Trifonov Interviewed
In more news about pianists, the AFR has published this interview with 23 year old Russian protege Daniil Trifonov and ends the feature with a list of the very best 6 pianists who are not yet 35 years old.Guess who they are…
He was an exacting taskmaster, as this invaluable archival footage demonstrates. Benjamin Britten is seen rehearsing his choral overture The Building of the House for its premiere in 1967. Click here to view.
The University of Sydney’s Professor Anne Boyd AM has received the 2014 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award for her outstanding contribution to music in Australia. The award was presented to Professor Boyd at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music 2015 Chancellor’s Concert on Friday 21 March by the University of Melbourne’s Professor Barry Conyngham. Boyd…
Did the ailments of composers influence the music they wrote?! Did Tavener’s life-threatening inherited disease Marfan’s Syndrome initiate the otherworldly sound of his music? Did Beethoven’s deafness cause him to focus on his physiological rhythms? Click here to read Tom Service’s feature in The Guardian.
Teddy Tahu Rhodes and David Hobson with pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley are in the midst of a national tour presenting a programme of operatic arias and duets and popular songs. They perform in Sydney on Friday November 4th, in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. This is a review of the tour which commenced in…
The names have been announced of 32 fine young pianists from around the globe who will take part in the Sydney International Piano Competition (The Sydney), in July, 2023.
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