ENO shuns the big screen
The move to the cinema screen is not for the English National Opera says its artistic director John Berry:
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Musica Viva’s Strike A Chord Championship Goes Online
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….
Got a spare $200,000 for a Mahler original?
Mahler’s personal copy of his 3rdand longest symphony was recently discovered in a private collection. If that isn’t exciting enough, it is notated in the composer’s hand, and is to be auctioned this week. http://gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-score-of-the-third-symphony-by-mahler-to-be-auctioned
Tarrega’s telephone tune
Did you know that the infamous Nokia ringtone is based on a phrase from Francisco Tarrega’s Grand Valse?! Thomas Dolby is the musician whose team created the ring tone that is heard 2 billion times a day! More at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9622000/9622785.stm
Vale Taryn Fiebig
SoundsLikeSydney grieves with Australia’s singing community on hearing the news that soprano Taryn Fiebig has died aged 49 after an extended battle with cancer.
2011 APRA AWARDS FINALIST: HALCYON AND GENEVIEVE LANG PERFORM GYGER.
A performance by Halcyon of a work by Elliot Gyger “From the Hungry Waiting Country “ written for specific voices and harpist, is another finalist in the prestigious 2011 APRA Art Music Performance of the Year category. The winners are to be announced tonight. Part of Halcyon’s 2009 “Extreme Nature” programme, the work brings together Halcyon, harpist Genevieve Lang and…
Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition Announces Competitors
Musica Viva Australia’s Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition finalists comprise fourteen ensembles from around the world.
