Aurora Festival 2014

Aurora Festival 2014

  The 2014 Aurora Festival is set to run from April 30th – May 3rd. Highlights this year include the April 30 opening night concert in which the centrepiece will be the world premiere of  Voyage through radiant stars by the Australian composer Brian Howard, a 60 minute work for solo saxophone and 18 musicians.  Also…

April Highlights

April Highlights

  Chamber/cello  – There are two outstanding chamber music events in April with the Sitkovetsky Trio presented by Music Viva performing the music of Smetana, Beethoven (the Archduke Trio) and the world premiere of a new work by Carl Vine, commissioned for Music Viva by Julian Burnside AO QC to commemorate the composer’s 60th birthday. April…

Aurora Festival Opening Night

Aurora Festival Opening Night

  The 2014 Aurora Festival opens with some of Australia’s finest composers and performers, amongst them Australian saxophonist, James Nightingale, Roland Peelman, Daryl Pratt, Claire Edwards, didgeridoo player Mark Atkins, members of The NOISE, Ensemble Offspring and the Sydney Conservatorium Modern Music Ensemble. They will also perform music by Alex Pozniak, The NOISE, Ekrem Mulayim and…