Matt Ottley’s New Multi-Modal Release
Prize-winning author, illustrator and composer Matt Ottley’s latest creation ‘The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness’ is a powerful, large-scale, multi-modal project weaving together the worlds of literature, music and visual art in the poignant story of one boy’s journey into mental illness.
Performance Opportunities At The Electronic Music Conference
Shout out to all musicians in the electronic media! The Australian Music Centre is offering performance opportunities at the Electronic Music Conference, Sydney, April 2022.
New Vocal Consort Castalia Aims To Inspire
Sydney has a new vocal ensemble Castalia, which makes its debut this weekend.
Lise Davidsen and Leif Ove Andsnes Release New Album Of Grieg Songs
Lise Davidsen and Leif Ove Andsnes, the two prodigiously gifted Norwegian artists who have risen to the top of the classical music world, have collaborated for the first time on a new album of Edvard Grieg songs now released on Decca Classics.
Sydney International Piano Competition Announces Competition Winner
The Sydney International Piano Competition has announced that composer/pianist Colin Spiers has won its new competition for Australian composers, Composing the Future.
Einaudi’s New Release ‘Underwater’
Composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi releases Underwater, his first new solo piano album in 20 years, now available on the Decca label.
Mark Isaacs New Piano Solo Single
Mark Isaacs will release a new solo piano single of Ravel’s Ondine in January 2022.
Stuart Skelton Appointed to Academic Chair
Superstar heldentenor and Sydney favourite Stuart Skelton has been appointed to lead the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) internationally-renowned opera department in the role of the new J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair in Opera.
Chopin Competition Winner Bruce Liu On Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon has released recordings of Chopin Piano Competition winner Bruce Liu, made during various live stages of this contest which was held in Warsaw in October 2021. Born in Paris in 1997 to Chinese parents from Beijing, Liu’s family moved to Montreal when he was six. He began playing the piano aged eight…