Simone Young returns to Australia at the end of July to conduct the Australian Youth Orchestra in Brisbane. In this interview with the Sydney Morning Herald she talks about her tenure in Hamburg and her plans for the future: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/funding-means-its-a-long-way-between-sydney-and-hamburg-20120622-20t5k.html http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/climbing-every-mountain-with-a-bit-of-metal-20120622-20t5h.html
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced that English conductor, organist and harpsichordist Sir Andrew Davis has been appointed to the position of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director from January 2013. Sydney audiences can take in a preview of this artistic collaboration when the MSO performs at the Sydney Opera House with its Chief Conductor elect at the end…
Is the term ‘contemporary classical music’ a contradiction in terms? Tom Service of The Guardian dispels some myths: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/five-myths-contemporary-classical-music?intcmp=239