20 July, 2018
Concert or catwalk?
Symphonic dress still tends to be traditionally black and formal. Mairi Nicolson wonders whether it’s time to shake things up a bit and offer orchestral musicians something stylish, contemporary and comfortable.
Mairi Nicolson
Mairi’s career with the ABC and BBC has taken her from the Sydney Opera House and Hamer Hall to New York’s Avery Fisher Hall and the Royal Albert Hall in London. Radio, ‘live’ music, travel and media coaching with younger singers and instrumentalists are her passions.
Articles by Mairi Nicolson
6 July, 2018
Review: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 7 (Jonathan Biss)
Jonathan Biss’s latest Beethoven appears headed for seventh heaven.
9 June, 2017
Mairi Nicolson on when that red light goes on
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