Music

Pianist knew he was “overstepping the mark” on Gaza

Arts AAP - 19/05/2026

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...

Pianist’s Gaza remarks spark Federal Court fight

Arts AAP - 18/05/2026

A court has heard the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was thrown into turmoil after pianist Jayson Gillham made comments about the war in Gaza during...

Israel defies Eurovision pressure to claim second place

Israel Rob Klein - 17/05/2026

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 - 15/05/2026

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 - 22/03/2026

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 - 18/03/2026

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

Arts Rob Klein - 15/03/2026

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 - 27/02/2026

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 - 04/02/2026

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 - 09/01/2026

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 - 01/12/2025

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 - 17/11/2025

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

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