Playing with a chamber outfit in Australia can be a pretty precarious profession. We spoke to some of our finest ensembles about the challenges faced and finding that special ingredient that makes them compelling for audiences today.
SBS World News presenter Anton Enus grew up listening to the grand dames of jazz, but soon developed an obsession with Puccini’s seamstress when he discovered classical music in his 20s.
Limelight Magazine is putting out a call for enthusiastic interns, passionate about classical music and the arts, to come and work with the editorial team.
Returning to Sydney in a role for which he’s won much acclaim, the American tenor makes the case for why Edgardo might just be crazier than Donizetti’s Bride of Lammermoor.
The famously stern maestro brought the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to a halt after noise from the audience interrupted a quiet moment in the music.
First Peach Melba, now La Dolce Jessica, a deconstructed trifle honouring soprano Jessica Pratt is on the menu at Aria Restaurant.
Director Andy Packer explains how the text of Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament interweaves with the music of the Australian String Quartet’s Beethoven Widmann Beethoven tour.
An exciting, vibrant program that felt a little too big for the Utzon Room.
This phenomenally gifted composer’s legacy still resounds across both popular and classical music – and now audiences can hear him playing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
An ambitious concert program that was delivered brilliantly.
An eclectic, innovative program that saw the orchestra on top form.
Intimate and revelatory takes on Beethoven piano concertos.
Silesian Quartet is the star as Grażyna Bacewicz gets her dues.
