Composer of the Month: John Dowland
Was the composer as miserable as his doleful music might suggest, or was he merely reflecting the fashion for melancholy that gripped the Elizabethan age?
Was the composer as miserable as his doleful music might suggest, or was he merely reflecting the fashion for melancholy that gripped the Elizabethan age?
Alamire premieres a Thomas Tallis collaboration by Royal command.
Researchers in Japan found that higher levels of testosterone in men went hand in hand with lower interest in sophisticated music.
It didn’t take much to persuade legendary pianist Emanuel Ax to come and play Mozart with the SSO. But the fact that his preparatory period would coincide with the Australian Open didn’t hurt.
A fine string quartet stretches to 70 CDs while Furtwängler makes a vinyl comeback and Kats-Chernin celebrates her 60th.
A new study has found different processes occur in the brains of classical and jazz pianists, even when playing the same music.
From chopsticks to a Guarneri, this fiddler will amaze you.
Australian compositions may not immediately spring to mind when you consider the great 20th-century symphonies but, argues Rhoderick McNeill, there is a significant body of work worth celebrating.
The marsupial was the subject of a hot pursuit for several hours this morning before it was apprehended at the Sydney Conservatorium.
Ma, Ax and Kavakos give exhilarating accounts of old favourites.
Christian Li is one of 44 participants selected in this year's most prestigious competition for young violinists.
Heated arguments and a case of musical rivalry lurk behind the four composers featured on the star violinist’s latest recording project.
Philippe Sands, author of East West Street, talks about turning his book on crimes against humanity into a performance that explores the solace music provides.