January 6, 2020
Discover our readers' and critics' favourite artists of 2019, learn about Beethoven's final tempestuous year, and celebrate Musica Viva as it turns 75.
January 6, 2020
Discover our readers' and critics' favourite artists of 2019, learn about Beethoven's final tempestuous year, and celebrate Musica Viva as it turns 75.
January 30, 2019
The minimalist icon has spent 30 years avoiding the potential pitfalls of orchestral performance, so why break the habit now? Clive Paget visits the composer in his rural retreat to get the lowdown.
May 24, 2018
The pianist recorded his atmospheric first album in his kitchen at night – in spite of the neighbours – but now thanks to Internet success he’s touring the world.
May 11, 2018
The great German mezzo retired in 1994 after a remarkable 48-year career. She turned 90 this year, but as Clive Paget discovered, she has lost none of her worldly wisdom or her sense of humour.
September 3, 2017
In an exclusive interview with Limelight, Anna Netrebko speaks about life, art and the things she won’t do anymore.
August 30, 2017
Intercurrent demonstrates a contemporary music scene alive, evolving and thriving.
August 25, 2017
The conductor, composer and educator would have turned 99 today. In 2012 we looked back at his incredible career.
August 23, 2017
Ace Hotels will be presenting a full day of the composer’s music in lobbies and public areas on September 5.
July 25, 2017
The composer, artist, writer and broadcaster has won the Classical section in this year’s awards, taking home a $15,000 prize.
July 3, 2017
Julian Day and Katy Abbott are among the 40 songwriters and composers named as finalists for this year’s $15,000 Awards.
April 26, 2017
Philip Glass produces a great deal of music. His works unfold through the repetition of rhythmic figures, and by juxtaposing straightforward tonal chords (major and especially minor) that frequently have no traditional harmonic association with each other. It’s a recognisable sound, quite distinct from the music of his Minimalist colleagues Steve Reich and John Adams, particularly in their most recent works. Of the three, Glass has the broadest following because of the films he has scored, and operas like Akhnaten and Einstein on the Beach which helped define the zeitgeist of the 1980s. This new 2-disc set brings a selection of Glass’s music for solo piano. There have been previous such compilations and a pianist named Nicolas Horvath has been recording a complete series that reached its fifth volume last year. Levingston gives us the Etudes Nos 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 and 17; The Illusionist Suite (based on the music for a film); Dreaming Awake, described as “a deeply enigmatic, metaphysical study in sonority”; Metamorphosis No 2 (derived from Kafka’s story), and a piece inspired by an Allan Ginsburg poem, Wichita Vortex Sutra, during which the poem is recited by actor Ethan Hawke. I do…
March 14, 2017
In a wide-ranging 89th birthday interview the great mezzo speaks frankly about career and colleagues.
March 12, 2017
A live rendition of Glass's iconic hyper-score still thrills decades on.
January 10, 2017
What do you get when you place nuts and bolts on the keys of an organ (apart from a smack on the wrist from the organist)?
January 6, 2017
The Gandalf of the keys is headed for Oz, and Sydneysiders take note, the sorcerer of Continuous Music is seeking an apprentice.
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