Euan Murdoch is travelling Around the World in 60 Days and blogging about it… I finished off my week in the Bay Area with visits to three thriving music organisations. Each one is deeply engaged with their audience and strengthening these connections through high-quality artist-led work. Their success can be measured by the success of others. Kronos […]
While stories filter in from around the world through Euan Murdoch we’ve been having some exciting experiences on our own shores. Chamber Music New Zealand’s Operations Coordinator, Jessica Lightfoot, shares her latest musical adventure… I spent last week undertaking professional development at Sistema Aotearoa, a music and social development programme based in Otara, South Auckland. […]
Euan Murdoch is travelling Around the World in 60 Days and blogging about it… Kronos is renowned for stretching the genre and presenting entire programmes of new music. Last Friday’s late-night performance at Zankel Hall, part of the Carnegie Hall complex, was no exception and included several world premieres. The major work by Serbian-born composer Aleksandra Vrebalov […]
Euan Murdoch is travelling Around the World in 60 Days and blogging about it… It’s hard to know where to pick up the story…Brooklyn Nets won by the way and it was a real show from beginning to end. We were greeted on the concourse at Barclays Center in Brooklyn by a violinist and DJ combo who […]
Euan Murdoch is travelling Around the World in 60 Days and blogging about it. After a few weeks in the UK he has made his way over to the USA… Wow, the energy of this place is great. Spending a few days here looking and listening; walking and talking is like a week in most other places. […]
Euan Murdoch is travelling Around the World in 60 Days and blogging about it… Last night I attended my final concert at Wigmore Hall and like all farewells it was a little sad. It was fitting that the programme included one of my favourite works for string quartet by an Englishman played by the Endellion String Quartet. […]
Music student Melody Deng continues our special extra Beethoven blogging in Auckland with this post about the Beethoven reCYCLE Part One Tempest concert… I arrived an hour before the concert as Chamber Music NZ has conveniently put up free pre-show talks by Professor Heath Lees. Heath managed to introduce the four major sonatas, give quirky details about […]
