Hear Liza Lim's new concerto live from Melbourne, performed by Nicholas Altstaedt with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Jaime Martín.
The concerto, A Sutured World, was commissioned by Altstaedt and explores the process of using threads to sew up wounds and honour the scars.
Ahead of the performance we talked with Lim about her international success and some of her career highlights, including writing music for the opening of LA's iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Hear A Sutured World live on ABC Classic and the ABC listen app at 7:30pm, Saturday 8 March, presented by Joel Carnegie.
Ed Le Brocq is taking a small break from Weekend Breakfast and Music Class to keep safe during Tropical Cyclone Alfred this week. Genevieve Lang will be keeping you company on Weekend Breakfast and you can catch up on Music Class online and on the ABC listen app.
Miriam Hyde was one of Australia's great pioneering composers, a talented concert pianist and a lecturer and examiner. Her daughter Christine Edwards talks with Mairi Nicolson about Hyde's work and shares some of her music.
Vanessa Hughes welcomes Dr Lou Bennett AM and the Australian String Quartet to perform especially for Drive Live, off the back of their incredible Adelaide Festival performance.
As part of ABC Classic’s Festival of Female Composers, Alice Keath checks out some of the most exciting performances of music by women around the country this year.
Celebrating Australia’s female composers: Maria Grenfell, Melody Eötvös, Nardi Simpson, Leah Blankendaal, Juliana Kay, Jennifer Hankin, Julia Vlahogiannis and Katherine Potter, plus a new work from Elena Kats-Chernin.
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