Finalists for the 2023 Art Music Awards announced
Honouring established musicians such as Liza Lim, Paul Dean and Mindy Meng Wang, this year’s Awards also celebrate an exciting number of first-time nominees.
July 12, 2023
Maddy Briggs
Maddy Briggs is a writer, sound designer and composer who works across theatre, screen, dance and video art. Her work has been featured in VIVID Sydney, MUSLAB’s International Electroacoustic Music Festival, SBS on Demand on BBC Music 6. She was also a 2024 Media Fellow with Bang On a Can.
Articles by Maddy Briggs
The 12 Sydney International Piano Competition semi-finalists revealed
A young Australian is one of 12 competitors set to perform a solo recital and chamber program for the competition's penultimate round.
July 11, 2023
Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2023 winners announced
Australia’s Affinity Quartet becomes the first domestic ensemble to win the string quartet category.
July 10, 2023
Michelle Ryan: Curved Light
The Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre cuts through the smoke and mirrors in her new work for Illuminate Adelaide and her upcoming Sydney Opera House debut.
July 7, 2023
The Opera Foundation for young Australians announces 2023 Awards
In the Awards’ 60th year, six young Australian artists win opportunities to work in some of the world's most esteemed opera houses.
July 5, 2023
Australian Haydn Ensemble announces new CEO and first international tour
Jacqui Smith will lead the historically-informed music group, which has also revealed its first tour to the US.
July 4, 2023
Review: Ghosts Between Streams (Tom Avgenicos, Delay 45)
Fortune favours the bold – and the Freedman Jazz Fellowship winner’s new evocative interdisciplinary work puts himself among them.
June 30, 2023
Winner of the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Concerto Competition announced
Year 11 viola student Hayley Lau has won $5,000 and an engagement with the orchestra in 2024.
June 30, 2023
Electrical conductor: Robot to lead orchestra
A robot conductor will lead the National Orchestra of Korea in an upcoming concert. Time to be paranoid about androids?
June 28, 2023
Three young violinists win to ‘play with Ray’ at the Sydney Opera House
Three emerging violinists have won the chance to perform with Ray Chen and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House on 25 July.
June 28, 2023
Nicolette Fraillon awarded 2023 Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
The Australian conductor joins a list of prestigious musicians celebrated for outstanding contributions to music.
June 23, 2023
Make noise for Make Music Day in 2023!
Australia gets loud today in celebration of Make Music Day. We look at the events in store for the celebration.
June 21, 2023
Sydney Opera House announces 50th Birthday Festival
Classical and contemporary music, evocative performance and the world premiere of a rock-opera on the bill to celebrate the half-century of the iconic Sydney sails.
June 20, 2023