‘Carmen’ – picture gallery from behind the scenes at the dance rehearsals

Sydney Symphony Orchestra chief conductor and artistic director David Robertson shares his thoughts on the orchestra’s recent tour to China – “…..there was electricity in the air, making soft passages seem loud and close up. You could sense the audience didn’t take the music for granted, that they don’t often get to hear these works played…

Booker Prize winning writer Julian Barnes has released a new novel The Noise of Time which is receiving  high praise from reviewers and readers. The Noise of Time is a fictional biography of the life of Dmitri Shostakovich and tackles the forces of art and power which were set against each other during the turbulent life of…