Phoenix Collective’s superb erhu in East-West Fusion

Phoenix Collective | East-West Fusion Greenway Chapel, 24 April, 2022 I had been hoping to hear the Phoenix Collective perform and was lucky enough to catch them on my home patch, namely Greenway Chapel near Gosford and I was not disappointed. The venue is spacious with great acoustics. Sunday’s concert was titled appropriately East-West Fusion and in the first half

Tony Burke April 25, 2022

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Murakawa + Gorbach in secret passages under the city

We’re in Buenos Aires, sipping on an Argentinian Malbec and watching the sultry shadows of dancers glance off the blue lit walls of the secret underground portico hosting tonight’s clandestine milonga… oh wait, my imagination got away from me for a moment, we’re in an old coal train tunnel in inner Sydney harbour suburbia, and the wine is actually a

Pepe Newton February 19, 2022

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Within Lotte Betts-Dean’s Four White Walls there is calmness and joy

When I sat down on a quiet Sunday evening in lockdown to view Lotte Betts-Dean’s solo online concert I was not intending to write about it, I just wanted to listen to something beautiful and having heard Betts-Dean’s voice live in the past I knew I would probably not be disappointed on that front. The programme of works (listed below)

Pepe Newton September 27, 2021

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Lawergren and Lowe, the epitome of elegance

Dusk to Dawn Mosman Art Gallery, March 20, 2021 After battling the flooding streets of Sydney’s lower North Shore to get to the Mosman Art Gallery it was a delight to stop and dry out while taking a quick look around the stunning Balnaves Gift which features artworks significant to Mosman, including key works by Arthur Streeton, Conrad Martens, Margaret

Pepe Newton March 21, 2021

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Review: Symphonic Saxes at old 505 | Nexas+Granger

Nexas Quartet’s collaboration with harpist Emily Granger at Old 505 last week was the closest I have yet come since Covid infected our lives to attending a live orchestral concert in the traditional sense – with each work on the program firmly in the tonal camp and the ensemble displaying a capacity for exquisite orchestral textures and phrasing. Debussy bookended

Adam Jeffrey December 15, 2020

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Ensemble Trivium showcased chamber music with a French twist

Ensemble Trivium’s French Revelations concert was the perfect way to unwind on a Friday evening. Heritage-listed Old Government House, Brisbane, with its oak-panelled doors, high ceilings and chandeliers, was an intimate setting for chamber music. Ensemble Trivium is a collective of Brisbane chamber musicians, performing chamber music centred around the flute. The ensemble on Friday featured flautist Monika Koerner, pianist

Claire Matthews November 11, 2019

Sarah Grunstein’s programme was a fitting way to spend a Sunday twilight on Sydney Harbour

The Australian pianist Dr Sarah Grunstein has had an illustrious international career both as a performer and educator. She has two degrees from the Juilliard School in New York and held a teaching fellowship there for four years. We arrived early so had plenty of time to read the program for this piano recital. The quality of Grunstein’s own program

Daniel Kaan November 4, 2019

Kenny Broberg showcased his virtuosity in a multifaceted, impactful recital

Kenny Broberg is rapidly becoming a notable figure in the piano world. In 2016, he was a Grand Finalist in the Sydney International Piano Competition. The following year, he won the Silver Medal at the Van Cliburn competition in Fort Worth Texas, and in 2019 he won Third Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Now, Broberg has returned

Heath Auchinachie September 10, 2019

Streeton Trio celebrates first flush of genius

The Streeton Trio can certainly be congratulated for a superb performance that introduced us to early and unfamiliar works by well-loved composers.

Margaret Steinberger November 24, 2015

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