José Luis Gomez: From Metal to Maestro
The Venezuelan-born conductor talks about growing up in El Sistema, learning from Paavo Järvi, and fronting a heavy metal band.
The Venezuelan-born conductor talks about growing up in El Sistema, learning from Paavo Järvi, and fronting a heavy metal band.
A presenter has to be a musical waiter – preferably one who doesn’t overstep the mark and never mispronounces the dish.
Moving to Bundaberg, Leonie Egan was surprised to discover very few traces of Gladys Moncrieff, so she set out to build an archive and bring the star of operetta home.
The Ukranian conductor explains Prokofiev's homage to Communism and how it feels spouting Lenin through a megaphone.
Following the release of his Hammerklavier recording, the American pianist talks to Limelight about why he held back for so long on tackling this pianistic titan.
After neck surgery in 2016, the popular soprano wondered if she’d sing again. Now, as she tells Jo Litson, she can’t wait to meet audiences on her forthcoming tour, following the release of new album Home.
We talk to 15-year-old Marcus Michelsen about stepping up to the plate, as well as Alexander Briger ahead of the SYO's challenging season opener.
Korean composer Unsuk Chin talks about studying with Ligeti, her influences, and what she'd tell young composers now.
Joseph Nolan saw colleagues’ jaws drop when he decided to move from London to Perth in 2008, but thanks to some enlightened West Australians, his cathedral, choir and career haven’t looked back.
Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream has enchanted audiences from its first performance. Howard Shelley speaks to Angus McPherson about how ‘the Dream’ was born.
The young Australian conductor, now based in Colorado, returns to Perth to conduct a symphonic tribute to Comic-Con – and there may be a costume involved.
The pianist grew up in Sydney before study in Copenhagen. So what's it like climbing one of the peaks of the business?
Ahead of her Violetta for Opera Australia, we give the American soprano the Five Questions treatment.