Fine Music Magazine

After the successful release of  Skim in 2019 and Live 2023 earlier this year, Paul Derricott’s compositional project returns with nine more calculated tracks of experimental jazz fusion.

Leonard Bernstein and John Wilson were two men separated by oceans and time, whose fates are linked. With both being conductors, arrangers and lovers of the stage, it is no surprise that it was Wilson who was chosen to honour Bernstein in his centenary year, 2018.

Arcs & Rivers Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou ACT Music Four stars By Robert Vale  This duet album brings together Swedish pianist/composer Lyssarides...

   Music is a powerful force that binds the social and natural worlds together to delight the listener in ways...

Pat Metheny once again took the stage at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for Vivid LIVE. However, unlike his previous performance in Sydney in 2020 at the State Theatre this show was to be a one-man band.

Anyone who watched the fabulous ABC TV show The Piano will know two things about Australian pianist Andrea Lam, firstly that she is a ‘gun pianist’ (defined by Wikipedia one whose fast, rhythmic style of playing ... mimics the rapid fire of a gun) and secondly that she is a sentimentalist.

2MBS Fine Music Sydney will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitri Shostakovich on 9 August 1975 with a special series of programs in June, July and August. The programs will feature Shostakovich’s vast output of 15 symphonies and 15 string quartets, culminating with a broadcast of his Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’ on the anniversary day. The series will showcase the composer’s mastery of large-scale forms in his epic symphonies. In the intimate string quartets, we catch a glimpse into his inner world. 

Lucy Clifford's compositions (and her bass playing) provide balm for the soul, drawing inspiration from life's in-between moments of contemplation, where we meet our real selves.

After the Last Sky is a jazz/classical fusion of folk-like and luxurious melodies and is highly recommended. All pieces were composed or jointly composed by Brahem. 

Toby Wren's seventh album of original music is a psychological exploration of love and loss in the era of tall ships, unfolding as a song cycle through a series of evocative compositions performed by a sextet of Brisbane's finest musicians.