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Pepe Newton

Sun and Grigoryan – dazzling virtuosity meets pulse and fire

Utzon Music | Emily Sun & Slava Grigoryan 17 August 2025, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Today we witnessed the start of a musical partnership that feels like it’s been going for years, such was the spell cast by violinist Emily Sun and guitarist Slava Grigoryan in this intimate Utzon Music concert, a short and sunny Sunday afternoon program that

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Paul Moulatlet

Eötvös Guitar Concerto premieres – exceptional composing, exceptional playing

Guitar Festival 2025 | Guitar Concerto 8 Aug, 8pm, Hanson Dyer Hall, Ian Potter Southbank Centre, Melbourne Rarity is a term not commonly used to describe concerts, but in this instance, rarity is more than apt as a descriptor. Firstly, guitar concertos are uncommon items in the broader classical repertoire; secondly, new works for guitar and orchestra are rare, and

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Paul Moulatlet

A concert of sonic pleasures from Leading Edge Guitar Ensemble

Leading Edge Guitar Ensemble | Acoustic Counterpoint  28 May 2025, Hanson Dyer Hall, Ian Potter Southbank Centre, Melbourne, VIC Concerts presented by wholly student ensembles can, at times, be a hit-and miss affair. However, the concert titled Acoustic Counterpoint, staged by the Leading Edge Guitar Ensemble at Melbourne’s Hanson Dyer auditorium was very much ‘hit’ and very little ‘miss’. Directed

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Claire Matthews

Karin Schaupp + Camerata presented an evening of sensitive chamber music

Camerata & Karin Schaupp: Serenade 23 May, 2024, QPAC, Brisbane, QLD Camerata joined forces with guitarist Karin Schaupp for an evening of sensitive chamber music on Wednesday night in the QPAC concert hall. It was the perfect mid-week escape, carving out a space for reflection in the busyness of life.  The stage was bathed in soft red lighting and set

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Clive Lane + Marjory Ellsmore

Simon Martyn-Ellis’ very pleasant evening of plucked-string music!

At the King’s Pleasure: A recital of music from Baroque France Simon Martyn-Ellis: theorbo and baroque guitar 28th February, 2024, Glebe Town Hall Simon Martyn-Ellis is probably best known to Sydney audiences from his work as a continuo theorbo player with Pinchgut Opera and the Australian Chamber Orchestra but he has also mastered the lute, baroque guitar, and 19th century

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Lily Begg

CD Review: Bridget & Phillip Bolliger | Pearls

Flautist Bridget Bolliger and guitarist Phillip Bolliger make a wonderfully sensitive duo in their new CD release, Pearls.  And their album is indeed pearl-like: a scattering of perfect miniatures, elegant and concise. Works by guitar masters Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos sit alongside a lesser-known Handel sonata, and a few of Phillip’s own compositions and some French impressionism are thrown in as

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Claire Matthews

Rapturous applause for QSO favourites

Queensland Symphony Orchestra  | QSO Favourites June 24, 2023, QPAC Concert Hall Queensland Symphony Orchestra presented a fun evening of orchestral favourites on Saturday night in the QPAC concert hall. It was a diverse program, with music ranging from opera, ballet, film and classical favourites.  QSO was conducted by Umberto Clerici, who provided fun introductions to each of the pieces

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Heidi Hereth

Welcome back to Sydney Chamber Music Festival… what a wonderful evening!

Sydney Chamber Music Festival | Revival October 16, 2022, Manly Art Gallery After a three year hiatus due to Covid, it was a pleasure to see the Sydney Chamber Music Festival return to the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, where we were surrounded by the wonderful drawings of Salvatore Zoffrea, the gallery’s current exhibition. The Sunday night program was titled

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Clive Lane + Marjory Ellsmore

CD Review: Michelle Nelson | Flowers Still Bloom

Compositions by Michelle Nelson for solo guitar, harp and guitar, recorder and guitar, and for tenor ukulele. This 46-minute CD is a new release on the MOVE label (MCD621) of compositions by the Melbourne composer, guitarist and educator, Michelle Nelson. Recorded from 2019 to April 2021, among the 22 short pieces there are some timeless themes (seasonal motifs, the death

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