Some of Australia’s finest composers and performers in contemporary classical, jazz and experimental music have today been named as finalists for the 2017 Art Music Awards. Nominees are spread over performing and non-performing categories. Australian State and Territory Awards will be announced during the awards ceremony, while the Distinguished Services to Australian Music Award will…
Flinders Quartet, Melbourne’s premier string quartet, makes its debut appearance at North Sydney’s Independent Theatre this June as part of the Winter Concert Series, with special guest cellist, Timo-Veikko Valve in a program of chamber pieces for strings by Schubert, Boccherini and Sculthorpe. Australia’s much loved composer, Peter Sculthorpe said that he viewed his whole…
From Handel and Bach to contemporary works by Latvia’s Peteris Vasks and Australia’s Iain Grandage, the Sydney Chamber Choir is presenting Dixit Dominus, a joyous plethora of prayers to life, love, nature, courage and hope. Leading choral conductor, Jonathan Grieves-Smith, Chorus Master of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus and, more recently, Director of Music at Trinity College,…