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…
Paul Mealor. On the day I was scheduled to speak to Welsh composer Paul Mealor, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, there was a storm so wild, that telecommunications were disrupted and the call had to be re-scheduled. The elements seemed to conspire to evoke Mealor’s inspirations and memories whilst defying his aspirations to “write music that…
Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone has won over 25 awards internationally, for his film scores. Amongst them, the haunting themes for Sergio Leone’s Westerns ( A Fistfull of Dollars, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, For few Dollars More), The Mission and Bugsy. Quentin Tarantino used some of Morricone’s music in Inglorious Basterdsand co-artists like…
The Australian Chamber Orchestra has just announced its 2013 season. Andreas Scholl sings Vivaldi, Barry Humphries presents music from Berlin, Martin Fröst plays Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Patricia Kopatchinskaja guest directs from the violin. There’s music by Brahms, Brett Dean, Ginastera and Rautavaara in the mix. More at: http://www.aco.com.au/buy/subscriptions?utm_source=mail2&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Announcing2013season
Recently the music world mourned the death of conductor Sir Colin Davis, a world figure in his field and the longest serving conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. At 85, he was due to conducted a BBC Proms concert this year. Taking over the baton for this concert by the LSO will be Daniel Harding whom we will see in…
Selby & Friends have added a haunting new piece to their YouTube Channel. The Quartet Movement for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello in A Minor by a very young Gustav Mahler performed by Elizabeth Layton (violin), Glen Donnelly (viola), Julian Smiles (cello) and Kathryn Selby (piano) from a 2012 program entitled My Song is Love…
The 2013 winners of the ART Music Awards have been announced, acknowledging excellence in the creation, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. The awards are made by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre, and include contemporary art music, jazz and experimental music. At the pinnacle, the Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music was presented to 85-year-old George Dreyfus…