Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

October 1, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

505, September 19 Often the most interesting artists are able to reinvent themselves, Picasso being the ultimate example. Having carved a career as a composer and violinist leading the Elektra String Quartet, Romano Crivici has now returned to his first instrument, piano, and formed a new ensemble playing compositions that…

September 10, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Foundry 616, September 4 Anyone keeping a band going for 30 years is probably doing something right. Since 1985 keyboards player Peter Dasent has sustained one of the treasures of Australian music by writing music of such wit and imagination as to whet the appetites of some of the best…

August 26, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Foundry 616, August 19 Expert improvising musicians can instantly strike a rapport and create good and sometimes great music without having ever previously worked together or even met. This was the case with pianist Greg Lloyd, an ex-Sydneysider long resident in Ireland, who was playing with the established local rhythm…