Music the artform and artists
The Year in Jazz
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- Thursday, 16 January 2014
We discuss not just the albums and bandleaders, but also the emerging energies in rhythm sections, the changing ideas about tradition and experimentation, and the resurgence (again) of jazz singing.
Dueling pianists make peace in the Middle East
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2014
Israeli-Palestinian collaboration is quite rare on the classical music scene. It was only last month that the pianists of Duo Amal performed together on their home turf, and they just wrapped up a tour in the U.S.
In defence of female conductors
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2014
Chief Conductor of the Australian Ballet Nicolette Fraillon talks of her experience in a male-dominated industry.
Where the Craftsmen Are Women
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2014
Situated across the Arno River from Florence's more heavily trafficked tourist attractions in what was a 16th-century refuge for the poor, via di Camaldoli remains a street without a hint of glamour. Yet hidden treasures lurk here.
By The Numbers: 2013 In Classical Music
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2014
For the fourth year running at Bachtrack, we've taken a look through our extensive database of classical music, opera and dance events worldwide, and drawn together a few of the most interesting statistics to emerge from them all.
The Audience is the Most Important Instrument
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- Friday, 03 January 2014
Today I want to talk about a notion that is killing contemporary music. It's an idea that is not confined to any one location, social group, or stylistic camp, and one that occasionally rears its head in both the halls of academia and the hippest coffee shops.
Nelson Mandela Passes: 10 Musical Tributes to the Iconic Political Figure
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- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Mandela: the three syllables not only refer to the legendary anti-apartheid leader and former President of South Africa, but serve as a modern synonym for equality, freedom and revolution.
Dot Enter: An opening about openings!
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- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Ten top talents from five different conservatories around the world will joined together to officially open the 5th IMC World Forum on Music in Brisbane.
Meet the 'dangerous Belgian' who invented the sax
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- Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Sax's father was a carpenter, and a maker of musical instruments. And from a young age, Sax learned the craft at his father's side.
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