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Angus Davison wins 2022-23 Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship.
Angus Davison wins the 2022-23 Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship.
Emerging Composers Win 2022 Art Music Fund Awards
Eleven composers from Australia and New Zealand are the recipients of the Art Music Fund, with each receiving a $5,000 grant towards the commission of a proposed work.
The Marais Project Releases New Album Australian Monody
The Marais Project, one of Australia’s most intriguing early music ensembles, releases a disctinctive and typically eclectic new album next month, Australian Monody and it will celebrate this release with a concert launch.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Records St John Passion For Deutsche Grammophon
Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to record J S Bach’s St John Passion, BWV 245, for Deutsche Grammophon, more than thirty years after he first recorded this work for Archiv Produktion.
Kats-Chernin In Finals Of Australian Women In Music Awards
Congratulations to Elena Kats-Chernin who has been nominated in two categories of the Australian Women in Music Awards. Winners announced in May in Brisbane.
Pinchgut Opera Announces New Taryn Fiebig Scholar
Perth-born tenor Louis Hurley has been named as the first Humanity Foundation Taryn Fiebig Scholar.
Latest reviews
Concert Review: Indie Ditties/ Hao
Hao rose to every challenge spectacularly, acquitting the cycle with panache and tenderness where appropriate; he made an excellent first case for Vines’ Indie Ditties, which should by most metrics be destined for a well-deserved place in the Australian piano canon.
Album Review: Liquid Crystal/ Carbon And Raineri
Carbon and Raineri explore these pieces from the Romantic to the Modern, showcasing both traditional and newer aesthetics along with the rich tapestry of colours, tones phrasing and dynamics intrinsic to both the clarinet and the piano.