Author: Paul Neeson

Double Bassist, Will Hansen has just been named as one of four finalists in the Freedman Classical Music Fellowship, a prestigious award for aspiring musicians under 30. Growing up in Toowoomba, he knew at an early age what his instrument would be. A graduate of the Conservatorium of Music, he has found a passion  for […]

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Dr Kylie Pappalardo is Senior Lecturer in Law at Queensland  University of Technology and Chief Investigator of the Digital Media Research Centre. She is an expert on the development of deep-fake audio and video and the copyright ramifications of this new technology. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now capable of taking existing recordings of an artist’s music and creating […]

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Four talented Year 12 students, Archie Tulk, Austin O’Toole, Liam Green and Gabe Dillon from the Conservatorium High School formed a male vocal ensemble, False Relations. They recently won 3rd prize in the Musica Viva national chamber music competition, Strike A Chord. Performing I Have Not Your Dreaming by Paul Stanhope also saw them awarded the […]

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This week we speak to internationally and nationally acclaimed visual artist George Raftopoulos – a local artist from Paddington. Barbara Dowse wrote: “George Raftopoulos positions himself as part of an art-historical lineage.His works are a form of modern day myth- making, fables of modern life; a psycho-drama and collage of his thoughts, dreams and ideas […]

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Between 1801 and 1812 Lord Elgin, the then Ambassador to Turkey, dismantled ancient sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens and took them back to his estate in England. Professor Vrasidas Karalis, Chair of Sir Nicholas Laurantus in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney talks to Anthony about the history of these priceless […]

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With the Bondi Festival  about to open and the Pavilion still a construction site, Festival co-director Phil Spencer is busy locking in alternate venues for this year’s performances. The iconic ice rink and ferris wheel will be situated close by to the Pavillion, affording aerial views of the renovations. With over 30 events on the […]

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Anthony talks to Candace Richards, Archeologist and Curator of the Nicholson Collection, which now features at the University of Sydney’s new museum, The Chau Chak Wing Museum. The University’s entire collection is now under one roof: The Art Collection , The  Macleay and Nicholson Collections. Candace  talks us through the Nicholson Collection beginning with objects […]

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Fuser Production is a new company and their debut work, Intact, is set to open in Redfern on Wednesday 26 May. Paul chats to founder, Cecile Playet, and co-deviser and performer, Steve Lu, about this contemporary dance work based on the story of a soldier returning from war. The work combines character, movement, music and story […]

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