performer Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa has a few teething problems but is an enjoyable, lyrical piece.
October 14, 2019
Review: The Nico Project (Melbourne International Arts Festival)
This tribute to the German actor-musician is as enigmatic as its subject.
October 11, 2019
My Brilliant Career – a new musical
Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank have joined forces on a musical adaptation of Miles Franklin's legendary book. Bryant tells us about the show.
October 11, 2019
State Theatre Company South Australia announces its 2020 season
Mitchell Butel reveals his inaugural program as AD, with plays that he hopes will make headlines, open the door to a more diverse group of actors, provoke and entertain.
October 22, 2019
Sydney Dance Company turns 50
Alumni, company members and audiences join forces to share memories in Us 50.
October 18, 2019
Queensland Ballet raises over $2 million in 24 hours
The Ballet companies’ fundraising campaign to fit out its new Academy home at Kelvin Grove State College exceeded its target by $170,000.
October 17, 2019
Review: Token Armies (Chunky Move, Melbourne International Arts Festival)
A radical work featuring robots and live animals from Chunky Move’s new director.
October 6, 2019
Ben Steel: The Show Must Go On
The actor decided to make a documentary about mental health in the entertainment industry, screening on ABC, after his own struggles with depression.
October 5, 2019
Review: Colossus (Stephanie Lake Company, Melbourne International Arts Festival)
Stephanie Lake shows a highly original sensibility in this exhilarating work.
October 22, 2019
Art Gallery of NSW announces its 2020 program
The summer exhibition for next year will be a major, Sydney-exclusive Matisse exhibition from the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
September 10, 2019
Home, Suite Home
A new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney is unearthing the history of music making in the early colonial home.
August 26, 2019
New contemporary art gallery dedicated to women artists opens in Melbourne
Opening this week, its first exhibition showcases the work of artists like Cigdem Aydemir, Lisa Roet and Louise Paramor.
August 19, 2019
Copyright Agency awards more than half a million in grants
The organisation’s philanthropic branch has funded a raft of projects enriching Australia’s publishing and visual arts sectors.
August 14, 2019
Create NSW Artform Advisory Boards announced
Naseema Sparks will Chair the Classical Music Board while Opera Australia CEO Rory Jeffes heads up the Opera, Musical Theatre & Chorus Board.
October 22, 2019
Review: Debussy: Nocturnes (Singapore SO/Lan Shui)
Lan Shui proves you don’t have to be French to sound Gallic.
October 18, 2019
Review: Weinberg: Symphonies No 2 and No 21 (Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla)
Two personal statements from a rediscovered symphonist.
October 18, 2019
Review: Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 (Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck)
German band brings pathos and panache to grand concertos.
October 18, 2019
Review: Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Malmö SO/Darrell Ang)
Two colourful Soviet symphonies strut their stuff.
October 18, 2019
Review: Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works (Kirill Gerstein, Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov)
Semyon Bychkov’s Czech band looks East and West.
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