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ANAM Undertakes Major Commissioning Project ‘The ANAM Set’
The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) has undertaken an major commissioning project called The ANAM Set and has announced the sixty-seven Australian composers who will be participating in what is arguably one of the biggest commissioning projects ever undertaken in Australia.
Domingo’s newest role – and it’s not in opera.
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