Quiz: Who Really Wrote These Famous Pieces of Music?
Who wrote Greensleeves? And where does the opening theme of The Rite of Spring come from?
Some interesting revelations in this quiz about the origins of some famous pieces of music.
The Australian National Choral Association will run workshops in Vocal Pedagogy and Rehearsal Techniques nationally in June and July 2025.
The Symphony for Life Masterclass program has organised a series of 17 Masterclasses, presented by elite musicians. Each musician has donated an hour of their time to present a Masterclass for up to three students (20 minutes each). Instead of a fee to participate, participation via donation (suggested amount is $40) to the Foundation will…
Thomas Strong, a 31-year-old tenor from New South Wales, has won the coveted Opera Foundation Australia Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship for 2014. The finals concert was held at the Eugene Goossens Hall of Sydney’s ABC studios where Strong sang Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s Turandot and Mamma, quel vino è generoso from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana for his…
The attrition of greats continues. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has died. Read his obituary in Gramophone Magazine and on BBC News.
Anna Netrebko and her husband, tenor Yusif Eyvazov are releasing a new album of love song duets Romanza, on 1 September 2017 ahead of their duo recital in Sydney on 24 October. The double CD with 35 tracks is out on September 1 on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Romanza is not only Anna Netrebko’s first duet…
For Musica Viva, Australia’s oldest independent professional performing arts organisation, music education and artist development have occupied an important role alongside the world-class concerts it has presented since 1945. Its schools programme is the largest in the nation and has reached thousands of school students across the country. Now Musica Viva has announced the appointment…