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100 years of Leonard Bernstein

Adored conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein has left a legacy on the world unlike any of his modern contemporaries. He was known as the American composer, and when he ...

A word from Saul Lewis, principa ...

Two-thirds of the way through our China tour our Principal Third Horn, Saul Lewis, shares his thoughts on the trip so far. After spending a great length of time playi ...

SZX > PVG: Airport thoughts

“I’m on track to achieve my mission”, double bassist Ben Hanlon tells his bassoon buddy Jack Schiller one row up. “Four to five kilometres of running a day.” It’s an ...

Dale Barltrop's Travel Tunes

When I’m on the road, I like listening to a wide range of music, equal parts classical and non-classical. Particularly when I travel by land and I can watch the world ...

From love to loathe

From the moment it begins Beethoven’s Eroica demands the listeners attention. A celebrated work, Eroica is famous for its original dedication to Napoleon Bonaparte. B ...

Meet the Conductor: Andrea Molino

Conductor and composer, Andrea Molino, returns to Melbourne to make his performance debut with the MSO this June. Collaborating with superstar, Thomas Hampson, Andrea ...

Studio Ghibli: an international ...

It’s difficult to convey how privileged Melbourne audiences will be to welcome Joe Hisaishi on to the stage of Hamer Hall. This is the composer who soundtracked some ...

Meet the Musician: Allison Bell

Tasmanian born Allison Bell makes her MSO debut later this month at the Metropolis New Music Festival held at Monash University’s Robert Blackwood Hall. She talks abo ...