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Abbey Edlin's soundtrack to fami ...

Music has definitely been something that has helped keep our family sane during lockdown! We have a two and a four-year-old, Harriet and Benjamin, and I’m sure all th ...

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Tair Khisambeev’s introduction t ...

In terms of popular music, my tastes are eclectic. I listen to everything. I like some music more, some music less, but in general I have varying taste in genres and ...

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Tiffany Cheng’s tunes for housework

As my friends can attest, I am not the most motivated person when it comes to… almost anything. I tend to leave things until the last second, especially chores around ...

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Michelle Wood's music for a rain ...

If there has been one thing to emerge from 2020, it’s that we’ve all had a lot of time to contemplate what is truly important to us… and how to cope with a very new v ...

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James Foster’s musical trip down ...

Welcome to my Spotify playlist. It may seem very eclectic but hear me out; there is a theme here! With Melbourne’s extended lockdown I’ve come to realise that the one ...

A thousand-and-one stories to sa ...

In November 2023, Jaime Martín will lead the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in a massive performance of Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. This extraordinary orc ...

Handel’s eternal masterpiece, bu ...

Though you will certainly recognise most of it. This is the Messiah’s “best bits” as Sir Andrew Davis affectionately calls it. Handel’s oratorio celebrating the life, ...

Humperdinck’s triumphant achieve ...

MSO Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis ranks Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel in his top 5 favourite operas. What is it about this fairy tale classic that keeps both chi ...

His Excellency Sri Sultan Hameng ...

On Tuesday 8 October His Excellency Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, visited the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s headquarters for a special cross ...