Academics from New York’s Manhattan School of Music comment on the re-structure at the ANU School of Music in Canberra:
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/music-schools-sour-note-20120527-1zcp1.html
The cinema world has a long practice of drawing on classical music for its soundtracks. Ligeti, Verdi, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss and Mozart are just some of the composers whose music has enriched our filmic experience. It is arguably the music of Puccini that has been most frequently used on the big screen. Ian Haydn…
Elena Kats Chernin is at work on a new composition: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/many-lands-and-voices-capture-core-of-countrys-heart-20120809-23wu5.html A preview of Zubin Kanga’s Sydney concert http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/dont-try-this-on-the-new-steinway-kids-20120812-242p3.html
Opera Australia is offering first time opera goers the opportunity to enter a ballot to obtain premium reserve opera tickets at $20, making the best seats in the house more affordable than a night at the cinema! This has become possible through the generosity of Susan and Isaac Wakil, who have donated $1.5 million to…
Concerto writing for the violin in the 21st century is alive and well with the works of these celebrated living composers listed by Gramophone magazine. http://gramophone.co.uk/editorial/ten-violin-concertos-by-living-composers …and as a sequel to its list of 21st century violin concerti, Gramophone magazine nominates its list of top 10 20th century violin concerti. http://gramophone.co.uk/editorial/top-ten-20th-century-violin-concertos
The Young Mannheim Symphonists is a youth orchestra program conducted by the Australian Romanric & Classical Orchestra (ARCO). It is a unique and exciting program designed to give students and emerging musicians the opportunity to discover the magic of approaching music in historical performance style. As the students are led through great musical masterpieces of…
Soprano Taryn Fiebig and pianist Scott Davie have released a brand new collection of art song, On Eternal Love: Romantic Lieder, Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss, Poulenc & Hahn on ABC Classic. Available now, this studio recording features these two superb Australian artists, well-known to audiences around the country. At the heart of the…