The Australian Music Centre commissions 10 new works
The selected composers have each received $1000 bursaries to realise their works as part of the 2020 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.
May 21, 2020
Sydney Conservatorium’s Liza Lim and Composing Women program takes out international award
The initiative focused on advancing women composers has won a Classical:NEXT 2020 Innovation Award.
May 21, 2020
Jonathan Grieves-Smith jailed for child sex crimes
The choral conductor was extradited from Australia to Britain, where he has been sentenced to 24 years in jail.
May 21, 2020
State galleries begin to reopen
The Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Art Gallery of South Australia will reopen their doors in June following their temporary closure due to COVID-19.
May 20, 2020
20 Questions with Arabella Logan
The 13-year-old is a member of WSYO and a NSW RFS cadet. She tells us about her most inspiring musical moment, her love of Beethoven and Delta Goodrem, and how she's coped with COVID-19 isolation.
May 20, 2020
Arts patron Michael Aquilina to support new chamber series
The new online series presented by Melbourne Digital Concert Hall will see more than 50 orchestral musicians earning performance income in June.
May 19, 2020
A survey finds 9 in 10 will return to cultural events – though safety measures will determine when
The Audience Outlook Monitor predicts 78% will attend as often as they did pre-COVID-19, but only 22% will return as soon as restrictions are lifted. Smaller venues are most likely to attract audiences in the near future.
May 19, 2020
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller: What I’m Listening to this Month
The German soprano reveals the soundtrack to her May.
May 18, 2020
Review: Jugendstil Songs 1898 – 1916 (Camilla Tilling, Paul Rivinius)
A heady musical journey around turn-of-the-century Vienna.
May 18, 2020
Review: Elsewhere (The Australian Voices, Gordon Hamilton)
Many pleasures come together in this mysterious compilation.
May 18, 2020
Review: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Strasbourg Philharmonic, John Nelson)
John Nelson’s stellar Faust; signed, sealed and delivered.
May 18, 2020
Review: Bliss: Mary of Magdala, The Enchantress (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Davis)
A mixed bag of loot from the Sir Arthur Bliss archive.
May 18, 2020
Victoria announces a further $32 million to support the arts
The funding will support venues including the National Gallery of Victoria, Arts Centre Melbourne and Melbourne Recital Centre.
May 18, 2020