Tag: Classical music
Top musicians honoured at classical awards
Australia's top musicians have been honoured at the Classical Music Awards.[MORE]
Musicians hit Sydney for 'piano Olympics'
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The Sydney International Piano Competition is often dubbed the piano Olympics for its intensity and four-year cycle.[MORE]
Silver lining for storm-damaged concert hall
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The Australian National University's Llewellyn Hall will reopen tonight more than a year after it was severely damaged by a hail storm.[MORE]
Cellos hit the right note
Plans are being made for a biennial cello festival because the inaugural event in Adelaide has hit the right note.[MORE]
Conductor revives lost music of Holocaust
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An American conductor is trying to restore the lost music of the Holocaust before history forgets.[MORE]
Experts create new image of Bach
Contrary to popular belief, German composer Bach was thick-set with closely-shorn hair.[MORE]
Young classical musicians gather in Canberra
Australia's best young classical musicians have assembled in Canberra for a national band camp.[MORE]
Top violinist to release record for free online
A top British violinist is to release her next record for free on the internet, in a bid to break down the elitist image of classic music.[MORE]
JBT, Sneaky Sound System nominated for AIR Awards
The John Butler Trio and Sneaky Sound System dominate the AIR Awards short-list.[MORE]
Public opinion meets prestige at Gramophone Awards
Classical music is asserting its populist credentials, with the 2007 edition of the prestigious Gramophone Awards having conducted the genre's biggest public vote.[MORE]
Sibelius project an Aussie first
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) says the success of its Jean Sibelius festival earlier in the year has prompted an invitation to record all of his symphonies.[MORE]
Pavarotti to leave hospital soon: wife
Ailing Italian opera great Luciano Pavarotti, in hospital in the northern city of Modena, "is better" and will be discharged soon, his wife Nicoletta Mantovani told reporters.[MORE]
Festival Centre debt wiped out
The Adelaide Festival Centre's $28 million debt will be wiped out by the South Australian Government.[MORE]
Compromise mooted over Broome didgeridoo ban
A prominent Aboriginal Elder says a decision by some of Broome's native title holders, to limit the use of the didgeridoo, could be overturned.[MORE]
Hilltop Hoods go classical
An unlikely musical partnership between one of Australia's most successful hip-hop groups and a classical orchestra is taking place in Adelaide.[MORE]
McCartney nabs classical music award
Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has won the album of the year gong at the Classical Brit Awards with a record inspired by his late first wife, Linda. [MORE]
Russia bids farewell to legendary cellist
Russians have farewelled Mstislav Rostropovich, the music legend who became a powerful emblem of resistance to the Soviet communist system.[MORE]
Russian cellist Rostropovich dies
Legendary Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who became a powerful emblem of resistance to the Soviet communist system, has died in Moscow at the age of 80, his spokeswoman told AFP.[MORE]
Vietnamese farmer finds Mozart makes pigs fatter
A Vietnamese pig farmer says he has found a novel way to boost productivity: by exposing his 3,000 hogs to the melodies of Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert while they have their snouts in the trough. [MORE]
Mozart piano score discovered in Salzburg
A hitherto unknown piano score extremely likely to be by the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been discovered in the composer's birthplace Salzburg, Austrian broadcaster ORF said on Wednesday. [MORE]
Behind every great composer...
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It is not often that one of the world's great composers is accused of plagiarising his wife's work, but a Darwin music expert has cast doubt on whether Johann Sebastian Bach wrote all his own material.[MORE]
Birthday boy Mozart gets bash fit for a genius
The hills are alive with the sound of Mozart for his 250th birthday in Salzburg on Friday, and it is music to the ears of businessmen, musicians and tourists alike. [MORE]
Mozart's musical diary goes online
A musical diary by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has gone online, allowing people to browse handwritten pages from the composer's catalogue and listen to the opening bars of rarely performed works. [MORE]
Lead poisoning killed Beethoven, tests show
Tests on the hair and skull fragments of Ludwig van Beethoven show the legendary 19th century German composer died from lead poisoning. [MORE]
Beethoven manuscript sells for nearly $2.7m
A unique manuscript by Ludwig van Beethoven that was lost for more than a century has been sold at auction $2.7 million to an anonymous buyer. [MORE]
