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Metronome photo by nigel_appleton The taxonomy of contemporary classical music—new music, contemporary music, whatever you want to call it—is a thorny issue. But every two months we’ll take a look at some of the best composer-driven music to surface...

A conversation between performance artist, Jelili Atiku and former Director of the National Theatre of Nigeria, Ahmed Yerima Jelili Atiku: Does this country actually need the National Theatre? Ahmed Yerima: I think it does. We are culturally rich in...

All composers have obsessions. For John Adams, a composer who decidedly broke with the past, that obsession is Beethoven, as heard in the new album Absolute Jest. "We have music that we love so much that we kind of want to get under the skin of that...

You might call it “black friday”, we call it massive “New Music Day!” – new hits from Paper & Places, Abdullah Ibrahim, Silly Walks Discotheque, Shearwater and many more! Abdullah Ibrahim – Mukashi (intuition...

Melbourne’s Face The Music music conference has released more information about panels and artists for 2016. A sample of panels includes: Empowering Communities Through Leadership Moderated by Briggs, whose powerful voice galvanises communities on...