Einaudi’s New Release ‘Underwater’
Composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi releases Underwater, his first new solo piano album in 20 years, now available on the Decca label.
Mark Isaacs New Piano Solo Single
Mark Isaacs will release a new solo piano single of Ravel’s Ondine in January 2022.
Stuart Skelton Appointed to Academic Chair
Superstar heldentenor and Sydney favourite Stuart Skelton has been appointed to lead the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) internationally-renowned opera department in the role of the new J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair in Opera.
Chopin Competition Winner Bruce Liu On Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon has released recordings of Chopin Piano Competition winner Bruce Liu, made during various live stages of this contest which was held in Warsaw in October 2021. Born in Paris in 1997 to Chinese parents from Beijing, Liu’s family moved to Montreal when he was six. He began playing the piano aged eight…
Netrebko Releases Birthday Album On Deutsche Grammophon
To celebrate her 50th birthday, superstar Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has released Amata Dalle Tenebre her first solo album in five years on the Deutsche Grammophon label.
Matsuura-Miller Wins 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship
Congratulations to violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller who has won the The Music Trust’s 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship. Kyla and finalists Eliza Shephard (flute), Will Hansen (double bass) and Molly Collier-O’Boyle (viola) competed for the coveted $21,000 prize in a concert final that was filmed in Sydney and Melbourne, and streamed online via the Australian Digital Concert Hall. The 28-year-old Matsuura-Miller is a Tokyo-born,…
Album Release: Songs of Disappearance/ Bowerbird Collective
Bowerbird Collective’s newest project, Songs of Disappearance is a collaboration with BirdLife Australia and nature recordist David Stewart, the result of which is an album of pure birdsong sung by 53 of some of our most threatened species. The recording celebrates the incredible diversity of the Australian soundscape, and highlights the cost of inaction. Be…
New Release ‘Schumann Cello’ On Move Records
Cellist Zoe Knighton pianist Amir Farid have a released a new CD, Schumann Cello on the Move label. The 23-track CD features three collection by Clara Schumann and two by Robert Schumann. This is the sixth recording collaboration by Knighton and Farid. Zoe Knighton is a founding member of Flinders Quartet and a passionate pedagogue;…
Bass Instincts – A New Release From Alicia Crossley on Move
Recorder soloist Alicia Crossley celebrates the virtuosity and versatility of the bass recorder on her new album Bass Instincts released on the Move label. The bass recorder is an exquisite instrument that has evolved from its humble consort roots into a virtuosic solo instrument After the success of her ARIA nominated album Muse, Alicia is…