Tan Dun named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
UNESCO has named Tan Dun, the composer of the Academy Award winning soundtrack to the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as a Goodwill Ambassador.
Click here to read the feature in Gramophone.
UNESCO has named Tan Dun, the composer of the Academy Award winning soundtrack to the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as a Goodwill Ambassador.
Click here to read the feature in Gramophone.
Check out these stunning images of the Cobar Sound Chapel co-created by violinist, composer and sound artist Georges Lentz and prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt.
Opera Australia’s new production of Rossini’s The Turk in Italy opens tonight in Sydney. Here’s a sneak peek at what to expect. Images by Lisa Tomasetti, courtesy Opera Australia. Scroll down for all 8 images.
Arts Minister Simon Crean has made two new appointments to the Australia Council for the Arts as a review calls for its reform: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/how-to-finance-a-cultural-utopia/story-e6frg8n6-1226362737526 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/appointments-follow-a-review-of-the-australia-council/story-e6frg8n6-1226362844473
One of the world’s most loved comic operas, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, celebrates its 200th anniversary on Saturday 20 February. To mark the occasion, Opera Australia has joined forces with World’s Greatest Shave to donate a portion of ticket sales to the Leukaemia Foundation. For every ticket purchased to the Sydney Opera House season…
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The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra launched its 2018 concert series at the City Recital Hall last night with an evening of superbly performed English music. Counter-tenor Maximilian Riebl joined the instrumental ensemble and the Brandenburg Choir for Thomas Tallis’ England, in which they performed music spanning four centuries and several styles. Check out the images from opening…