Sir Andrew Davis conducts a canonical Ninth with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Symphony No.9 in D by Gustav Mahler is considered one of the greatest works for orchestra, an esteem that it retains a century after it was written. For…
Welcome to Runway 7, presented by Grazia — the final runway for 2018’s Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival. This one is dedicated to the ‘It-Girl’, so naturally, our audience tonight is dressed femininely and impeccably. Super pop with a perfect-for-ladies’-night-out vibe…
NGV Australia is showing a two-part exhibition about early colony, which tackles the sensitive topic of settlement. Australia: 1770-1861 and Frontier Wars are about Australian settlement from two perspectives, one of the colonising pioneers and the other of colonised people. The…
Next up: GQ Australia Menswear Runway, presented by Asahi Super Dry. Entering the VAMFF grand archways of the Royal Exhibition Building, incoming: all of the who’s who of Melbourne males. Designers, stylists, television peeps, sports peeps, cool peeps, and the hottest…
Friday night at Virgin Australia’s Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF), and our first runway for the night is the National Graduate Showcase presented by Target, supported by Fashion Journal. It’s a hand-picked selection of Australia’s top emerging design talent from across…
Davis conducts Skelton with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, in a performance previously staged at London’s Barbican. “The Dream of Gerontius” is a late-Romantic choral oratorio by Edward Elgar, based on a poem written by John Henry Newman. Far from Victorian…
Triennial, currently showing at the National Gallery of Victoria (International), is a free exhibition that asserts the gallery’s recent position in the ranks of high-status art museums. Set on all four levels of the NGV, in temporary exhibition spaces and…
It’s night number four at Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) and we are celebrating International Women’s Day. It’s Virgin Australia’s Grand Showcase presented by Marie Claire, showcasing Australia’s most successful designers: Ginger and Smart. Prior to the runway, we grab a…
Day 3 of Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) and next up we have Runway 3 presented by Harper’s Bazaar, supported by L’Oreal Paris at Priceline Pharmacy. Walking into the Royal Exhibition Building, the mood already sets the tone of…
Renowned soloists, international and Australian, star in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season Opening Gala. At this year’s concert there was a marvelous sense of what to look forward to. In summary: the orchestra presented Carl Vine’s Symphony No.1, Nelson Freire…