Vale Maestro Abbado
Maestro Claudio Abbado has died at the age of 81.
A prolific creative force, one of his many landmark achievements was to found the Mahler Chamber Orchestra which toured to Sydney just last year.
Maestro Claudio Abbado has died at the age of 81.
A prolific creative force, one of his many landmark achievements was to found the Mahler Chamber Orchestra which toured to Sydney just last year.
Omega Ensemble announces its CoLAB: Composer Accelerator Program participants for 2023, selected after a competitive national selection process.
Ensemble Offspring needs a talented individual to be their new Marketing & Development Coordinator, supporting Artistic Director Claire Edwardes in maintaining the company’s international reputation for groundbreaking artistic work. Applications close March 8. Ensemble Offspring is a Sydney based chamber music group with almost 25 years of experience in championing adventurous new music nationally and internationally. Led by…
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra prepares to open its 2012 season with four performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony over the coming week. Check out this witty Q and A with Philip Glass from the UK Guardian on the curse of composing a Ninth Symphony. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/05/pass-notes-ninth-symphony
Beautiful images from the production which will screen in Sydney over the next week. Scroll down to see all 8 images.. Click here for more information.
Oranges under the Full Moon: Chamber Music by Paul Stanhope is a new release on ABC Classics, available tomorrow. A renowned composer of choral works, this is Paul Stanhope’s debut album of chamber works. Paul Stanhope’s choral writing was influenced by his time as Musical Director of Sydney Chamber Choir. This album presents his work…
Ensemble Offspring, leaders in innovative new music have utilised crucial 3 year funding from the Australia Council to launch its national academy programme which they have called Hatched. In 2014 one young composer and one young performer will receive expert tuition and practical hands-on curatorial expertise designing a program of innovative work that showcases themselves alongside Ensemble…