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MUSIC THE MAGIC OF PAUL DEAN ★★★☆ Flinders Quartet Melbourne Recital Centre October 27 While full of admiration at the talents of...
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One of the world's longest-lasting and most revered string quartets, the Borodin Quartet from Russia, performs in Dunedin this Saturday as part of Arts Festival Dunedin 2014. Charmian Smith talks to...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Tuba Skinny
Reviewer rating: Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Tuba Skinny Festival Hub, October 17 It was a love of street performing that first drew members of Tuba Skinny together, and the New Orleans band still makes...
View ArticleMelbourne's SummerSalt festival flips into action
In the wee hours of the launch day for SummerSalt, a new outdoor arts festival that will take over the Southbank precinct next January, Melbourne's skies were filled with thunder, lightning and pouring...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water
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We are in the thick of Arts Festival Dunedin and the first three nights have had audiences stamping on floors demanding encores and guffawing with uncontrolled laughter. On Friday and Saturday night,...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Aurora Orchestra and ANAM collaboration achieves...
The Aurora Orchestra impressed in collaboration with the Australian National Academy of Music. Photo: Supplied MUSIC TESTAMENT three and a half stars Aurora and ANAM orchestras Melbourne Recital...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: BOLT Orchestra's splendid contemporary act shreds...
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View ArticleReview: Borodin Quartet, Auckland
The Borodin Quartet is one of the world's great chamber music groups. Formed in 1945 by students at the Moscow Conservatoire, its members have included the likes of Mstislav Rostropovich, Rostislav...
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View ArticleMelbourne festival 2014: one perfect day
Suffering from Melbourne festival FOMO? Get a quick fix this Saturday with our jampacked guide to what’s on when. Yes, you may have to sneak out early a couple of times but it’ll be worth it. ...
View ArticleWhite Light Festival, How Like an Angel
Review: "How Like an Angel" Lincoln Center is currently in the throes of shedding light on New York City with their magical white light festival. Their international line up of diverse programming...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: If These Walls Could Talk
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View ArticleBarbican Theatre and Dance: January - June 2014 (Barbican Centre)
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View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Nanjing Project still a work in progress
Reviewer rating: Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars CIRCUS NANJING PROJECT A Melbourne-Nanjing Collaboration National Institute of Circus Arts, Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe, Flying Fruit Fly Circus Fairfax Studio,...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Nanjing Project - Creative partnership a work in...
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View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Debussy Quartet's patchy performance reserves best...
The Debussy Quartet performing at the Melbourne Festival. Photo: Jean-Claude_Bruet Reviewer rating: Rating: 3 out of 5 stars MUSIC QUARTETS AT SUNSET Debussy Quartet Collins Street Baptist Church...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Circa meets Debussy
Opus ★★★★☆ Circa and Debussy String Quartet State Theatre, season ended Presented in the Melbourne Festival alongside...
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