Pic Melanie Charles… Photo credit Shane Rozario
When a musical artist such as Brooklyn-born Melanie Charles is promoted as “renowned for her genre-blending fusion of jazz, soul, and R&B, layered with electronics and samples”, one doesn’t quite know what to …
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Presently the Australian Chamber Orchestra are running a short and precious tour of their 2017 movie with live music “Mountain” written, directed and produced by Jennifer Peedom. It was a full house right …
Above: Large vocal and orchestral forces plus baritone and soprano soloists delivered an exciting and exquisitely beautiful version of Brahms’ ‘Ein deutsches Requiem in the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. Photo credit: Stephen Blake.
Brahms never disappoints. And luckily for …
Pic Samara Joy… Photo credit Shane Rozario
The 25-year-old American singer Samara Joy, nominally the headline artist of theSydney International Women’s Jazz Festival (SIWJF) performed under somewhat difficult circumstances: she had come down with a respiratory infection in advance of …
Pic Hiromi… Photo credit Shane Rozario
The combination of a jazz pianist and a string quartet is by no means new. One thinks for example of Chick Corea’s album My Spanish Heart which Australian pianist Joe Chindamo says introduc…
The night before Halloween… Just in time for the Spooky Season on 30th October, Fever and Warner Bros. have conjured up a one-night-only Candlelight rendition of all your favourite Horror Classics performed live under the eerie glow from thousands of …
As we near the end of the 2025 season for Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the countdown is on for their followers to squeeze as many of the few remaining concerts as possible into the diary. The orchestra did not play …
Pic Major Zulu… Photo credit Natasha Killeen
When I last reviewed Major Zulu in November, 2022, on the occasion of her closing the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival at Foundry 616, she had a beautiful band of young jazz musicians …
Above and featured: Lime Cordiale gave a joyous, layered performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Images: Jordan Munns.
If you haven’t been to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall when it lets its hair down to party, then make sure …
Last night, The Tallis Scholars completed the final concert of their 2025 Australian tour in the Concert Hall of Sydney Opera House. It marks the end of their 11th tour of Australia, not nearly enough times, according to …