A New Appointment for Roland Peelman
In news from The Song Company, Artistic Director Roland Peelman has been appointed Artistic Director of the Canberra International Music Festival from 2015 to 2017.
In news from The Song Company, Artistic Director Roland Peelman has been appointed Artistic Director of the Canberra International Music Festival from 2015 to 2017.
In an interview on radio some years ago, Adrian Collette, then CEO of Opera Australia (OA) was challenged with the assertion that opera was an art form for the elite. He countered ably, with the observation that the only thing elite about opera was the training undergone by its practitioners. Claims of elitism in the…
Strike A Chord, Musica Viva Australia’s National Chamber Music Championship for high school students is going online and the entry fee has been waived! Secondary school-aged ensembles from around Australia are invited to apply online by 27 August 2020 for their chance to progress to the finals and share in prizes worth thousands of dollars….
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, composed in 1723, is so ‘accessible’, it has suffered the fate of overexposure. Its four heady concerti pass through summer, autumn, winter, and spring, depicting folk life and evocative landscapes in bite-sized chunks. Some of its passages are so instantly recognisable that they have suffered the ignominy of being used as background music in commercials. Enter German-born…
In more news about pianists, the AFR has published this interview with 23 year old Russian protege Daniil Trifonov and ends the feature with a list of the very best 6 pianists who are not yet 35 years old.Guess who they are…
Cobbled squares, Prague Castle, the Vltava river and pilsner moustaches – the city of Prague, a gem amongst cities, steeped in music through the centuries. Enter Andrea Keller, a Sydney raised, Melbourne based composer who is one of the most original personalities to emerge on the Australian jazz scene over the last decade. Andrea has…
A sneak peak at some of the costumes for Madame Butterfly, this year’s production from Handa Opera on the Harbour. Scroll down to see all 5 imges. Costume Design by Lluc Castells for Cio-Cio San (in white) and friends (in red). Image courtesy of Opera Australia