July 12, 2018
Review: Joyce Yang (Musica Viva)
Joyce Yang brought a sense of playfulness and whimsy, along with her virtuosic technique and exceptional musicianship, to her recital for Musica Viva.
July 6, 2018
Review: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 7 (Jonathan Biss)
Jonathan Biss’s latest Beethoven appears headed for seventh heaven.
July 4, 2018
Andrey Gugnin: Pianist on the Go
Two years on from his Sydney International Piano Competition win, the busy Russian pianist tells us about new friends, new recordings and hearing your own inner voice.
July 4, 2018
Review: Hough plays Rachmaninov (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)
Nothing less than true musicianship from pianist Stephen Hough.
June 28, 2018
Review: Debussy: Preludes Book 2, En Blanc et Noir (Maurizio Pollini, Daniel Pollini)
More ice than fire in Pollini’s belated Debussy part two.
June 28, 2018
Review: Brahms: Klavierstücke, Rhapsodies (Dirk Herten)
In Brahms, the best is the enemy of the good.
June 28, 2018
Review: For Glenn Gould (Stewart Goodyear)
A Canadian’s tribute to Glenn Gould fairly hums along.
June 28, 2018
Review: Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes (Nikolai Lugansky)
Lugansky’s latest label-hop delivers 24 of the best.
June 21, 2018
Canadian pianist Avan Yu: It’s easy to love competitions when you win
The 2012 Sydney International Piano Competition winner on career, competitions and the big breaks that got him started – including an impromptu duet with Yo-Yo Ma.
June 19, 2018
Australian National Piano Award Finalists Announced
The 14 finalists will go on to compete for $68,000 in cash and prizes in Shepparton, Victoria.
June 4, 2018
Review: Messiaen: Catalogue d’Oiseaux (Pierre-Laurent Aimard)
Monumental work of radical naturalism gets masterly treatment.
June 4, 2018
Review: Debussy: Estampes, Préludes Book (Daniel Barenboim)
Barenboim’s modernist Debussy may just be what this year needs.
June 4, 2018
Review: Falla: Solo Piano Music (Garrick Ohlsson)
Ohlsson the magician conjures Falla’s pianistic spell with love.
