Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

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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