Bruce Beresford’s film Ladies in Black is about to grace the screen. Composer Christopher Gordon tells us about his music, which suits the 1950s period but doesn’t sound like the score from a movie of that era.
Israeli quartet take on the Impressionists in a double bill.
Expressive performance breathes fresh air into an old favourite.
Chiesa brings to light a trio of rare Italian cello concertos.
Chen’s salon fare is fine, but is Bruch the elephant in the room?
Brilliant Bartók as German violist goes Hungary.
Mason Bates’ operatic bio takes a mega-byte out of a certain big Apple.
Inspired by the land around him, Tasmanian-born Peter Sculthorpe was perhaps the first to capture the essence of Australia in Western-style classical music. Graeme Skinner examines the life of a great composer who came to define our sound for the rest of the world.
Warlpiri and Anmatyerr women’s songs are the focus of a research exhibition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
The Australian organist and composer talks about his album of art song, Real and Right and True, and the form that is closest to his heart.
The Australian flute player, who has just released her debut album, on moving to France with just a flute and a backpack.
Ahead of her return to Australia, the German violinist tells Jo Litson how she used to listen to her parents make music under the grand piano, as well as her special connection to Hindemith.
A fine golfer and feisty sports journalist, Dame Joan Hammond jettisoned both careers to focus on opera, where that same determination took the much-loved Australian soprano to the very top.
