New strings take their bows
The Australian String Quartet has two new players.
The Australian String Quartet has two new players.
In addition to the free nightly streamed performances, New York’s Metropolitan Opera is also presenting ticket performances from some of their greatest stars. Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak Live in Concert SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, at 1:30PM EDT (US time) Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak perform live from an outdoor terrace on the French Riviera. As…
The world-famous baritone turns 50 this year and his upcoming roles couldn’t be more diverse – opening in The Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera, followed by the role of Sweeney for the English National Opera. In this interview in The Independent he looks at the roles he has taken through his performing career. …
Flinders Quartet is calling for applications from composers for its ‘Emerge’ program in which emerging composers will have the opportunity to work with Flinders Quartet in a year-long program of score study and deep engagement, learning about the craft of string quartet writing.
For centuries, opera has been an European art form – its tales and music emerging from the literature, the librettists and the composers of the European continent. With the discovery of the New World, the art form reached across the Atlantic. It was only in 1955 that Marian Anderson (b1897) became the first African-American to…
Good news for music lovers who love the touch of a CD, its shimmer and the prospect of leaving an archive as a legacy for posterity. To complement the world of music streams and on-demand consumption, Universal Music Australia introduces Classics Direct – an online retailer specialising in classical and jazz music CDs, DVDs, Bluray…
A new recording of the piano music of Elena Kats-Chernin, Butterflying, is due for release this week, as a double CD on ABC Classics (ABC 481 2625). Performed by ARIA-Award winner Tamara-Anna Cislowska and the composer herself, Butterflying is the first major survey of the piano music of Elena Kats-Chernin. Ever since her childhood in Uzbekistan,…