World-renowned shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) master, Riley Lee, has joined forces with the Enigma Quartet in Five Elements, an ambitious commissioning and performance project to create an entirely new genre of music that blends Japanese with European music. They will perform in November as part of the popular monthly Prelude in Tea series at North…
The 2017 ARIA Awards launches at the National Art Gallery in Sydney on October 10, with the announcement of the winners in the Fine Arts category, including Best Classical Album, Best Jazz Album, Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album, Best World Music Album, along with Producer Of The Year, Engineer Of the Year, Best Cover Art and Best Comedy. The nominees…
Our friends in Newcastle have been busy with a concert series curated by Sally Walker. David Banney tells us what he thought. Twilight Musical Dialogues –Russia Adamstown Uniting Church (Newcastle) June 23, 2017 Sally Walker (flute)/ Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano)/ Elena Kats-Chernin (composer, narrator)/ Youth Cameo: Zachary Yoshinaga Donoghoe (clarinet) Sally Walker’s Twilight Musical Dialogues have been an innovative…