Can classical music be cool?
An excellent piece in The Economist Can classical music be cool? on building new, younger audiences for classical music.
An excellent piece in The Economist Can classical music be cool? on building new, younger audiences for classical music.
Congratulations to the heroes of Sydney’s music world who have been recognised amongst the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2016. They include educator and conductor Richard Gill AM, opera baritone John Wegner AO, whose unforgettable roles included Scarpia in Tosca, Jokanaan in Salome and Claggart in Billy Budd; composer Andrew Ford OAM, Ara Vartoukian founder of Theme…
The family of maestro Arturo Toscanini has placed hundreds of his valuable possessions on the market for auction by Sotheby’s in London on November 28th. The conductor died in New York in 1957. The items include Toscanini’s Steinway model D piano, some of his batons and documents hand written by Verdi, Wagner, Strauss and Mendelssohn. More at:…
Violinist Nicola Benedetti will release a new album, Baroque, on the Decca Classics label on 16 July. This is the first album that the Grammy Award- winning Benedetti has released on a period set-up, including gut strings. She is joined by a leading group of freelance baroque musicians, forming the inaugural Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.
The winners of the prestigious 2013 Paul Lowin Prizes were announced at ceremony in Sydney on Monday night, 28th October. Elliot Gyger won the $15,000 purse in the Song Cycle category for giving voice (2012), a cycle of eight songs for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, based on Australian female poets’ words about early childhood…
Wynton Marsalis’ Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2) is now available exclusively on digital platforms.
Performed by the The Philadelphia Orchestra under the conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, the piece is a celebration of the blues refracted through the prism of American history and folklore.
Opera Australia celebrates its 200th performance of its Gale Edwards production of Puccini’s La Bohème offering with 200 tickets for 200 cents.