This Saturday, the Sydney Chamber Choir joins forces with orchestra seventeen88, conducted by Richard Gill to perform Ross Edwards’ Missa Alchera which reveals deep connections between time, ritual, place and the Dreaming of Australia’s Indigenous peoples.
In this Q and A, Ross Edwards talks about his early memories of music, his inspirations and the process of writing the Missa Alchera.
Dr Natalie Nicolas is the winner of the Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship for 2025, as announced by Music Performance UNSW.
Earlier today, the ARIA Fine Arts and Artisan Awards were announced with Peter Sculthorpe: Complete Works for Solo Piano, performed by Tamara-Anna Cislowska, winning in the category for Best Classical Album. This important double album recorded by ABC Classics has been acclaimed not just for its fine playing, but as an anthology of the famous composer’s…
Composers Paul Dean and Elliott Gyger have been announced as the recipients of the 2022 Paul Lowin Prizes.
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the finalists for the 2014 Art Music Awards. The awards recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music and encompass a range of endeavours including outstanding contributions by individuals and organisations in Australian music, music education, experimental music, jazz and regional music. The…
Max Richter’s VOICES 2, the second album in the cutting-edge audio-visual VOICES project, inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is out now on Decca Records.
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra marks 25 years of music-making with their new studio recording Brandenburg Celebrates which has already climbed to #2 on the ARIA charts. Brandenburg Celebrates is now available on the ABC Classics label (ABC 4811929). The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s discography of some 18 recordings includes five ARIA-Award winners. The music chosen by…