Cuts to school music programmes in Queensland – Simone Young comments
Simone Young is in Brisbane to conduct the Australian Youth Orchestra. She comments on the Queensland state government’s slashing of music education in schools:
Simone Young is in Brisbane to conduct the Australian Youth Orchestra. She comments on the Queensland state government’s slashing of music education in schools:
It might seem enigmatic that Sydney’s fascination with baroque music looks back to a time before Western culture even arrived on these shores. Yet, the pull of baroque music is so powerful that a group of young Sydney musicians led by violinist Meg Cohen has been gathering in Sydney each summer, as the Sydney Baroque…
Pianist Krystian Zimmerman made a point about audience filming during recitals at a recent performance in Germany. Click here to read the article from the BBC.
Stuart Skelton, one of the world’s leading tenors and Wagnerians releases his debut solo recording Shining Knight on ABC Classics, available from July 20, 2018. Performing with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Asher Fisch, Shining Knight features arias from many of the roles that have become synonymous with Stuart Skelton – Parsifal, Lohengrin, Siegmund…
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…
Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist and conductor turns 80 in July – and to celebrate this milestone Decca is releasing his recording of the six French Suites by J S Bach, complete on a single CD, available on July. 14, 2017 The tracks: JS Bach/ French Suites [1]-[5] Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812 [6]-[11]…
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra is releasing a new CD Heavenly Mozart on 10 Novembe. On it, the Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’ andthe Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, conducted by Rachael Beesley with eminent fortepiano soloist Neal Peres Da Costa.