Decorated Musicians

Ralph Myers, Artistic Director of the Belvoir Street Theatre delivers the annual Philip Parsons Memorial lecture in which he warns against the increasing corporitasion of the arts and its potential to damage the national cultural landscape. Click here to read.

Until yesterday, Michael Kaiser was the President of the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. After 29 years spent running 5 arts institutions he has sat at his last board meeting and writes that he will “breathe a sigh of relief” when he leaves the board room for the last time. Read his…

‘Art for art’s sake’ is becoming an increasingly remote concept in 21st century Australia as performing arts bodies are expected to function according to business models and boost their bottom line from private sources. Are these expectations realistic – and who evaluates the bodies that make the funding decisions? The Australia Council for the Arts which…

This short feature from the BBC Music magazine has some interesting facts about the piano as well as a video on how a grand piano is built. Magnificent!