Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Arts & Culture
Sharing the universal language of music
Composer Melody Eötvös wrote her first composition at age eight. Now, her latest piece ‘Hun Tur’ is set to captivate audiences as part of the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra tour to Asia
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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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Clearing the fog of dementia with song
Music’s ability to trigger our deepest memories and emotions could help improve quality of life for people with dementia
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Hip Hop’s healing power
Born from marginalised communities as a force of self-expression, Hip Hop gets an unfairly bad rap for its confronting lyrics, but its power to promote mental and social health is going mainstream
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Stuart Greenbaum: Composed at 50
The planets have aligned for one of Australia’s best-known composers, but time and tide stop for no-one
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Piano men: When a mentor meets a prodigy
There are seven decades between them but pianists Kevin Suherman and Professor Max Cooke share a unique musical bond
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Under the Microscope
Instrumental reward of the harpsichord
Dr Erin Helyard has been praised as a virtuosic soloist as well as an inspired and versatile conductor, but his passion for performance goes way beyond the self
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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
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The purple reign is over: Long live Prince’s legacy
The pop icon changed music forever, influencing a generation of artists