The June 2021 issue of Limelight is now available
We look at Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and why it has inspired so many adaptations, composing women past, present and future, and the piano works of an overlooked Australian composer lost and found.
Angus McPherson is a writer, editor and digital content specialist. He is a former Deputy Editor of Limelight and has written for BBC Music Magazine, RealTime Arts and CutCommon. A flute player by training, he holds a PhD in Music.
We look at Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and why it has inspired so many adaptations, composing women past, present and future, and the piano works of an overlooked Australian composer lost and found.
The two double bass players, who will share a desk in the upcoming Australian World Orchestra season, speak about the pleasures and challenges to be found at the deep end of the string section.
Two Minutes from Home offers up a fascinating musical anthology of 2020 as experienced by Decibel's creative community.
Catherine Haridy will helm the AMC from 1 July, following John Davis’ remarkable 32-year tenure.
Curator Hannah Fink takes us through the musical specials at the Sydney Opera House's acclaimed restaurant.
The 15-year-old Australian violinist speaks to Limelight ahead of the semi-finals of the Menuhin Competition.
A nimble reading of Mahler's Fourth Symphony by Umberto Clerici and an orchestra in top form.
Ten composers will receive $5000 each from the Fund, which is presented by the APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre's Art Music Fund.
The playwright, whose Wonnangatta premiered last year starring Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair, is this year’s recipient of Sydney Theatre Company’s $25,000 Fellowship, while Ra Chapman has won the Patrick White Playwrights Award.
Composer Emma Greenhill will work with the winning choreographer on a new dance work set to premiere in 2022.
Anne-Louise Sarks will take over from Brett Sheehy to become the company’s seventh Artistic Director.
Qwest TV CEO and co-founder Reza Ackbaraly tells us about the new channel available in Australia, how the platforms aims to democratise classical music, and how studying with Nadia Boulanger informed Quincy Jones’ remarkable career.
With the company’s MainStage program kicking off in May, Antony Pitts and Francis Greep talk to Limelight about how the company is navigating the turbulence of the global pandemic.