Beethoven 250- Impressions: Nicole van Bruggen

This week, Nicole van Bruggen co-artisitic director and principal clarinet with the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra (ARCO), shares her insights into her experiences with the music of Beethoven. Originally from Sydney, Nicole studied modern clarinet at the Sydney Conservatorium and won a Queen’s Trust Scholarship to continue her studies abroad. She moved to The…

Musica Viva Celebrates 75 Years With Highlights From The Past

Musica Viva is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a swag of memories, sharing clips from some favourite performances over the years. Joyce Yang’s rendition of Liszt’s Spanish Rhapsody was a highlight of the 2018 season. Musica Viva welcomed Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang to the stage for a series of solo piano recitals. Renowned for her…

Learn From The Best – The First Virtual Benedetti Sessions, Free And Open For Registrations

Violinist Nicola Benedetti has created a project, The Virtual Benedetti Sessions which hopes to offer organisations across the world the opportunity to engage with and together, learn, provide, uplift and excite. Programmes of activity will be available for young musicians, conservatoire and university level music students, instrumental teachers, adult learners, non-instrumentalists, amateur musicians, parents, siblings…

Selby & Friends Chamber Music on Stage & Online

Selby& Friends has broken the ‘living-room broadcast’ barrier with a socially distant concert performance of Mozart, Beethoven and Dvořák, filmed live in Sydney! The first of Kathy’s concerts “Let’s Get Personal” features a piano trio with her friends, Sydney Symphony Orchestra violinist and concertmaster Andrew Haveron and co-principal cellist Umberto Clerici, filmed live on stage…

Ian Whitney Wins Australia Ensemble’s Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship

The Australia Ensemble UNSW has announced the winner of the winner of the Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship for 2020-21. Ian Whitney has been awarded the $10,000 Fellowship, given to an Emerging Composer to write two chamber music works as part of the Australia Ensemble UNSW’s outreach program which fosters greater engagement in and recognition of…

Sheku Kanneh-Mason Releases Solo Composition

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has released his solo cello composition entitled Melody, on Decca Classics. Just 21, Sheku’s recent album Elgar has been No. 1 in the ARIA Core Classical Chart for five consecutive weeks. Sheku is happy to mark these milsestones with his own work, simple and beautiful with its folksong-like lilt. Previously performed as…