Violonist Aiko Goto of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and koto master Satsuki Odamura perform a superb programme of Eastern and Western classical music which will include JS Bach’s Solo Sonata for Violin No. 2 in A minor, Yatsuhashi’s Six Variations, Sawai’s Dosei for Koto and Violin, Fujeida’s Patterns of Plants and a piece written for Odamura by the Australian composer Linsey Pollak, Pretang…
The winners of the prestigious 2013 Paul Lowin Prizes were announced at ceremony in Sydney on Monday night, 28th October. Elliot Gyger won the $15,000 purse in the Song Cycle category for giving voice (2012), a cycle of eight songs for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, based on Australian female poets’ words about early childhood…
The coveted Paul Lowin Prizes are being awarded again in 2013, and the winners will be announced in Sydney, on Monday October 28th, 2013. Presented by the Paul Lowin Trust and the Australian Music Centre (AMC), the awards are among Australia’s richest prizes for composition, with an Orchestral Prize of $25,000 and a Song Cycle Prize of…