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Melbourne’s Chapel Off Chapel to host a benefit concert and launch the celebrated countertenor's posthumous album.

What year did this take place? Alcatraz Prison is closed, Aretha Franklin releases “Laughing on the Outside”, Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, and Kellogg’s Froot Loops is introduced. Have you figured it out yet? Here are some more hints in the same year. Stevie Wonder releases “Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius,” Gateway […]

Learn Stevie Wonder's real name and why the iconic artist behind hits such as "Superstition" and "My Cherie Amour" changed his name.

Stevie Wonder’s incredible career began when he signed his first recording contract as an eleven year old. Wonder has been blind essentially from birth, making his musical accomplishments even more challenging. After his family moved to Detroit, Wonder sang in the church choir and learned piano, drums and harmonica by the age of nine. Motown’s Berry Gordy signed him after an audition and his third album, as a twelve year old was his first hit. The 12 Year Old Genius was a live recording and the instrumental Fingertips Pt. 2 topped the Pop and R&B charts propelling the album to become Mo...

Stephen A'Court/Supplied Under the direction of NZSO Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen, the orchestra’s performance of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons was completely coherent – the poetry, the soloists, the orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra directed by Vesa-Matti Leppänen with Anna van der Zee, Malavika Gopal, Simeon Broom and Alan Molina (all violin). Music by Vivaldi and Piazzolla. Wellington College, May 8. Reviewed by Max Rashbrooke. I had low expectations, I’ll admit: what was yet another performance of Four Seasons going to tell me about this well-worn piece? Plenty of t...