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TYCHO! Beyond the Baton – 95 minutes

Featured Articles Alex First -
From Hungarian child prodigy to feted Australian musical genius, Tommy Tycho led a stimulating and adventurous life, overcoming a series of setbacks. He is front...

Pianist knew he was “overstepping the mark” on Gaza

Australia & NZ AAP -
Concert pianist Jayson Gillham has denied he deliberately misled the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra about performing a piece dedicated to journalists killed in Gaza. It has...
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Pianist’s Gaza remarks spark Federal Court fight

Australia & NZ AAP -
A court has heard the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was thrown into turmoil after pianist Jayson Gillham made comments about...

Israel defies Eurovision pressure to claim second place

Music Rob Klein -
Israel’s Noam Bettan has finished second at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, after a campaign marked by boycott...

A Jewish Australian story shines again at Eurovision

Music J-Wire News Service -
As Eurovision heads into its 2026 finals in Vienna, Danny Estrin is returning to the contest in a new...

Organic Saint-Saens

Featured Articles Alan Slade -
Oh, boy – did the Concert Hall of Sydney’s iconic Opera House get an acoustic workout in Saturday afternoon’s...

Eugene Onegin

Music Victor Grynberg -
An opera review by Victor Grynberg Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is widely acknowledged as the finest Russian composer of all...

Outrage after DJ leads antizionist chants at Sydney Biennale

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
Sydney’s Biennale of Sydney has come under renewed criticism after an American DJ used a festival performance to accuse...

Ed Sheeran Loop Tour

Featured Articles Alex First -
The Melbourne concert reviewed by Alex First Why is Ed Sheeran one of the most beloved (and, unquestionably, highly talented)...

Cocktail hour with Rosemary Curtin

Featured Articles Alan Slade -
There is something special about chamber music being heard in a chamber vis-s-vis in a concert hall. The Cocktail Hour...

Madama Butterfly………just magnificent

Featured Articles Victor Grynberg -
An opera review by Victor Grynberg Madama Butterfly is one of the most acclaimed operas of all time. One of...

Bernstein and Busoni   

Featured Articles Shirley Politzer -
An opera review by Shirley Politzer “Arlecchino”, the first of two operas presented at the historic Eternity Theatre in Darlinghurst,...

Carmen – an opera review by Alex First

Featured Articles Alex First -
Passion, obsession, desperation, jealousy and rage make for a fiery combination in composer Georges Bizet’s Carmen, newly interpreted by...

Hallelujah!  Monsieur Camembert and guests bring Leonard Cohen memories to Sydney

Have You Heard? Rob Klein -
Monsieur Camembert, the three-time ARIA Award-winning ensemble, will cap off a national sell-out tour when their acclaimed Leonard Cohen...

Music, poetry and stars align in “Custodians of the Sky”

Have You Heard? Rob Klein -
Woollahra will be bathed in celestial splendour this November when Emanuel Synagogue hosts the Australian premiere of "Custodians of...

Not an ordinary requiem

Featured Articles Shirley Politzer -
A music review by Shirley Politzer What does a 30-year-old composer do when faced with the loss of both his...

Landmark Jewish music event ‘Songs of Strength’ set to unite community

Community Rob Klein -
Following the success of the ‘Songs of Hope’ concert in Sydney last year, ‘Songs of Strength’ will also be...

Bizet’s Carmen: new production absolutely dazzling

Featured Articles Victor Grynberg -
An opera review by Victor Grynberg No matter how many times you may have seen this opera before, this brand...

Lord of the Dance

Featured Articles Alex First -
A dance performance reviewed by Alex First The Aussies and the Irish get along like a house on fire. Shared values,...

Lost Birds

Featured Articles Shirley Politzer -
A music review by Shirley Politzer The cavernous halls of the long-disused White Bay Power Station in Rozelle, physically cold...

Footloose: The Musical

Featured Articles Alex First -
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Light-hearted and fun, Footloose: The Musical is centred around change in conservative America...

The Marriage of Figaro

Featured Articles Murray Dahm -
An opera review by Murray Dahm This is a delightful production, full of wit, insight and wonderful singing, and with...

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