How will we access music over the next decade?
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/music-revolution-20120705-21jmo.html
A new organ in unveiled in Sydney:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/traveller-over-seas-and-years-20120707-21nqz.html
A review of the weekend’s Sydney Symphony concert conducted by conductor designate David Robertson:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/shifting-layers-have-rewards-20120705-21jt9.html
Clear Music’s Deals of the Day for the week commencing Tuesday April 14. Shipping within Australia is free. Tuesday: Debussy: Images Bks 1 and 2, A$28.50 each, Bärenreiter Urtext Debussy: Easy Piano Pieces and Dances, A$34.00 Bärenreiter Wednesday Mozart: Violin Concerto No.1 (Violin/Piano) A$33.00, Violin Concerto No.2 (Violin/Piano) A$36.00, Violin Concerto No.3 (Violin/Piano) A$33.00, Mozart: Violin…
Stuart Skelton performed in gala concert in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on October 25, celebrating the 70th birthday of The Prince of Wales. The evening marked His Royal Highness’s longstanding support and patronage of the arts and was being led by Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director The Royal Opera, Gregory Doran, Artistic Director The Royal…
The University of Sydney’s first MOOC centred on teaching music in the 21st century launches this month and urges music educators to rethink how technology is used to motivate school students to learn and make music. It is the University’s first rollout of seven open online courses, The Place of Music in 21st Century Education…
Reviews of Opera Australia’s Ring adventure in Melbourne with the performance of the first in the cycle Das Rheingold: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/feathers-and-cossies-the-ring-comes-full-cycle/story-e6frg8n6-1226762861675 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/neil-armfields-das-rheingold-from-wagners-ring-cycle-is-utterly-human/story-fn9d344c-1226763200219 Murray Black reviews Vladimir Ashkenazy’s tenure in The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/were-all-the-better-for-ashkenazys-sso-tour/story-e6frg8n6-1226762785028 A Polish pianist recreates the piano designed by Leonardo da Vinci: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/leonardo-da-vincis-wacky-piano-is-heard-for-the-first-time-after-500-years-20131118-2xpqs.html Mariss Jansons – ‘the greatest conductor on earth’: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/sound-and-style-20131114-2xhk2.html
Countertenor Maximilian Riebl (23) from Victoria, took away the coveted winner’s spot in the annual IFAC Australian Singing competition held last weekend. It is the first time since the competition began in 1982, that a counter-tenor has been awarded first place. Maximilian Riebl has performed regularly in Sydney as soloist with the Australian Brandenburg…
Claire Edwardes, Australia’s foremost virtuoso percussionist has released a new album, Kammerbox, an anthology of sparkling Australian chamber music written for and championed by Claire throughout her career. For decades Claire Edwardes has been collaborating with Australia’s top instrumentalists and commissioning chamber works by Australia’s foremost composers. Kammerbox showcases the best of Australian percussion with…