A belated thank you to Jennifer Foong at Sydney’s Fine Music 102.5FM for including my piano recordings of pieces by Schubert, Beethoven, Puts and Vine in their ‘Showcasing Australian Artists’ program.
Image: Wassily Kandinsky’s Composition IV (1911)
Read MoreListen to Bernadette’s conversation with Andrew Ford on The Music Show.
Read MoreReview by Joy Minter
The Sonata Project is an ongoing program of new Australian works for piano, played by Bernadette Harvey. Saturday night’s inaugural performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music featured new pieces by Aristea Melios, Melody Eötvös, Jane Stanley and Ross Edwards and the music is bold and innovative, paving a new path for Australian musicians, and painstakingly created to engage with new audiences.
Read MoreFor many, the piano sonata carries a historical tag, rendering it a daunting prospect for the modern composer. But, for composer Melody Eötvös, the sonata is what it is, and will always be used by composers as a means to an end – as a sort of container. The Australian composer takes us into her new music. Melody Eötvös’ Piano Sonata No. 1 will feature in The Sonata Project: Bernadette Harvey at 7pm, November 11.
Read MoreWow, thanks to the Spectrum team at the The Sydney Morning Herald – nothing better than The Sonata Project taking centre stage in the weekend’s lift-out. Time’s ticking, only two weeks to go until the special one-night-only event on Sat, 11 Nov.
Read MoreThanks Limelight Magazine for featuring my response to this question and delving into the depths of the four new sonatas I’ll be premiering at my Sonata Project on 11 November at The Sydney Conservatorium. "I am enlarging the number of large-scale, serious solo works for piano written by female Australian composers. I hope for a time when these compositions are featured in serious piano recital programmes the world over."
Read MoreThank you Broadsheet for such an insightful piece about my upcoming concert at the Sydney Conservatorium on Sat, 11 Nov! The set design by Lynne Bradley Interiors will be out of this world. It will take the classic piano recital to the next level!! Check out the article in my bio to see who I’m collaborating with (fashion label Romance Was Born, star artist Lara Merrett and Designer Rugs – and that’s just the appetiser)! .
Read MoreThank you, thank you The Financial Review for deeming me "in vogue" in your recent editorial alongside the likes of Pucci, Gucci and Chanel!
Read MoreYesterday, I watched the most recent incarnation of Spiderman with my son on the big screen. There was a line delivered by Tony Stark (Ironman) to Peter Parker (Spiderman): “If you’re nothing without the suit then you shouldn’t wear it”.
This little scene resonated powerfully in me.
I thought about my own career in Music.
