Fresh strings
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn’s tour will show how far the banjo has moved on from that scene in Deliverance.
Music
Wagnerian wonderland
Bayreuth is the German home of the world’s most famous and exclusive opera festival.
Playing with neurons
Science meets art in Perth-based neuroscientist Guy Ben-Ary’s incredible self-portrait.
Reluctant singer’s path to fame
Sudden fame took French singer Christine and the Queens by surprise.
Wow of a directorial bow
Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s music director Alondra de la Parra has assembled a program that boasts some of the world’s best symphonic music.
Creditors go baroque chasing $500K
The directors of Brisbane Baroque Festival have gone to ground owing at least $500,000.
Bayreuth: a Ring of authenticity
The Bavarian centre is a shrine to Richard Wagner.
A sense of endless war
The genius of Paul Taylor’s Company B is in the shadows the choreographer casts.
Sound of possibilities at Garma
The annual Garma Festival may be a contest of ideas, but come sundown it’s always a battle of the bands as well.
Back to his roots
Bela Fleck has returned to tradition after taking the five-string banjo places it has never been before.
How tweet it was
There was much that was splendid at sunny Splendour in the Grass last weekend — unless you were leaving by bus.
Finding his voice
The frontman of Band of Horses has a passion for harmonies and hardcore Americana.
Valuable lesson in updated Verdi
The action is driven by class conflict in Genoa and the personal ambitions and desires of the main characters.
Matilda swings to awards glory
The RSC musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book Matilda nabbed a record haul of 13 wins at the Helpmann Awards.
Minchin and munchkins magic
Matilda the Musical, scored by Perth-raised musical comedian Tim Minchin, hoovered up a record 13 Helpmann Awards.
Security clouds Bayreuth fest
Offstage drama and security fears have cast a shadow over Germany’s Bayreuth opera festival, which opens this week.
Tailor made for festival communion
Harley Streten, better known as Flume, admits that being on stage alone with just a laptop and keyboard can be isolating.
It’s down to the wire for Russians
The Hungarian composer Bela Bartok had a point when he declared that competitions were for racehorses, not musicians.
Hang out with your inner child
My daughter’s messages from the other side of the world remind me of what I’ve been missing.
The perfect Fanny Brice
Caroline O’Connor deserves to be rated with Barbara Cook and Mabel Mercer as one of the great singers in English.
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