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Composers Paul Dean and Elliott Gyger have been announced as the recipients of the 2022 Paul Lowin Prizes. 

Revered Australian composer and conductor Nigel Westlake will receive the Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award at the 2022 Screen Music Awards, APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) announced to

The celebrated Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has released a new double album From Afar on the Deutsche Grammophon label, described as a “window into his musical life story.”

Lute classics are the feature on Move Records’ new release Walsingham. Australian lutenist Rosemary Hodgson takes an “intricately constructed musical journey exploring themes of mysticism and pilgrimage” in a story that goes back to the 11th century.

Musica Viva has unveiled its 2023 program and it’s a crackerjack collection of music that is new and old, traditional and innovative, elaborated with theatre, multi-sensory experiences and elements of nature.

Congratulations to 23-year-old Jeremy Boulton winner of the Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’).

Flinders Quartet is calling for applications from composers for its ‘Emerge’ program in which emerging composers will have the opportunity to work with Flinders Quartet in a year-long program of score study and deep engagement, learning about the craft of string quartet writing.

“Flora is fabulous! She sashays across the stage in a beautiful costume. She is a courtesan; she has exciting parties and has to move through this harsh half-world where there are aristocrats and wealthy patrons.” So says mezzo-soprano Celeste Haworth, soon to sing the role of Flora Bervoix in Opera Australia’s production of La Traviata at the Sydney Opera House later this year..

Earlier this week, Brett Dean’s new evolution cantata, ‘In this brief moment’ received its world premiere in Birmingham to high acclaim.

Violinist Daniel Dodds who so notably led the Australian World Orchestra conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta in their recent performances of R Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben in Sydney and Melbourne, features in a new recording, Mozart Haffner Serenade on Sony Classical due for release on 21 October 2022.