Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the MSO: Mid Season Gala 31 July, 2022, Hamer Hall There was something deeply captivating about cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 to a sold-out audience at Hamer Hall alongside the Melbourne Symphony...
Articles + Reviews By Chai Jie Low
Review: Multi-sensory Rapture with ACO
Australian Chamber Orchestra: Rapture and Revolution ACO StudioCasts Feb 2021 The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) launched its inaugural 2021 digital season of StudioCasts with Rapture and Revolution, a unique and immersive multi-sensory concert experience. While...
CD Review: Inventi Ensemble | Musical Storytelling at its Finest
Between the Melbourne lockdowns of 2020, Inventi Ensemble were hard at work recording their second and third albums over three days, producing a vibrant and innovative collection of musical masterpieces. Women of the Earth Their new album, Women of the Earth, is a...
Melbourne to have 16-hour music marathon for firefighters
Forty established and emerging musicians from Sydney and Melbourne will unite to perform a 16-hour Music Marathon, to raise funds for the Country Fire Authority (CFA). The concert will feature a spectacular program of solo, duo and chamber music in a tribute to the...
With their Classical Masters program, the Melbourne Musicians proved themselves to be masters of Classical
The Melbourne Musicians concert at MLC’s James Tatoulis Auditorium showcased an outstanding line up of local talents in a unique concerto extravaganza. Led by Artistic Director, Frank U. Pam, the chamber orchestra is laudable in its focus on providing a platform for...
A Menagerie of Musical Delights: Evergreen Ensemble’s Baroque Birds and Beasts
Evergreen Ensemble’s evening performance in the beautiful, intimate setting of the Melbourne Recital Centre’s Primrose Potter Salon was both an aural and visual treat. In a program of early music and Scottish tunes which rarely surface in the modern music scene,...