Piano virtuoso Zubin Kanga explores the dark side in an intriguing concert programme Dark Twin – music of mystery and multiplicity for piano and multimedia. Classically trained Kanga is renowned for his performances of contemporary music, pushing the boundaries of innovative music and expanding the possibilities of the piano with the assistance of multimedia platforms. Electronics, computer…
The music of Philip Glass is in the spotlight with the ABC Classics release of “Mad Rush” an anthology of his piano music, performed by Sally Whitwell. To talk about minimalism requires perhaps that this page be left blank with just a few pivotal words placed strategically in repetitive patterns ….. Right now though, we use words…
The NSW Doctors’ Orchestra (see Music, Medics and Marimbas) is soon performing in Sydney with Sandy Sin on the marimbas. SoundsLikeSydney took the opportunity to refresh its memory on this unusual percussion instrument…. The marimba is fundamentally a xylophone, taken to South American continent by African slaves where it acquired its name and became especially…