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More Evidence Music Training Boosts Brainpower
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A German study finds young children who took instrumental music lessons did better than their peers on verbal memory tests. Want your child to get better and better with words? Put a musical instrument in his or her hands. (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) 1 Comment and 72 Reactions That’s the implication of a new paper from Germany, which confirms and augments research conducted in Canada, and Hong Kong. Across … Continue reading
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Australian musicians collaborate with asylum seekers
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The ‘Key of Sea’ project teams up recently arrived asylum seekers with established Australian musicians, putting the spotlight on the people rather than the politics. – http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-29/australian-musicians-collaborate-with-asylum/4400054 – Started by a group of lawyers and musicians, the project have just released their second CD. Thom Cookes Source: Newsline Duration: 5min 50sec Topics: music, refugees, australia
Posted in Asylum seekers, Australasia, Humanity, Music, Refugees
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András Schiff: climbing two Himalayan peaks one after the other
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How we revere those Beethoven piano sonatas. Hardly has one complete cycle of the “Immortal 32” finished at one concert hall than another one begins somewhere else. ‘I suppose it’s a bit much’: Andras Schiff’s Beethoven and Bach marathon begins next month. Photo: Priska Ketterer However much you love these pieces — and for anyone who values classical music, they’re a touchstone of the art — … Continue reading
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The Key Of Sea concert
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In celebration of our newest album release, The Key Of Sea will take to the stage at the newly refurbished Hamer Hall on 14 December, 2012. Unifying some of Australia’s finest artists with Australian-based musicians from refugee/asylum seeker backgrounds, the concert will feature performances by: The Tim Rogers Polyxeni, Jinja Safari with Kinfe Geshu, Brous with Awaz, Chet Faker with The Royal Swazi Spa, and … Continue reading
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American composer Elliott Carter has died aged 103
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One of the 20th century’s most prolific composers, he showed no signs of slowing down in old age. December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012 Read Limelight‘s interview, one of the last Elliott Carter gave this year. Classical Music | 1 Comment and 1 Reaction The doyen of American composers, Elliott Carter, has died of natural causes at his home in New York, according to his assistant … Continue reading
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Jagermeister Independent music Awards
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For the first time ever, 2012 sees the addition of a new category for the Jagermeister Independent Music Awards. http://vimeo.com/45420152 The award for Best Australian Independent Label is one that recognises the amazing companies that make Independent music in Australia what it is. Over 100 AIR label members were asked to choose the Best Independent Label for 2011-2012, and we are delighted to announce the nominees: … Continue reading
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To commemorate the life of Hector Cosmas ‘Tik Tak – Heartbeat’
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Australian born musician Hector Cosmas became celebrated in Greece as an outstanding exponent of Rebetika, the “Greek blues”. performance and celebration The news of his untimely death earlier this year shocked us all and to celebrate his life in music, some of his friends from Greece and Australia will give a special acoustic performance of Heartbeat / Tik-tak, a CD of his final recorded works. All … Continue reading
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Musicians, actors team up for inside look at concert angst
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VIOLINIST Zoe Knighton has been dreaming about performing at London’s home of chamber music, Wigmore Hall, for more than 20 years. Flinders quartet members Zoe Knighton (second left) and Helen Ireland with actors David Whiteley (left) and Dion Mills. Photo: Simon Schluter That is yet to happen but now her group, the Flinders Quartet, is bringing Wigmore Hall to Melbourne. It is presenting a dramatic … Continue reading
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Chopin in Chicago
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This Season: Michael Church’s highlight for the autumn season is a pianist who “marries technical perfection with singing delicacy”… Nothing could be more simple-seeming than the hushed opening bars of Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto, but when Murray Perahia (above) launched into them in early September at the Albert Hall in London, the audience got a taste of the magic which has made this courteously media-shy … Continue reading
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