Reviewer ROB KENNEDY savours an hour of music and conversation at the keyboard between Tamara-Anna Cislowska and composer Larry Sitsky. "His legacy is still a work in progress, but his influence is cemented throughout Australia," he writes.
Beethoven’s Legacy was the focus and SARAH BYRNE reviews performances by Trio Karénine and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
"The trio’s performance captured the elegant simplicity of the Australian bush and the composer's wish to evoke the harmonious ways in which traditional owners inhabit the land," writes reviewer CASSIDY RICHENS.
"It’s certainly a play for those who enjoy shows about theatre behind the scenes," writes ALANNA MACLEAN in her review of The Actress, playing at the Rep Theatre until May 18.
ANNA CREER reviews two new crime books set in regional Australia, one written with skilfully interwoven strands, the other tense and dramatic.
Australian Dance Week has been launched at CMAG, with a preview of Australian Dance Party’s Co_Lab:24 performed at the Courtyard Theatre.
LEN POWER reviews Shipwrecked, a performance of Baroque music by Tobias Cole and Apeiron Baroque.
"With a collection of recorder music spanning from the Renaissance to the present day, it was a pleasure to hear the musical expressions crafted for this instrument through nearly 500 years," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
BILL STEPHENS reviews Prinnie Stevens performance of Lady Sings the Blues Vol. 2.
CON BOEKEL reviews two new photographic exhibitions at At M16 Artspace.
LEN POWER reviews a performance by soprano Ayşe Göknur Shanal in “a concert in human solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza".
Three books, two by Australian authors, reaffirm the dramatic impact humanity has had, and continues to have, on our fragile environment, writes reviewer COLIN STEELE.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Birth & Rebirth, a concert performed by James Monro, Sarah Zhu and Paul Nicolaou.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Prayers and Lamentations, a performance by The Oriana Chorale.
"Heather Mitchell’s performance as the legendary US lawyer and judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is poetry in motion." SIMONE PENKETHMAN reviews RGB: Of Many, One.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews The Shoe-Horn Sonata, at The Mill Theatre, Fyshwick.
"The ensemble were magnificent. They were wonderfully supportive of the soloists but had an energy, colour, intensity and virtuosity of their own that had the audience mesmerised." ALPHA GREGORY reviews the Australian Haydn Ensemble.
"Karen Vickery’s translation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull makes for a highly relatable and accessible text heightened by strong and, at times, very powerful performances from the cast," writes reviewer JOE WOODWARD.
LEN POWER reviews Romantic Masters, a performance by tenor Andrew Goodwin and pianist Roland Peelman.
