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A New Appointment for Roland Peelman
In news from The Song Company, Artistic Director Roland Peelman has been appointed Artistic Director of the Canberra International Music Festival from 2015 to 2017. In a statement released recently, The Song Company announced that Roland Peelman’s role will commence in April 2014 replacing the current CIMF Director, Chris Latham. Roland Peelman will fulfil his new role alongside his existing commitments…
Zubin Kanga performs at The Proms Plus
Performing in one of the Proms Plus concerts in London earlier this week was contemporary music pianist Zubin Kanga. A graduate of the University of Sydney, Zubin currently lives in London where he is undertaking a PhD at the Royal Academy of Music.. the Proms Plus are introductory events held each day, prior to the…
Andreas Ottensamer brings the clarinet out of the closet
Australian clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer presents his debut album ‘Portraits – The Clarinet Album’ on Mercury Classics/Deutsche Grammophon. Released August 2 in Australia, Portraits – The Clarinet Album features concertos by Copland, Spohr and Cimarosa, along with arrangements of shorter pieces by Gershwin, Debussy and Amy Beach, a 19th century American composer. Andreas Ottensamer is accompanied…
Villazon and Nezet-Seguin reprise their Mozart collaboration
Following the success of their recording of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and tenor Rolando Villazón have completed work on their recording of another Mozartian classic, Così fan tutte, released on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Like Don Giovanni in 2011, the recording of Così fan tutte, Mozart’s bittersweet comedy, is also from a Baden-Baden…
PLC Sydney Chamber Choir wins Australian Choral Grand Prix
The winner of the inaugural Sydney Eisteddfod Australian Choral Grand Prix has been decided! Congratulations to winners The PLC Sydney Chamber Choir (Presbyterian Ladies’ College) on their magnificent victory. Conducted by Fiona Clouston and accompanied by Andrew Basile, along with a student string quartet, this choir gave a magnificent performance and at the end of…
A New Record Label is born
In an era of vanishing record shops and digital downloads, the Academy of Ancient Music announces the launch of its own record label: AAM Records. Since its foundation in 1973 the AAM has released over 300 CDs, predominantly on the Decca and Harmonia Mundi labels. Establishing its own flagship label AAM Records, will enable the AAM to take…
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CD Review: ‘Simon Tedeschi/Gershwin: Take Two’
Pianist Simon Tedeschi takes his fascination with Gershwin – rhythms and all, to a new level with his CD release Gershwin: Take Two (ABC Classics ABC 4810629). Following a little over a year after his first Gershwin disc Gershwin and Me, Tedeschi presents 21 tracks of mostly miniatures by the visionary American composer who…
CD Review: Praetorius Christmette.Christmas Mass
Praetorius Christmette . Christmas Mass, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh, conductor. Deutsches Grammophon Archiv 449 1757 **** If the credits on this CD sounds familiar it could because Deutsches Grammophon Archiv have this Christmas, re-released this disc which was made in 1994. Nearly 20 years after its first hearing, this recording of Michael…