ABC Classics celebrates the 60th birthday of pre-eminent Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin with The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection, a 10 CD boxed set, also available as a digital collection, bringing together her iconic works with pieces recorded especially for this collection. Kats-Chernin is one of the most cosmopolitan and successful composers working today, with a prolific…
Emmanuel Pahud (c) Fabien Monthubert Fourteen years after his debut with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), the world’s greatest flautist Emmanuel Pahud, will return to Australia for a national concert tour with the ACO. Pahud’s virtuosity has earned him the reputation of being one of classical music’s greatest musicians; he has also become one of…
Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud joins the Australian Chamber Orchestra as soloist and guest director for a September national tour, Grieg and Beyond, which celebrates the music of Norway’s most well-known composer. The concert includes a world premiere by Ross Edwards and the Australian premieres of music by Kraggerud himself. Henning Kraggerud is Artistic Director of the Arctic Philharmonic…