Update from the ANU School of Music
More on the dire situation at the ANU School of Music:
More on the dire situation at the ANU School of Music:
Sound Recordist Chris Watson has spent a year immersed in the countryside around Benjamin Britten’s home in Suffolk, recording and listening to the birdsongs which inspired the composer. Watson has incorporated these songs with the music of Britten to create a unique new piece called In Britten’s Footsteps which will premiere this February. Watson says “The spatial aspect of…
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…
Opera Australia celebrates its 200th performance of its Gale Edwards production of Puccini’s La Bohème offering with 200 tickets for 200 cents.
Gramophone magazine has published a list of the ten best works by JS Bach, especially aimed at newcomers to his music. Glorious as they are, the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor, are possibly better suited to more experienced listeners, we think. Notable absentees from the list are gentler introductions to his music – including…
A brand new composition by Elena Kats-Chernin, titled Jubissima will premiere in May at the Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA) in Brisbane.
Orchestra Victoria, the Melbourne based orchestra scheduled to play for the Melbourne Ring Cycle and which plays for the Australian Ballet, Opera Australia and the Victorian Opera, is under review. The Australian reports: Click here to read.