Genevieve Lacey: Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey (Musica Viva Australia)

Genevieve Lacey is a Recorder virtuoso and ARIA Award winner. The Latvian Radio Choir is one of Europe’s most in-demand chamber choirs. Together they form a unique collaboration.   Latvian Radio Choir and Genevieve Lacey will be performing on Saturday the 7th of November at 7pm at the Melbourne Re…

James Shortland: "Emergence" album launch

Annie Martin speaks with James Shortland about James’s new album Emergence.  It's an expression of honesty, music and feeling, and was released recently at Melbourne’s JazzLab.  You can stream James’ single, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, on any major streaming platform.

Kate Millett: BK Opera's Tristan und Isolde

BK Opera is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a bold choice: Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, one of the most ambitious and emotionally intense works in the operatic repertoire.  But BK Opera is known for doing things a little differently.  Kate Millett, founder and creative director of BK…

Mischa Maisky in Recital: Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall recital, Friday Nov 06.

Mischa Maisky is one of the world's greatest living cellists.  He’s admired for his emotional honesty, unmistakable intensity and scores of acclaimed recordings. He’s collaborated with many of the greatest conductors and music collaborators of the past and present and is performing with his pianis…

Eugene Raggio & Livia Brash: Der Freischütz - Co-opera

Eugene Raggio and Livia Brash speak with Annie Martin about Der Freischütz, Carl Maria von Weber's opera, which is part of German Week.  Performed in German with English surtitles, it's on Friday the 23rd of October and Saturday the 24th of October at the Athenaeum Theatre in Collins Street.  That…

Sarah Grunstein: Bach Goldberg Variatons, Melbourne Recital Centre

Internationally acclaimed Australian pianist, Sarah Grunstein trained at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Julliard School, and is returning to Melbourne to play Bach’s Goldberg Variations at the Recital Centre. Sarah Grunstein speaks with Sue Kaufmann ahead of her concert at MRC on Oct 21. For ti…

Mitch Meyer: Cantata Memoria

Mitch Meyer speaks with Sue Kaufmann about the Australian premiere of  Karl Jenkins’ deeply moving Cantata Memoria, written to commemorate the victims – mostly children – who lost their lives in a landslide in the Welsh mining town of Aberfan 60 years ago.   Melbourne Town Hall, Sunday the 25th of…

Satu Vänskä: Live at Toorak Series - Satu Vänskä Trio, The Boundless Heart

Sue Kaufmann speaks with violinist Satu Vänskä about a concert with her new trio In the Live at Yours series. The Satu Vänskä Trio willbe performing trios by Haydn, Ravel and Shostakovich at the Toorak Synagogue in South Yarra on Thursday the 22nd of October. For more information and tickets go to…

Sarah Curro: Orchestra 21 - The Edge of Sleep

Sue Kaufmann speaks with violinist Sarah Curro, who will be directing Orchestra Victoria’s next concert, called The Edge of Sleep.  The program includes short works by Grieg and Tchaikovsky which lead into Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, and flows straight into calm and meditative music by Ella Ma…

Chris Howlett: Sir Stephen Hough in recital

Chris Howlett speaks with Sue Kaufmann about the upcoming tour by the beloved British pianist, composer and writer, Sir Stephen Hough. They discuss the recital’s varied program - which includes Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata, and Sir Stephen’s own arrangement of songs from Mary Poppins – and Classica…