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Deborah Levy’s new novel, set in our pandemic-era present, contains the heat and desire of a European summer and the upward struggle of a soul. Jane Gleeson-White says she ‘read it like a thriller’.
Charlie Chaplin once said: “I have known three geniuses in my life: Einstein, Churchill and Clara Haskil”. So why are only
Pianos can seem like members of a family; but new homes for them can be hard to find.
Music is featured in most of Jane Austen’s novels and recent research is teaching us more about her personal love of music. What can it tell us about the world of Jane Austen?
When Beethoven died, all he left behind were some sketches for his 10th Symphony. Now, thanks to the help of artificial intelligence, the composer’s vision is coming to life.
This beautiful and sophisticated work is one of the best-loved, most enduring pieces in piano repertoire.
As a concert pianist, Scott Davie has been searching for the spirit of Chopin since his teens. It’s taken him to Paris and Majorca and channeled tantalising notes through time.
Four Indigenous composers were asked to create works for a square piano from a painful period in our nation’s history. They did so in creative, honest and powerful ways.
Toy pianos typically have a range of 12-36 keys, roughly one quarter the range of a full piano. But they are used by composers and music makers to write everything from concertos to pop songs.
Richard Wayne Penniman was one of a handful of pioneers who shaped the original rock and roll sound.
In ‘Joker’ and ‘Marriage Story,’ sometimes the absence of sound can pack as much of a punch as dramatic music.
Audiences know what it’s like to listen to Beethoven’s iconic works - but to play his creations as a concert pianist is to grab the music with both hands and join the composer in a powerful battle.
A new film examines the life and tragic death of a concert pianist once hailed as our nation’s brightest prodigy - and a former PM’s accusations of neglect by cultural leaders.
Lee, who is blind and autistic, upended the assumption, held by many, that people with disabilities lack rich interior lives.
Michael Atherton’s new book traces the history of pianos in Australia from the First Fleet to modernity. Despite concerns over its demise, the instrument is unlikely to disappear any time soon.
A new recording of South African composer Arnold van Wyk’s complete solo piano music explores new perspectives.
Debussy’s Clair de Lune, meaning ‘moonlight’, is one of the most easily recognised pieces of music, but its origins are complex. The piece was influenced by poetry, Baroque music and the Impressionist movement.
The 29-year old Johannes Brahms had his first major public success with his piano quartet in G minor, but not everyone gave it glowing praise.
Whoever finds it beautiful is beyond help, quipped critic Eduard Hanslick upon hearing Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor for the first time. Fortunately, posterity did not agree with him.
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Deputy Head of School, Senior Lecturer in Piano and Musicology, School of Music, Australian National University
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Associate Professor Piano Division, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Associate in English, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Brunel University London
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Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University
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Professor Emeritus of Music, Griffith University
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Cellist and musicologist, University of Sydney
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Musicology, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Music, University of New England
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Profesora Titular de la UCLM. Galardonada por sus trabajos sobre música del cine español y sobre mujeres músicas de los siglos XIX y XX, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
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Senior Lecturer Composition, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of the Composition, Philosophy and Analysis of Music, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Wesleyan University
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Adjunct Lecturer, English and Creative Writing, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
