Art and Abart

Today I got to vote on the new New Zealand flag. I love the fact that my birth country includes me in these decisions even though I don...

Tara Simincec Jaka Stadler Richard Tognetti The Maribor Music Festival is almost over for another year. As always, it was a...

This morning I received an email from my Belgian friend Monika, a woman who has a long history of opposing wars. She has given permission f...

Is this the new norm in our climate-changed world? Ferocious winds and driving rain, that's the NSW Central Coast right now. Trees bein...

Louis Lortie plays preludes If you had told me I would be listening to 57 preludes one after the other,  I would have thought you were j...

Last night a concert of new works by Australian, Turkish and New Zealand composers was presented in the Paddington Church by soprano AyşeG...

Turkish music enthusiasts packed the Capitol Theater in Sydney last Wednesday to hear seven virtuosic 'Masters' of Turkish instru...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra has released a new CD - The Four Seasons . Why would you want another four seasons CD you ask yourself? Wel...

Glass squirrel 26x 51 cm (10" x 20") Acrylic on Canvas Many years ago I gave my mother a smokey glass squirrel. It sat on he...