David Hood

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David Hood

A broadcaster for 20 years’ with 3MBS FM, Melbourne, David has given preconcert talks for Musica Viva & the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & reviewed CDs & written feature articles for Libretto, 3MBS’ programme guide. A pianist & composer, he received the Franz Liszt Memorial Plaque from the Hungarian Government, 1986.
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Lucas Debargue – an absolute virtuoso…

Live at Yours | Lucas Debargue June 2 Toorak Synagogue, Toorak, VIC What to expect from the French artist Monsieur Lucas Debargue? Factor in the fourth-prize winner at the XVth […]

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Melbourne’s new intimate classical venue…Nightingale Gallery’s first monthly Piano Series

Nightingale Performing Arts | Kristian Chong & Cameron Roberts May 28, 2026, Nightingale Gallery, Armadale, VIC I asked myself, thinking of Schubert, did those short-lived 19th Century composers, such as […]

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MUCS’ Bruckner and Dvořák – a marvellous thing

Melbourne University Choral Society + Box Hill Chorale | Te Deum (Bruckner) and Mass in D Major (Dvořák) 23 May 2026, All Saints East St Kilda, VIC Helena Dix, Soprano; […]

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Melbourne Classical Quartet’s programme left me wanting more!

Melbourne Classical Quartet | The Classical Flute May 2, 2026, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Richmond, VIC Cameron Jamieson; Meg Cohen, violins; Katie Yap, viola; Rosanne Hunt, cello, with Kim Tan, […]

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Forty-Five Downstairs Chamber Music Festival – a beautifully selected programme by Coady Green

Forty-Five Downstairs Chamber Music Festival | BRAHMS, LISZT & MENDELSSOHN: Hungarian Fire and Italian Light 28 April, 2026, Forty-Five Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC Coady Green – Piano Ricardo Roche Idini – […]

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Tumultuous applause and bravos for Krylov + Shamray at Toorak Synagogue

Live at Yours | Sergei Krylov (violin) and Konstantin Shamray (piano) March 10, 2026, Toorak Synagogue, Melbourne, VIC “THE STARS WERE BRIGHTLY SHINING” to quote Puccini’s Tosca, this night; two […]

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MSO opening gala with Jean Yves Tibaudet – audience knew musical stars when they heard them

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Opening Gala March 5, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The “wonderful” MSO took us on an enthralling aural voyage to Hollywood (via Northern Russia); Tin Pan […]

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MCO presents a cornucopia of varied delights, both old and new

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Flexible Sky 26 February 2-26, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC MCO’s first programme for 2026, Flexible Sky was a cornucopia of varied delights, both old and new […]

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Rieko Makita’s piano artistry debuts in Melbourne

Pianist Rieko Makita | Night & Reflections January 30, 2026, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC If you saw the Paris olympics Opening ceremony, you might remember a young pianist, sailing down […]

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MSO presents a moving and brilliant Messiah

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Handel’s Messiah December 13, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC CAN YOU IMAGINE – I cannot – Handel’s great contemporary, JS Bach (both born 1685), recycling some […]

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MCO gives us treasures of the highest value in ‘Nightingale’

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Nightingale November 23, 2025, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC THE GREAT J.S. Bach, renowned as a master organist certainly knew his way around a harpsichord, as well; […]

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“Amazing, absolutely amazing!” MSO’s Sibelius

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | A Celebration of Sibelius October 30, 2025, Melbourne Town Hall, VIC Benjamin Northey – Conductor Edward Walton – Violin A night of Sibelius works, large and […]

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Franck’s Symphony beautifully performed by MSO under the baton of Rodolfo Barráez

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Impressions of Paris October 25, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC César Franck might have said, as a certain diminutive, dapper detective did: “I am not Frrench, […]

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MRC’s Great Romantics Competition showcases brilliant young performers

Great Romantics Competition | Melbourne Recital Centre 21 September, 2025, Melbourne, VIC “How do judges decide in a Musical Competition?”, I thought, waiting for the start of the show, now […]

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Stephen McIntyre plays Schumann: a great musician honours a great composer

Stephen McIntyre plays Schumann 18 September, 2025, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Robert Schumann originally planned his Fantasy in C., Opus 17 to be used to fundraise for […]

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MCO’s stunning brilliance and inspiring collegiality on show

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Musette 24 August, 2025 Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Sophie Rowell’s brilliantly-curated programme, on Sunday 24 August at Melbourne Recital Centre, had the MCO touring musical Australia, […]

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