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:
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Australian composer Nicholas Vines has received a ringing endorsement by no less a journal than The New York Times, for his composition for clarinet and piano, Rustling the Deities. Performed by the “superb new-music ensemble counter)induction” (Allan Kozinn in The New York Times), this review happily supports the release last week of the debut recording of Vines’ music Torrid…
The Australian String Quartet celebrates AusMusic Month with two new releases, Stephen Pigram’s Walganyagarra Buru and Charles Edward Horsley’s String Quartet no 1. Both recordings will be available on the ASQ’s Australian Anthology digital release platform. Coinciding with NAIDOC celebrations last week, the ASQ released a recording of Stephen Pigram’s Walganyagarra Buru, a piece which…
Winnie Su from Ryde, NSW took out the coveted 2022 Sydney Eisteddfod Kawai Piano Scholarship with an award-winning rendition of Beethoven’s Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op. 109.
“All music… is about the supreme expression of all mankind” Stephen Fry. Stephen Fry has been debating the relevance of classical music at the Cambridge University Union. In the 21st century, we have more access to more music, instantly. Are perople still listening to “classical” music? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13373628 Stephen Fry and DJ Kissy Sell Out exchange…
It’s a busy year and Christmas in London for Australian soprano Nicole Car who has just finished a season singing the role of Countess Almaviva in Opera Australia’s production of The Marriage of Figaro. Earlier this year she sang Marguerite in Faust, for the company and next year she will sing for them again, making her…
Gramophone Magazine has packaged its explorations of all of Beethoven’s symphonies by nine leading international conductors – Norrington, Zinman, Jansons, Vänskä, Gardiner, Iván Fischer, Tilson Thomas, Paavo Järvi and Chailly A terrific chance to gain some understanding of these cornerstones of the symphonic repertoire.