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Tuning a piano is good for your brain
Having reported recently that an increasing number of pianos (in the US at least) are being dumped ( http://soundslikesydney.com.au/news/free-to-a-good-home-when-pianos-pass-their-use-by-date/8789.html), and that Australia is suffering a lack of piano tuners and training facilities for them, (http://soundslikesydney.com.au/news/australia-out-of-tuners/9084.html) research has proven that working and training as a piano tuner produces specific adaptations in brain function that relate to the…
IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition 2020 Calls For Entries
The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition 2020 is open and calling for entries from Opera and Classical singers under the age of 26. Counter – tenor Graham Pushee will lead the panel of adjudicators. Entrants will: • compete for the prestigious Marianne Mathy Scholarship and a number of other cash and career building opportunities worth…
The Great Symphonies Series
Tom Service of The Guardian begins a year – long journey which explores the symphony and how it changed our world. The word was first used in the 16th century and referred to music for various combinations of voices and instruments, like Gabrieli’s Sacrae symphoniae, 1597. The symphony as we know it today took shape…
Andreas Scholl interview from The Guardian
Laura Bennett of The Guardian interviews counter-tenor Andreas Scholl: Click here to read.
Vale Elke Neidhardt
Pioneering actress and opera director Elke Neidhardt AM died yesterday aged 72. Born in Stuttgart, she worked as a director of opera in Europe before taking up a post as resident director with Opera Australia in 1977, a post she held till 1990. In Australia she is known particularly for directing the first full modern Australian production…
Vale Myer Fredman
The ABC has announced the death of conductor Myer Fredman, who passed away last Friday night in Hobart, aged 82. Myer Fredman was very active in opera and orchestral music in Australian in the 70s, 80s and 90s, in Europe, and especially in his native UK, prior to moving to Australia. He was notable as a…