Performing in one of the Proms Plus concerts in London earlier this week was contemporary music pianist Zubin Kanga. A graduate of the University of Sydney, Zubin currently lives in London where he is undertaking a PhD at the Royal Academy of Music.. the Proms Plus are introductory events held each day, prior to the…
TORRID NATURE SCENES, is an album of chamber works from Australian composer Nicholas Vines which presents a series of musical landscapes that instill both anxiety and ebullience in the listener. Through his innovative use of woodwinds, voice, and chamber ensemble, Vines – lauded for his “crackling style” (NewMusicBox) and called “compellingly original” (Boston Phoenix) and…
The celebrated American pianist, and conductor Stephen Drury is to visit Sydney this November. He will give two public recitals in the magnificent rock-walled New Hall of Sydney Grammar School. Stephen Drury (b 1955) was student of Claudio Arrau and is now on the piano faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He performs repertoire…