Featured image: Aaron Blakey
This interview is the twenty-fifth in a series of interviews with a number of Australia’s most distinguished jazz artists, which originally were published monthly in Loudmouth, the e-zine edited by Dr Richard Letts. Loudmouth …
It’s been a long overdue meeting of minds, the marvellous Sydney Symphony paired for the first time with Australian Recorder Virtuoso Genevieve Lacey. Directed from the Violin by Concertmaster Andrew Haveron, they performed at Sydney’s City Recital Hall…
Above: Multi-instrumentalist James Morrison
This might be an odd thing to say, but I feel that James Morrison is going from strength to strength. I say odd, because Morrison’s performances for a long time have invariably been sold out and, …
Concert Violinist, Pinchas Zukerman arrived for a flying tour through Australia for a handful of recital concerts this month: at the Hamer Hall at the Arts Centre Melbourne on Monday evening, Sydney’s City Recital Hall last night and the …
Above – Donald Runnicles. Photo credit Sydney Symphony Orchestra
My fascination with Shostakovich goes back long ago to studying Russian history at university, when I discovered that during the Stalin era in the USSR, Shostakovich slept with a packed suitcase …
Belgian pianist and composer Daniel Verstappen returns to the Sydney Opera House on May 2 (7pm) for a one-night performance that brings together classical piano, film music and original composition.
Verstappen has developed a distinctive voice that draws on the …
Three-time Grammy-nominated blues legend Eric Bibb returns to Australia in April and May 2026 for his most extensive full-band tour to date – bringing his acclaimed new album One Mississippi to stages around the country.
A towering figure in contemporary …
Above – Donald Runnicles… Photo credit Jay Patel
The gestation of my fascination with Mahler is twofold. Firstly, it goes back to Paul Keating, whose achievements as Treasurer (1983-1991) and Prime Minister (1991-1996) have, in my view, never been as …
This was truly a night of choral and instrumental splendor honouring the spirit of Bach and Handel and baroque music generally while celebrating the vital work of Australia’s leading early music ensemble. Under Dyer’s vision, the Brandenburg orchestral program has …
This April, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra reunites choir and orchestra for Choral Splendour, a jubilant and uplifting celebration of Baroque music at its most exhilarating. Led by Artistic Director Paul Dyer, the series marks the ensemble’s first major …