The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is safe from cuts
Gramophone magazine reports that the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will not be axed with the nation’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister describing the move as ‘unthinkable’:
Gramophone magazine reports that the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will not be axed with the nation’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister describing the move as ‘unthinkable’:
Australian theatre director Benedict Andrews’ vision of Puccini’s opera La bohème opened at the English National Opera this week. The director has raised controversy again (remember his 2012 imagining of The Marriage of Figaro for Opera Australia?) with his portrayal of Mimi and Rodolfo as heroin addicts. Read the review in The Guardian, in The Telegraph and The…
The Australian Chamber Orchestra has wrapped up a hugely successful and comprehensive tour of Europe with a private recital for Prince Charles and 150 invited guests at St James’ Palace. During the tour, the ACO performed in Birmingham, London, at Vienna’s Musikverein, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, in Antwerp, Wilhelmshaven, Luxembourg and Basel. This brings up their half century…
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Simon O’Neill, one of the world’s leading Heldentenor’s has released his debut album for Decca, Distant Beloved with compatriot pianist Terence Dennis, performing the Art Songs of Beethoven, Schumann, R Strauss and Wagner in a tribute to O’Neill’s idol, the late tenor Fritz Wunderlich Sydney audiences will know him for his performances as Sergei in Lady…
The influence of Peter Sculthorpe on Australian music in the 20th and 21st centuries is beyond measure. The Goldner Quartet aims to document at least some of the essence of this great life and great talent in a new documentary. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/four-score-and-19-political-quartets-later-20120424-1xj20.html
Musica Viva Australia has announced the return of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition (MICMC), which will be held live in Melbourne in July 2022. Established in 1991, MICMC is a prestigious competition held every four years to identify and cultivate the next generation of chamber music ensembles. The competition welcomes applicants who embody chamber…