Filming hits the wrong note with pianist Zimmerman

Gramophone magazine nominates its top 10 classical music moments in cinema: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/top-10-classical-music-moments-in-cinema Do you have favourites that aren’t on this list? We think that playing the opening bars of the Kyrie from Mozart’s Requiem at the end of Shekar Kapur’s Elizabeth with Cate Blanchett, is pretty potent.

The Federal Minister for the Arts, The Hon Simon Crean has invited public contributions to a discussion paper that will result in the formulation of a National Cultural Policy for Australia – the first one in 20 years. Estimating the 90 % of Australians participate in the arts, the Minister aims to create a 10 year plan that will…