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In Conversation: Jack Liebeck

In Conversation Interviews Simon Moore

This Wednesday at 1pm, In Conversation is on tour, coming to you from the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, in Townsville, which runs until this Sunday, 7 August. The Festival’s new Artistic Director is British/German Violinist Jack Liebeck. His music ranges from the intricacy of Mozart through to the passion of contemporary Australian works by Brett Dean. He’s on a whopping 17 albums, including playing on the film scores of Jane Eyre and Anna Karenina, has a keen interest in science to the extent that he’s collaborated with Professor Brian Cox, and he’s been described as possessing “flawless technical mastery”...

Simon Moore interviews Maria Lindsay

Breakfast Interviews Simon Moore

On this Thursday’s Fine Music Breakfast, Simon Moore spoke with violinist Maria Lindsay, who will be performing Tommy Tycho’s Violin Concerto with The Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams at the Petersham Town Hall on Saturday 30 July. This violin concerto was written specially for Maria to play, and she shares with us the story of how the concerto came into being and the important role that Tommy Tycho played in the Australian music scene.

In Conversation

In Conversation Interviews Simon Moore

An actor whose career on the stage, film and television is approaching half a century and still going strong, Simon Burke burst onto the scene in the highly acclaimed Devil’s Playground at the age of 13.

Simon Moore interviews Andrew Bain

Breakfast Interviews Simon Moore

On this Thursday’s Fine Music Breakfast, Simon Moore spoke with Principal Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Bain, about his career so far and his upcoming performances with the Australian World Orchestra under Maestro Zubin Mehta .

Simon Moore interviews Benjamin Knapton

Breakfast Interviews Interviews Simon Moore

Simon Moore speaks with Director and Creative Producer Benjamin Knapton about upcoming performances of Circa’s Peepshow at the Theatre Royal Sydney. Circa’s Peepshow turns cabaret on its head, literally. Join Circa as they embark on a seductive dance through the hall of mirrors that is your imagination, Circa’s Peepshow lurches from the thrillingly acrobatic to the comically playful.

In Conversation with John Bell

In Conversation Interviews Program Highlights Simon Moore

Today at 1pm on In Conversation, Simon Moore is joined by celebrated actor and director John Bell, a man who has been a driving force in the shape and direction of Australian Theatre for more than half a century.

Simon Moore interviews James Beck

Breakfast Interviews Simon Moore

Simon Moore speaks with James Beck, Cellist and Artistic Director of the Sydney Art Quartet, who perform La Belle Epoque on 18 and 19 March at The Swifts, Darling Point.

Simon Moore interviews Chloe Lankshear

Breakfast Interviews Simon Moore

Simon Moore spoke with Soprano Chloe Lankshear on Thursday Breakfast this morning, in the lead up to Sydney Philharmonia Choirs upcoming concert, Mozart: Requiem & Revelations.

In Conversation: Constantine Costi

In Conversation Interviews Program Highlights Simon Moore

Mar 2nd - A regular director with Opera Australia, Constantine Costi was responsible last year for the triumphant production of La Traviata on Sydney Harbour. He’s worked with other leading Australian arts companies including Pinchgut Opera and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, and is co-artistic director of Red Line Productions at Sydney’s Old Fitz. Simon Moore spoke with Con in the lead up to him taking on Halevy’s La Juive with Opera Australia, to be performed on these shores for the first time.

In Conversation: Amber McMahon

In Conversation Interviews Simon Moore

Feb 23rd - Multi-Helpmann Award winner Amber McMahon plays Eve Kendall, one of the ultimate Hitchcock Femme Fatales, in the stage adaptation of North by Northwest at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre from the 9th of March. Simon Moore talks with Amber about the craft of acting. They delve into a 20 year stage career in which she has worked with Cate Blanchett, picnicked at Hanging Rock, and, of course, climbed Mount Rushmore in high heels.