Classical
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Ben Folds Australia 2018 Tour
Widely regarded as one of the major music influences of our generation, Ben Folds is making his way back to Australia to perform a new run of solo shows across the country
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Lechner-Tiempo: The Passion Of Tango Infused With The Beauty Of Piano
When siblings have a stand-off, the results will rarely take your breath away.
But watching the brilliant musical brother and sister prodigies Sergio Tiempo and... -
Restrung Festival Reveals 2017 Programme Headlined By Blonde Redhead
Back for its third season of 'cross-genre and contemporary classical strings-driven ensembles, bands, soloists, dance and physical theatre',
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Argo: To The Earth/To The Sky @ Queensland Music Festival Review
Against a backdrop of forests of skeletal trees lit by moonlight, falling rain, star-trails and ghostly birds, a string quartet is illuminated centre stage, arranged in a
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Musica Viva: Sitkovetsky Trio @ Queensland Conservatorium Review
During its evolution, the trio has moved from being a version of accompanied piano music to a genre in which the voices of piano, violin and cello are each given an equal
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Southern Cross Soloists Are Taking Over With Microcosms
The Southern Cross Soloists are coming to Redland Performing Arts Centre to transport audiences to a world of miniatures in 'Microcosms'.
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QSO, Glass And Rachmaninov @ QPAC Review
Queensland Symphony Orchestra continues to astonish and delight with its 70th anniversary celebrations, and Saturday night’s (22 April) concert at QPAC featured not just one,
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Lindsey Stirling @ The Tivoli Theatre Review
Lindsey Stirling is the sort of musician reinvigorating the way audiences view the violin.
No longer the relic of an orchestra, she’s taken the often undervalued... -
Grigoryan Brothers Release Songs Without Words
They are renowned for their romanticised world music that envelops flavours from a Hispanic culture.
Close your eyes for a moment and their guitar strums will take... -
Hans Zimmer Is No Longer Frightened Of The Stage
You may not have seen him before or recognise his face, but you most definitely will have heard his music at some point in your life.
Meet Hans Zimmer, one of the... -
Ed Kuepper: See A New Side Of The Veteran Musician
Ed Kuepper is an Australian musician that has been successful in the industry for more than 40 years.
During his career, he has been in multiple bands (including... -
Katie Noonan And Karin Schaupp: Together Under Latin Skies
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp make a wonderful duo.
The two are both well known in their solo endeavours, with Katie as the singer in Brisbane groups george and... -
Tubular Bells For Two Make Music Fun
We have a habit of thinking that certain instruments are only played in sombre kinds of affairs.
The glockenspiel isn’t known for its hard-rocking connotations,... -
Ludovico Einaudi Is In His Element As Heads To Australia
Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi comes to Australia early next year for a national tour of his globally-acclaimed album ‘Elements’ live and in full, accompanied by a
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Tautologies, Transitions, Translations: Kupka's Piano Return
Kupka's Piano will play their latest show, ‘Tautologies, Transitions, Translations’, in October as part of their 2016 season.
The sextet will look to return to the... -
Ben Folds with yMusic @ Sydney Opera House Review
It says a lot about yMusic – the baroque, neo-classical sextet with who Ben Folds, our man of the hour, has obsessed over, recorded an album with and then brought out on tour
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Grigoryan, Muthspiel, Schaupp @ 2016 Adelaide Guitar Festival Review
Austrian and Australian classical guitarists have more in common than the spelling of their homelands.
Adelaide Guitar Festival Director Slava Grigoryan’s name has... -
Lord Byron’s Don Juan @ 2016 Adelaide Guitar Festival Review
Spanish guitar melodies seduce one great Scot.
The tagline for this year’s Adelaide Guitar Festival is 'strumming to every beat'. This is intended to convey that... -
Page Sheens McHenry @ Grainger Studios Review
Adelaide is fortunate indeed to have access to musicians as eloquent and innovative as Adam Page, Matt Sheens and Ross McHenry. Three artists with strikingly different
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Ben Folds Is Rockin' The Chamber With yMusic
Y'all don't know what it's like to be male, middle-class and white.
At least that's what Ben Folds had us singing relentlessly in 2001 when his hit song, 'Rockin'...