In its 2014-15 round of grants, the Australia-India Council Grants Program, under the auspices of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has awarded Opera Australia $50,000 to take ‘Shane Warne the Musical’ on a tour of India.
The grants are aimed at “innovative projects that foster deeper people-to-people and institutional links between Australia and India.”
Hard to believe, but the youthful Sir Simon Rattle will be nearly 62 in 2018, when he plans to leave the Berlin Philharmonic, which he joined as Chief Conductor in 2002, heralding the beginning of a search for a worthy successor: http://www.classical-music.com/news/sir-simon-rattle-leave-berlin-phil-2018
For Sydney-born saxophonist Amy Dickson, 2016 is shaping up to be a busy year. March sees the release of a CD Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi which features her as a soloist; in July she returns to Sydney from her London base to perform at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra…
From young beginners to composers, adult learners and hobbyists, Gramophone Magazine has a selection of some of the best classical music apps for your Apple or Android device. Visit: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/the-best-classical-music-apps?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=GRAM%20ENews%20Bulletin%20131021%20(02.12.2013)&utm_content=article3_headline
The legendary bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is in Sydney for just one performance at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday 30th April 2013. Click here to read his interview with Harriet Cunningham from the Sydney Morning Herald.
Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) has launched its third Online Orchestra national music project. Instrumentalists and singers everywhere are invited to join the biggest virtual orchestra in Australia and to start preparing their entry for submission.
The Australian Singing Competition has announced the names of the adjudicators who will assist National Adjudicator, Patrick Togher, over the coming year of the 2023 competition.