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Jade Moffat wins ‘The Mathy’
Mezzo soprano Jade Moffat, has been awarded the 2013 Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’). The 23 year old from Queensland performed with the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Legge, competing with Hannah Dahlenburg, Alexander Knight, Edward Laurenson and Danita Weatherstone before adjudicators Conal Coad, Peter Czornyj, Michael Halliwell and Ian McCahon. Soprano Lorina Gore and…
Changes to ‘Composed Noise’ CD Launch Tonight and Tomorrow
Due to circumstances beyond their control The NOISE have had to postpone the concerts associated with the launch of their new CD Composed Noise, scheduled for Sydney tonight Tuesday 8th and tomorrow Wednesday 9th October. The CD will still be launched tonight, but without the concerts, from 7 – 10 pm at the Tap Gallery,…
Vladimir Ashkenazy records Rachmaninov Piano Trios
Vladimir Ashkenazy’s prolific career continues with the completion of a project to record the piano works of Rachmaninov. The latest release on the Decca label (Decca Classics 4785346) contains the Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor and the Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor Op. 9. Performing with him are violinist Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, leader of the…
Classical Brit Winners 2013
The Classical Brit Award winners for 2013 have been announced with albums devoted to or influenced by film music, dominating the selections. Established in 2000 to ‘honour and recognise all forms of classical music from contemporary to crossover, opera to soundtracks, traditional to theatre’ the awards are organised by the British Phonographic Industry, the trade association which represents…
Amy Dickson Wins A Classical Brit Award
Hot on the heels of her nomination for a 2013 ARIA Fine Arts Award, saxophonist Amy Dickson has won a Classical Brit Award, becoming the first Australian to win one of these coveted prizes. At the sumptuous awards ceremony held at London’s Royal Albert Hall this week Dickson was given the award for Best Breakthrough Artist for her new album Dusk & Dawn….
Applications open for 2014 New Music Network Mini Series
The New Music Network is calling for proposals for the 2014 New Music Mini Series. The New Music Mini Series is a five-part series of concert events that promote or comprise performances by artists and ensembles of ‘the next generation’ within contemporary art music practice. This includes individuals and/or ensembles which are starting out…
Latest reviews
Concert review: ‘A Hilliard Songbook’
The Hilliard Ensemble Great Hall, University of Sydney 15 January 2014 “A Hilliard Songbook” The Hilliard Ensemble was formed in 1974 by Paul Hillier, who directed their early performances. The composition of the four members of the group has changed slowly over time and now only the counter-tenor David James remains from the founding…
CD Review: ‘Dido’s Lament’- Zoë Black and Joe Chindamo
Dido’s Lament is the debut release by pianist Joe Chindamo and violinist Zoë Black on their newly formed recording label Mo’OzArt. For the ‘classically’ trained Black and Chindamo, the pianist with the reputation as a jazz musician, it is a fusion of styles which seeks to shatter pre-conceptions and create what Chindamo describes as a…