Closer ties for the arts in Austral-asia
The federal government wants to build reciprocal relationships with arts bodies in Asia as part of closer ties with the continent
The federal government wants to build reciprocal relationships with arts bodies in Asia as part of closer ties with the continent
Mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble is one of Australia’s most successful international artists. Based in Hamburg, her engagements in 2015 include Erda in Das Rheingold with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Erda in Siegfried at Boston Symphony Hall, her debut as Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde in Mexico City, Judith in Bluebeard’s Castle in Melbourne, Elgar’s Sea Pictures at the Britannia in…
How often have you returned to a forgotten book or piece of music only to re-discover or even uncover unrealised joys? Vexations 840 has begun a worldwide hunt for The Hunt for the Greatest Forgotten String Quartet and is inviting lovers of chamber music to have their say in a vote and help programme a…
Omega Ensemble in collaboration with Nanda\Hobbs Gallery presenst the Art of Chamber Music Auction for which bids close this Thursday. It is a chance to take home a one-of-a-kind work by some of Sydney’s most extraordinary artists, while supporting Omega Ensemble’s 2020 Resilience Fund. The artworks include pieces by 2020 Archibald Prize finalists Jonathan Dalton,…
A Stradivarius violin valued at £1.2 million and stolen from a London railway station in 2010 was thought to have been recovered. However, things are not what they seem to be as David Ng reports in the Los Angeles Times: Click here to read.
The ABRSM in the UK (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) has announced a major teaching initiative aimed at introducing primary school children in England to classical music. The ABRSM’s ‘Classical 100’ is an online resource supported by Decca and UK’s Classic FM, based on a list of 100 works that it believes are…
Viol (viola da gamba) consort The Marais Project’s upcoming concert Six of the Best was conceived high in the Rocky Mountains of Canada by Jennifer Eriksson, founder and music director of the ensemble. Like the setting in which it was created, it has elements that bear witness to centuries as well as the freshness and…