Steve Reich on minimalism
Steve Reich is in Sydney! He talks to Matthew Westwood from The Australian:
Steve Reich is in Sydney! He talks to Matthew Westwood from The Australian:
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…
Tasmanian guitarist and composer Julius Schwing is the recipient of the Australian Music Centre’s MOMENTUM Commission: Composing lutruwita, the Australian Music Centre announced today.
Over three nights, virtuoso violinist Madeleine Easton performed the landmark solo sonatas and partitas for violin by J S Bach.
The Australian String Quartet has two new players. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/dream-chamber-music-role-keeps-young-violin-star-here/story-fn9d2mxu-1226131720638
Arts NSW has announced far-reaching plans for the arts precinct at Sydney’s Walsh Bay, which promises to “more than double the arts offerings at Walsh Bay”. In the pipeline are upgrades of existing facilities as well as new ones which include 2 new performance venues, bars and cafés, outdoor seating and connecting the upper…
Eleven composers from Australia and New Zealand are the recipients of the Art Music Fund, with each receiving a $5,000 grant towards the commission of a proposed work.