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Out of his big brotherâs shadow: composer Paul Dean finds his voice Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Composer Paul Deanâs newest work, to be premiered next month by the Australia World Orchestra, is titled simply Symphony. âYou sound like a wanker if you say âSymphony Number Oneâ,â says Dean. âIt immediately tells the world that you are going to write a second.â So is he? âIâd like to, but I donât know if I am.â Itâs a disarmingly self-deprecating but evidently characteristic response from Dean, who is one of Australiaâs leading clarinettists and artistic directors as well as being a prolific composer with an impressive list of chamber works, concertos and even an opera to his name. ....
Music / Diana Doherty & Streeton Trio, at Llewellyn Hall, March 12. Reviewed by CLINTON WHITE WITH some of the best and most respected musicians in the world on the stage in front of you, expectations are high. The âAustralian cringeâ might put those expectations on an evenhigher plane. Whatever the expectations for this concert, they were exceeded. Decisively. Appearing for Musica Viva, these Australians, oboist, Diana Doherty, and the Streeton Trio (named after the artist, Sir Arthur Streeton) â violinist, Emma Jardine, cellist, Umberto Clerici, and pianist, Benjamin Kopp â delivered a performance that would attract the highest acclaim from the planetâs most discerning and critical audiences. ....
Luke Cornish looks at power and spin – Hamlet-style. “DON’T Shoot the Messenger” is a confronting exhibition from former Canberra street artist Luke Cornish (ELK) which features 54 hand cut stencil works. By holding a mirror up to society through his art (that’s from “Hamlet”), Cornish hopes to inspire people to think critically about power, spin and extremism. The exhibition will open at the aMBUSH Gallery, Kambri, ANU, from 6-8pm, Friday, March 12. It will then runs 10am-6pm weekdays and 12pm-5pm on weekends until April 11. Registration essential here. “THIS is us: A musical reflection of Australia” will be performed by by classical guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of Australia. The Grigoryans have been inspired by 18 historical objects for which they have composed personal responses. Encore presentation, Friday, March 12. Bookings here. ....
Queensland Symphony Orchestra ueensland Symphony Orchestra Johannes Fritzsch, one of Australia’s leading international conductors, has been named Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s new Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser; it is a very welcome return for the world-class Maestro. “The appointment of Maestro Fritzsch as QSO’s new Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser extends until 2023, and we are thrilled and honoured that he has agreed to return to the fold to provide the orchestra with outstanding and unequalled artistic leadership,” said QSO Chair Mr Chris Freeman. “Maestro Fritzsch remains integral to the Queensland Symphony Orchestra,” he said. “He is one of the great musical leaders, a conductor we can credit with building the QSO into the world class orchestra it is today, one that is spoken of in concert halls everywhere for its musicality and integrity. It is indeed a coup for the QSO and all our subscribers and music lovers to have Maes ....
One of Australia's top musical directors and conductors, George Ellis, will replace Doug Hawkins as Lismore's 2021 Australia Day Ambassador at tomorrow's. ....