Sydney Youth Orchestras’ Fractured Orchestra Project Offers A Way Through
The Fractured Orchestra Project is a collaborative composition by members of the 550-strong Sydney Youth Orchestras, and the end result is now available online. The Fractured Orchestra is a multi-faceted creative project commissioned by the Sydney Youth Orchestras. Over 3 months in winter 2020 during the height of COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney, Australia, the musicians…
National Art School Joins Melbourne Digital Concert Hall For Sydney Series
The National Art School is to join Melbourne Digital Concert Hall as a presenting partner for a series of spring concerts in the school’s Cell Block Theatre, bringing live performance to music lovers at home, wherever they are and enabling Sydney musicians to perform on this global network, despite the lockdowns. From 24 September to…
‘Alchemy’ Celebrates The Beauty Of Two Guitars
Guitarists Andrew Blanch and Ariel Nurhadi are two of the hottest young performers in Sydney’s classical guitar scene. Today their debut album Alchemy is released on and digital on the ABC Classic label Alchemy, takes us on a journey through the ages and around the world, with classics by Debussy, Rameau, Piazzolla, Albéniz, Falla and…
New Book Explores The Anatomy And Acoustic Of The Violin
Author John E. McLennan, Ph.D., has released an new book dedicated to the ‘anatomy ‘of the violin. The Sound Post in the Violin is the result of 30 years’ research into the functions of the sound post and its history. The incomparable and distinctive sound of the violin has captivated music enthusiasts for five hundred…
Omega Ensemble Premieres Gordon Kerry Clarinet Quintet Online
If you missed Omega Ensemble’s live from the Sydney Opera House, you can now watch the world premiere of Gordon Kerry’s Clarinet Quintet on-demand, broadcast from the Joan Sutherland Theatre to your living room. Composed in five movements, performers David Rowden (clarinet), Anna Da Silva Chen (violin), Tim Yu (violin), Neil Thompson (viola) and Paul…
Graham Abbott Explores Béla Bartók’s Piano Music On Classics Unlocked
Popular broadcaster Graham Abbott’s fifteenth episode of his fascinating podcast series ‘Classics Unlocked’, is available now on YouTube, Apple Music and all other podcast platforms. Every episode is also hosted on the Classics Direct website. In this episode of ‘Classics Unlocked’, Graham explores the piano music of Béla Bartók whose music was strongly influenced by…
Cousin Quartet Win Musica Viva’s Inaugural Strike A Chord National Chamber Music Championship
Congratulations to the Cousin Quartet who are the inaugural winners of Musica Viva’s Strike A Chord, the first National Chamber Music Championship for secondary school ensembles. Performing live from the City Recital Hall in Sydney, the group claimed the Robert Salzer Prize, worth $5, 000. This inaugural Strike A Chord Grand Final was livestreamed from…
Musica Viva Announces Strike A Chord Finalists
Musica Viva has announced the performers in the grand finals of Strike A Chord, the very first National Chamber Music Championship for secondary school ensembles. The 12 finalist ensembles will compete streamed across Australia at 2pm AEST on Saturday 12 September, 2020. After an intense period of listening and deliberation, the jury selected the twelve…
Lise Davidsen Live In Concert
In the latest of the Met Stars Live in Concert series, soprano Lise Davidsen offers a program of the soaring arias and songs that have rocketed her to stardom around the world: selections from Wagner’s Tannhäser, Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, as well as Scandinavian songs by Sibelius and Grieg. Davidsen first came to…