From Bondi to Beethoven: the Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Chamber Orchestra's rock-band verve is bringing a new kind of freedom to the concert hall. Kathy Lette meets its leader, Richard TognettiThe British artistic elite presumes that an Australian's record collection is criminal, not classical. "Australian Vogue?" a stylish magazine editor once said to me at a cocktail party. "Isn't that a contradiction in terms?"Such snobs may suffer from a condescension chromosome, but their smuggery is profoundly misplaced. According to the latest...

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