Gramophone 2014 Recording Of The Year
Tomorrow, September 17, Gramophone Magazine announces its 2014 Recording of the Year as picked by its panel of critics from the 12 category winners.
Click here to check out the category winners and read more.
Tomorrow, September 17, Gramophone Magazine announces its 2014 Recording of the Year as picked by its panel of critics from the 12 category winners.
Click here to check out the category winners and read more.
“….the entire issue of music education is becoming an ever bigger issue all over Europe. Apart from the obvious cultural value, employers want people who can work in teams, think laterally and not in straight lines, all of which music gives you in spades. A free music education was one of the glories of the…
Lisa Gasteen makes a welcome return to the stage during the Brisbane Festival in August. She talks to Matthew Westwood of The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/opera-star-lisa-gasteen-sets-her-own-tempo/story-fn9n8gph-1226403160732 …… and Eric Whitacre talks to Bridget Cormack: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/master-of-the-ethereal-choristers/story-fn9d2mxu-1226404727785
For centuries, opera has been an European art form – its tales and music emerging from the literature, the librettists and the composers of the European continent. With the discovery of the New World, the art form reached across the Atlantic. It was only in 1955 that Marian Anderson (b1897) became the first African-American to…
There was much to celebrate as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Chief Conductor Simone Young launched its 2024 program with a Season Opening Gala on Thursday 28 February at teh Sydney Opera House.
As the nation reflects on the legacy of Peter Sculthorpe, writers review his life and work: Click here to read Vincent Plush in The Australian, Philip Jones in The Australian, Joel Meares in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Huge congratulations to opera singers soprano Cheryl Barker and baritone Peter Coleman-Wright for being awarded honours in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2015. Ms Barker was made an Officer (AO) in the General Division “for distinguished service to the performing arts as an operatic soprano, as a mentor and role model, and through fundraising support…