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At the age of 34, the conductor is the youngest music director of the prestigious orchestra in over 100 years.
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Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, April 26.
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This year’s tour to Russia, Germany and Armenia falls victim to Eurozone economic gloom.
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The French countertenor makes love not war in the battle of Baroque singers.
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An upcoming documentary film features a remarkable orchestra from Paraguay where young musicians play instruments made from rubbish.
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Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming documentary film about a remarkable orchestra where musicians play instruments made from rubbish. The documentary features “The Recycled Orchestra”, the creation of Favio Chavez, a landfill worker and musician and focuses on Chavez and an inspiring group of children beating the odds in poverty stricken Cateura, Paraguay.
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In this outstanding Dutch cycle, Beethoven is the star.
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Sydney first and Tassie last in first ever blind-listening test of Australia’s orchestras.
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New report reveals a former SS officer managed the orchestra as late as 1968.
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The Top 10 Pieces to get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day.
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Turning the tale of a WWI veteran into an orchestral score.
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Australian Brandenburg Orchestra founding director gets royal nod in the Queen's honours list.
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Alongside his Sydney Symphony appointment, the conductor's St Louis contract runs until 2016.
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Rumours of rebellion as Sir Simon announces he will not extend his contract when it expires.
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With a line-up of renowned guest conductors, a concert at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and innovative use of social media, MYO and its young performers are doing things differently next year.
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Australia’s iconic venue has signed an official partnership with the Internet broadcasting giant.
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Contemporary dance and minimal design collide with the rich, sensual sounds of the French Baroque.
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Ahead of his Australian debut, the pianist opens up about injury, depression and why jazz musos "shame" their classical colleagues.
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Celebrate Halloween in macabre style with these bone-chilling masterpieces!
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The 25-year-old violinist is the idea role model for these young Australian musicians.
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Classical Music -
Oct 19, 2012
For years now, the word on the street has been that the increasing age of concertgoers means classical music is doomed. But what do the statistics tell us?
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This long-awaited collaboration gives lively French Baroque dance music a contemporary twist.
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Richard Tognetti and Rafael Bonachela's pas de deux sheds new light on the French Baroque.
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Every newborn baby in Scotland to receive a classical CD throughout the next year.
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Keeping up with the Schumanns – Angela Hewitt’s tribute to piano music’s power couple.
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For the Chinese film composer, synchronising sound and image is a form of martial arts.
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Peter Tregear takes up the baton at a troubled music institution in transition.
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In 2013, the ACO premieres Brett Dean's electric violin concerto and brings Andreas Scholl out of his shell.
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What actually is “perfect pitch”? And if you don’t have it, can you acquire it?
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With the advent of the formal cadenza, the soloist suddenly took centre stage. But can these flashy displays of bravura be taken too far?
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Are outstanding Aussie maestros being overlooked in favour of glitzier international stars?
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Young Czech conductor Jakub Hrusa to take his place at the podium.
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New research has shed light on Australia’s community-based orchestras, which survive on $10-million worth of volunteer hours every year.
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The musical program of the London 2012 Olympics comes with bells on
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Young Russian impresses with this underrated French orchestra.
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Opera Australia's sumptuous production is the Australian premiere of this 20th-century masterpiece.
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A larger-than-life opera gets the cinematic treatment.
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Do the musicians think the Melbourne Arts Centre's $128.5 million renovation was worth it?
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AHG motoring group the driving force behind Australia’s newest professional orchestra.
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Delving into the "maestro myth": why are our best conductors overlooked?
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A first-rate Second: Otaka and MSO are highly recommended.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra is in sizzling and quite virtuosic form.
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Nikolaj Lund uses playful poses and unusual angles to take classical musicians outside of their comfort zone, instruments in tow.
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The British conductor will be the MSO's knight in shining armour after three years of uncertainty.
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The American maestro takes over from Ashkenazy in 2014.
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Conductors receive honours in Italy and the UK respectively.
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The incoming chief says he wants to give Perth's state orchestra its own distinct sound.
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Abbado's perfect tempos draw out Mozart's joie de vivre in these two concertante works.
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Youngest ever violinist to take home the crown impresses judges in Beijing.
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The SSO and Ashkenazy rehearse the Beethoven Violin Concerto with virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter for the first time.
