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DARK SECRETS: Mozart - The Real Truth

Former Labor MP turned department boss fires punk-fuelled jab at his old party

Estimates hype songs and a plain-English website makeover.

The Canberra Times · Oct 4

The living dead: we can watch ‘Janis Joplin’ perform or reunite the Beatles, but who are the real winners here?

Advances in digital technology mean that avatars are ever more realistic, and zombie concerts are coming our way. Exciting as it might be to witness the Fab Four, or Maria Callas on stage, I’d rather have flesh and blood live experiences any day.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

The secret of Mozart’s genius unlocked – has a teenager succeeded where generations of musicologists have failed?

US student Linus Chen-Plotkin has analysed music by four canonical composers looking for patterns. Turns out Mozart’s music moves in the least predictable way

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16

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Meet Alexander Wong, the young American piano prodigy who took first prize in the 2025 Clara Schumann International Piano Competition's Prodigy Kids category

Alexander Wong, a young American pianist, won first prize at the Clara Schumann Competition. He also secured a Gold Award at the WPTA Finland competition for his Mozart concerto. Wong previously won the Piano Teachers Society of America Competition for his Debussy performance. His technical precision and musical expression have…

The Economic Times · Sep 11

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies aged 80

Prolific actor across stage and screen was also known for ‘Clue’, ‘Muppet Treasure Island’ and the Stephen King adaptation ‘It’

The Independent UK · Aug 26

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness

Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagenarian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser bent his unique horn technique to Mozart

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24

I'm with you, Mick. There's no satisfaction in growing old

At 80, I try to avoid all mirrors.

The Canberra Times · Aug 21

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Opera Australia brings Mozart's Don Giovanni to Newcastle for one night only

Lake Macquarie soprano Jessica Blunt has a principal role.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 15

10 classic Yngwie Malmsteen quotes – the maestro in his own words: “What I play fast will also sound good at a slower speed. If you slow down the fast licks that a lot of other guitarists do, people would puke”

The man who introduced Paganini to electric guitar, fired a gun in the studio, has a rig that can be seen from space… There is only one Yngwie Malmsteen

Guitar World · Aug 8

“The music just comes to me. It’s like that movie Amadeus”: Yngwie Malmsteen emerges from an “avalanche” of ideas with “80 to 90” songs and a scorching new album – and you can hear him unleash the fury on new single Now Or Never

Hell Or High Water is out November 13 and is dedicated to Malmsteen's late father. Watch the video to lead single Now Or Never here

MusicRadar · Aug 6

‘I loved the Police from the get-go’: Elaine Paige’s honest playlist

The singer and actor is partial to Mozart and once did Édith Piaf at karaoke, but to which musical showstopper does she owe everything?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2

I thought Nolan’s Odyssey was an epic bore. If you want Greek myths brought to life, try the thrill of opera!

Composers from Purcell to Birtwistle have created passionate dramas inspired by ancient Greek stories – and none of them require you to sit through three hours of solemn spectacle without an interval

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29

The South African trailblazers seeking to change how wildlife documentaries are made

National Geographic explorers create dive lab after finding too few black film-makers telling African wildlife stories

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12

A heroic journey

Back in the 18th century, it was the infamous castrati who ruled the theatrical stages of Europe.

Bangkok Post · Jul 10

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The Conversation · Jun 3

Marianna Martines: the infuriating reason you’ve never heard of this brilliant 18th-century composer

Imagine if the only musical artists from the 1980s you had access to were Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson. Others, such as David Bowie, Whitney Houston or George Michael are not available because, we’re told, these artists fail to exhibit the same type of creativity as the other three “geniuses”.

The Guardian - UK · May 17

Dame Felicity Lott obituary

MusicRadar · May 3

“Back in the ’70s he got up with us and played Train Kept A-Rollin’. That was amazing, but of course I was intimidated. He’s a genius. He’s Mozart!”: Joe Perry salutes his guitar heroes Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck

“He was always pushing the edge – going into jazz”

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

‘Feels very special’: Michael Sheen to star as Salieri in new production of Amadeus

A co-production with the Welsh National Theatre set up by the actor last year, the play will open in Cardiff before a 16-week run in London’s West End

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 8

What does the dark side of the moon sound like? Nasa’s sonifications are helping us imagine

As Artemis II returns from the dark side of the moon, Nasa’s transformations of electromagnetic energy into sound remind us that everything is vibrating – even while the astronauts are listening to Chappell Roan

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3

Martha Argerich and Dong-Hyek Lim review – legendary pianist and mentee create musical magic

This thrilling and idiosyncratic concert moved from Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos to Rachmaninov, Ravel and Schumann

MusicRadar · Mar 28

“You start putting expectations on yourself. ‘OK, I’ve got to compete with Bach and Beethoven and Mozart and The Beatles!”: An in-depth conversation with rock guitar’s most maverick virtuoso, Paul Gilbert

Featuring: his “mouse” heartbeat, the jazz pianist so good he's “inhuman” and the most courageous thing a shredder can do

The Guardian - AU · Mar 4

Mozart with meatballs, in an Ikea: how opera is facing its existential crisis

In an attempt to find new audiences and save money, opera companies are ‘throwing spaghetti at the wall’ to see what sticks. It often works

The Independent UK · Feb 19

Met Opera slashes season to lowest in 60 years amid financial strain

The Metropolitan Opera cut back its 2026-27 season due to a tight budget, even as ticket sales improved slightly

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18

Tamás Vásáry obituary

Conductor and pianist highly regarded for his elegant interpretations of Chopin and Liszt

Evening Standard · Feb 9

Così fan tutte at ENO: Has a broad humour that Mozart might have enjoyed

4/5 English National Opera’s production of Mozart’s classic transports the tale to 1950’s Coney Island with dazzling mayhem the result

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