News
Deconstructing the music degree at the ANU School of Music
Last week we learnt with horror of the slashes to the teaching programme at the ANU School of Music. As the School of…
Month: May 2012
News
Hot off the press….
* More from the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s US tour: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tognetti-adds-another-string-to-his-bow-20120504-1y46y.html * Composed in 2009 to commemorate the devastating bush fires that year,…
Reviews
SSO’s choral contrasts reviewed
David Vance reviews the SSO conducted by David Zinman: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/voices-carry-as-conductor-and-choir-shine-in-mozart-20120503-1y1kx.html
News
Kurt Masur injured
Kurt Masur has reportedly fractured hs shoulder blade after falling off the podium during a performance in Paris: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-kurt-masur-june-20120430,0,127614.story …and in Colorado,…
Shows
The Metropolitan Orchestra comes of age with a name change
In the three years since its founding in 2009, the then Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra has accumulated a busy performing schedule and grown rapidly…
News
Stuart Skelton in trans-Atlantic Wagner roles
Australian tenor Stuart Skelton steps in for an ailing Jonas Kauffman next week, in the Met’s production of Die Walkure. Later this month, he…
News
A new principal conductor for the waso
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra has appointed a new Principal Conductor to succeed Paul Daniel who ends his contract next year. Asher…
Reviews
Susan Graham’s recital reviewed
David Vance commends Susan Graham’s ambitious programme: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/all-stand-for-a-musical-match-made-in-heaven-20120502-1xz26.html
News
Review fom the NYTimes: The ACO at Carnegie Hall
“Intensity and virtuosity are the hallmarks of this orchestra”. Read the New York Times review of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s performance with…
Shows
The Piano Diaries returns
Following the success of the CD and of three shows in Sydney last year, Joanna Weinberg’s hit musical journey The Piano Diaries returns …