Seeing is believing……
The La Traviata chandelier arrives! Images by James Morgan courtsey of Opera Australia
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The La Traviata chandelier arrives! Images by James Morgan courtsey of Opera Australia
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The nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards are out! Congratulations to the Australian conductor Dr Nicholas Milton who conducts 25-year-old German pianist Joseph Moog with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern in a recording nominated for the Best Classical Instrumental Solo. The recording of piano concertos by Grieg and Moszkowski is on the Onyx Classics label. Nicholas…
Is the term ‘contemporary classical music’ a contradiction in terms? Tom Service of The Guardian dispels some myths: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/five-myths-contemporary-classical-music?intcmp=239
Opening tonight at the Sydney Opera House! Tchaikovsky’s tale of unrequited love Eugene Onegin, from Opera Australia, directed by Kasper Holten. Here’s a taste of what to expect – scroll down to see all 5 images. (Images by Lisa Tomasetti, courtesy Opera Australia)
“We need to think differently to give our children a better music education….If given a chance, every child has a capacity to play an instrument and to appreciate music” so says music educator Robert Adediran in this feature on music education in The Guardian.
A new suite of vinyl reissues celebrating the legacy of the late indigenous Australian songwriter Gurrumul (1971–2017) has been released by Decca and Universal Music.
Jenny Eriksson, founder and artisitic director of The Marais Project, writes about their upcoming concert. ‘The Art of Monody.’