This is a perceptive and compelling article on the impact of internet streaming services on creativity and the livelihood of artists. The writer, David Byrne is a founding member and principal songwriter of Talking Heads. Born in Scotland he lives in the US and warns that disseminating art via the internet – be it literature, music or visual art – is not sustainable.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/11/david-byrne-internet-content-world
Some years ago I attended a concert at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Sopranos Montserrat Caballe and her Callas look-alike daughter Monserrat Marti gave a superb rendition of solos and duets for female voices. The hall was packed; the audience brought them out – and they graciously obliged – for three encores. On the premise that one good…
Aided and abetted by pianist Erin Helyard, David Greco is by far Australia’s best current lieder baritone.
Dame Nelli Melba was born on May 19th 1861. Today marks the sesquicentenaryof her birth in Melbourne. Australia Post has released a stamp to commemorate the occasion. Good enough reason to actuall post a letter, rather than send an email! On the stamp is fellow Victorian Rupert Bunny’s salon portrait of the great soprano. Did…
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.
Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim of the New York Times, writes about this form of ‘high-culture hooliganism’.
Classical and Contemporary Singing, Choirs, Piano, Instrumental Solos, Instrumental Groups, Music Composition, Speech and Drama and Dance – just some of the many categories in which you can test your talents in the 2019 Sydney Eisteddfod. Earlybird entries close at midnight tonight. Click here for details.