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“A Masked Ball” unmasked
These fabulous images are from Opera Australia’s production of Verdi’s A Masked Ball opens tonight in Sydney. A co-production with Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires,…
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Vale Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar, the man who introduced Indian classical music and its instruments to the western world, died earlier this week in the…
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David Paul Landa piano scholarship winner announced
Pianist Young Kwon Choi has been awarded the 2012 biennial Albert Paul Landa Scholarship. In a small ceremony at the Conservatorium of…
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Vale Galina Vishnevskaya – a link to history
The death was announced yesterday of Russian soprano Galina Vishnenskaya. She was 86. It is the end of an era. Married to…
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Birth centenary brings renaissance for Glanville-Hicks’ legacy
The approaching birth centenary of Peggy Glanville-Hicks has raised little interest or pride in the mainstream music community. However, one person keeping her legacy…
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The colours of the string quartet – Elena Kats-Chernin talks about ‘Blue Silence’
Elena Kats-Chernin says she has been told she can write no more works for String Quartet. She displays a mischievous pleasure at my…
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‘Voice from Assisi’ CD giveaway
There are three copies of Friar Alessandro’s new CD release Voice from Assisi from Universal Records to be won, just in time for Christmas – spoil…
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Nicola Benedetti ‘The Silver Violin’ giveaway
There are three copies of Nicola Benedetti’s new CD release The Silver Violin from Universal Records to be won, just in time for Christmas – spoil…
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‘Gershwin and Me’ – Simon Tedeschi CDs to be won
There are three copies of Simon Tedeschi’s new CD releases Gershwin and Me from Universal Records to be won just in time for Christmas…
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Behind the scenes with Louise Callinan – ‘Mercedes’ at the Opera National de Paris
Louise Callinan as Mercedes in ‘Carmen’ at the Opera National de Paris. Image by David Bacher. As this post goes live, mezzo…