Check out this fascinating video of Dan Russell, violinist and founder of the Phoenix Collective as he takes a 9000+ km road trip across Australia accompanied by his family which includes his 2009 Cremona made violin.
Read our interview with Dan as he shares his vision for the Phoenix Collective.
More about the March inaugural concert of the Phoenix Collective’s collaborative recital series.
Phoenix Collective presents ‘Heart & Soul’ music for guitar and violin in its continuing programme of showcasing classical music with a uniquely Australian edge. Violinist Dan Russell and guitarist Anthony Garcia perform rearranged and semi-improvised works, especially for this event. Dr Garcia, who holds a PhD in improvisation and who works as Artistic Director of Sounds Across Oceans, brings his…
Cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, Guest Artist with the ACO2 this month, talks about his recording of the Cello Symphonies by Britten and Prokofiev.
Maria Schneider’s composition Winter Morning Walks has won four Grammies this year for the composer, the soprano soloist Dawn Upshaw and production team. The recording features one of Australia’s finest ensembles, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, who will perform this song cycle in its upcoming Sydney season. Schneider has recently moved from working in jazz…
A new work has entered the canon of chamber opera and it was unveiled to Sydney audiences at the City Recital Hall last night. A co-production between Musica Viva and Victorian Opera, Voyage to the Moon is a Baroque pastiche with libretto by Michael Gow and score constructed by Alan Curtis. There is another performance…
The Scherzo from Brahms’ Trio in E flat major for piano, violin and horn, opus 40. The melody is thought to have been used by him 12 years earlier in his newly discovered Albumblatt in A minor for piano which will receive its world premiere performance this weekend on BBC Radio 3
Violinist Daniel Hope discusses the ideas behind the music on his new CD ‘Spheres’ in which he is joined by choir and solo instrumentalists conducted by Simon Halsey. Click here for the CD review.