The ANU School of Music contoversy continues
The conroversy continues over Professor Adrian Walter’s appointment to the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts:
The conroversy continues over Professor Adrian Walter’s appointment to the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts:
Part 1 of two-part interview with emerging Australian conductor Jennifer Condon. Nearly 12 months ago, 28 year old Jennifer Condon visited Sydney to garner support for a project fired by a passion that has burned in her for the best part of a decade. During her final year of school in Sydney, she heard a fragment of…
ABC Classic has released a 3 CD recording of the complete piano concertos by Beethoven, performed by Jayson Gillham, with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Carter. This cycle is the first in twenty years, recorded by an all-Australian team, comprising pianist, conductor and orchestra, and is a major addition to the ongoing celebrations…
Sir David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte for Opera Australia hits the boards in Sydney in July. Conducted by Jonathan Darlington, it features a glittering cast which includes Nicole Car, Anna Dowsley, Taryn Fiebig, Charles Castronovo, Andrew Jones and Richard Anderson. It also completes the trilogy of Mozart-Da Ponte operas that Sir David has…
Musical dynasties have made their mark in music from the days of the Scarlattis and the Bachs, through to the Shankars and the Lennons. Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim’s 26 year old violinist son Michael, has for 9 years, been the leader of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, (WEDO) created by Barenboim senior as an act of middle eastern reconciliation. The WEDO…
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For some, the names of JS Bach and Glenn Gould are inextricably linked. As we commemorate Gould’s birth anniversary on September 25th 1932, The Guardian takes a comprehensive look at his legacy with insights form some of today’s foremost pianists: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/20/glenn-gould-wilfully-idiotic-genius