Violinist Ray Chen performs in Sydney with pianist Timothy Young for Musica Viva as part of his first national recital tour of Australia. Born in Taiwan, the 25-year-old wunderkind grew up in Brisbane and was accepted into the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia aged just 15. In 2008 he won the Yehudi Menuhin…
Congratulations to pianist Alex Ranieri who has won the $15,000 first prize in New Zealand’s Kerikeri International Piano Competition held recently in the Bay of Islands. Alex also received the Jill Cottle award for the Best Sonata. Ranieri’s award-winning performance included music by Berg, Brahms, Vine, Granados and Messiaen’s Le Loriot, A graduate of the Queensland Conservatoium of Music from whence he graduated in 2013 with a University Medal and First Class honours in Advanced Performance, Ranieri is presently undertaking a Master’s degree offered jointly…
The Consort of Melbourne and the Choir of St James’ King Street, Sydney join forces in Melbourne to present A Requiem for Anzac Day, the centrepiece of which will be Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem). Under the direction of Warren Trevelyan-Jones, the ensembles continue their concert series War & Peace with motets by Schütz and JS Bach accompanying Brahms’ masterpiece. Inspired in part…