When it comes to choosing themes, International Music Festival director Roland Peelman is notoriously cavalier. But for his final one he's adopted a more serious tone, titling the event “Mulanggari” (Alive), says HELEN MUSA.
Canberra International Music Festival has announced that Eugene Ughetti has been appointed its next artistic director.
The Canberra International Music Festival will go ahead in 2024, but at about half this year’s size, encompassing just one weekend.
Canberra International Music Festival artistic director Roland Peelman will stage his tenth and final festival next year.
Music from a composer collective of various Bachs, Mozarts and Haydns sounded like an impressive way to launch a music festival. And it was, says reviewer IAN McLEAN.
In an unusual departure from conventional festival programming, the final concert of the 2023 Canberra International Music Festival is likely to raise the roof of the Fitters’ Workshop in Kingston, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"It was the musical equivalent of a perfectly-cooked Christmas pudding," writes HELEN MUSA in her reviews of Christmas Classics”.
To the sweet, sad strains of a new composition by young Canberra cellist, James Munro, Canberra International Music Festival, director Roland Peelman launched the 2023 program, centred around the theme "The Child Within".
Music reviewer IAN McLEAN reports from a concert for dogs that had neither a venue nor an audience, save for some passing hounds!
The Canberra International Music Festival has kicked off with the exquisite “Tree of Life” concert, reports reviewer DANTE COSTA.
DIRECTOR of the Canberra International Music Festival Roland Peelman is known as a canny programmer, but he’s outdone himself this time with the festive title of “Pole to Pole”, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
CANBERRA International Music Festival director Roland Peelman has never been one to take festival titles too seriously, but this time round he’s hit the jackpot in choosing the theme “Pole to Pole” for the 2022 event.
Singing and dancing with arms outstretched, symbolically embracing the audience, the group’s performance was electrifying, writes reviewer LEN POWER of the "Rainbow Serpent".
The overall performance was dreamy, lyrical, robust and passionate, writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY of the final Canberra International Music Festival concert, “Song of the Earth”.
Some composers focused on human separation, physical and emotional, one reflected on musical issues and others looked to the sea and the sky for inspiration.
This ensemble took the festival way out of its comfort zone, and did so unashamedly and with dynamism and great style, writes reviewer CLINTON WHITE.
A proud group of Tiwi women have come from Bathurst Island to perform in the Canberra International Music Festival.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's arts round-up.
In a concert of many colours, this one had something for everyone, writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY of “Great Hall Rising”.
