Classical

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Under the Microscope

Turning the orchestral tide

Young musicians from the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will embark on their first international tour to Singapore and Shanghai. Among the works will be the world-premiere of Tide by composer and arranger Alice Humphries...but she

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Podcast

From “failed musician” to innovative entrepreneur

Susan De Weger is not your typical classical musician. The self-confessed “failed musician” now helps young musicians connect with modern audiences and compete with digital disruption

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Book extract

Chopin, the Nazis, and the Spanish piano

The instrument used by the virtuoso pianist to compose his Preludes had a life, and surprising afterlife, of its own