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Valuable Steinway baby grand turns up at Broome tip

Local musician Wil Thomas stumbled across a 16-year-old playing the dumped, battered but still functional piano.

March 19, 2017
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Adrian Tamburini triumphs at the 2017 Opera Awards

The bass baritone has won the YMF Australia Award, with prizes going to Anna Dowsley, Eva Kong and Andrew Moran.

March 19, 2017
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Mitch Fifield scraps controversial Catalyst Fund

The Turnbull Government’s volte face will see $61 million returned to the Australia Council over four years.

March 18, 2017
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Composer’s embalmed corpse discarded in desecrated tomb

Sigismond Thalberg’s gruesome remains were found in the corner of his mausoleum by his great-great-granddaughter.

March 17, 2017
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Schoolboy, aged 11, to become world’s youngest conductor

Matthew Smith's dream of conducting Die Fledermaus is to come true with the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra.

March 17, 2017
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Joshua Bell takes centre stage in new children’s book

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March 16, 2017
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Bangarra Dance Theatre welcomes two new dancers

Ryan Pearson and Baden Hitchcock have joined the Company as part of the Russell Page Graduate Program.

March 16, 2017
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Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera opens to mixed reviews

The Canadian production, based on music and lyrics by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, fails to convince the critics.

March 16, 2017
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Timothy Constable steps down as Synergy Artistic Director

The percussionist will hand over the reins to Ian Cleworth after a seven-year tenure.

March 15, 2017
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Aussie artists to help farewell Alan Gilbert

The conductor has assembled an international orchestra to celebrate his time with the New York Philharmonic.

March 15, 2017
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Young Australian violinist plays for Her Majesty The Queen

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March 15, 2017
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John Adams’s Nixon Tapes are on the bill at Vivid Sydney 2017

Opera Australia performs at Vivid Live for the first time with a concert featuring music by Adams, Dessner and Greenwood.

March 14, 2017
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Christa Ludwig raises an eyebrow at Netrebko and overhype

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March 14, 2017

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