Australia’s most innovative and cutting-edge collective, Ensemble Offspring is bringing back Kontiki Racket, its vibrant 2-day festival celebrating new music, arts and culture. The festival will feature artist talks, live video installations, and exciting new performances from Ensemble Offspring and the highly acclaimed Zephyr Quartet from South Australia. The festival’s musical highlights include world premieres from…
Seven soloists of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, from interstate and overseas for their Madness & Confrontation and Voyage of Musical Discovery orchestral concerts in late March in Sydney, will also perform a special chamber program. The recitals, in Sydney, Bowral and Melbourne feature members of the orchestra, based in Queensland, Victoria, NSW, England…
The power of the human voice collides with words and music in the latest CD release from Halcyon This moment must be sung, (Tall Poppies) which features the chamber songs of contemporary Australian composer Andrew Schultz (b 1960). A prolific composer of instrumental and vocal music for both small and large forces, Schulz says he…