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Change underway at Musica Viva • LONG-SERVING CEO MARY JO CAPPS AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CARL VINE ARE TO STEP DOWN

AND THE GRAMMY GOES TO...

Aussies up for Opera Awards

IN BRIEF

MUSICAL JOKE

Emma Dunch • The Sydney-born arts manager began her career at the Sydney Symphony. Now she’s back after two decades flying high in New York. Her playlist ranges from childhood favourite Ravel to John Wilson.

IN BRIEF

Musical brains work differently • STUDY FINDS THAT DIFFERENT PROCESSES OCCUR IN THE BRAINS OF JAZZ AND CLASSICAL ARTISTS

WRONG NOTE

JANET TODD SOPRANO

Requiem

All around the world • THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSICAL EVENTS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA IN THE PAST MONTH

BEHIND THE THRONE • In a duo situation, the pianist is invariably considered subservient, an accompanist supporting a soloist. Brieley Cutting begs to differ, suggesting that it could just be the other way around

THE LISTENER IS ALWAYS RIGHT • A presenter has to be a musical waiter – preferably one who doesn’t overstep the mark and never mispronounces the dish

FURLANETTO ON THE DON • Cervantes’ idealistic knight-errant is someone every man should be for a few hours, says Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, but to do the role justice on the operatic stage requires age and wisdom

ASHER FISCH • Like Strauss, WASO’s Munich-based maestro knows a thing or two about hiking in the Bavarian mountains. Ahead of his high-altitude performances, he guides us through the musical thickets

REVISITING EUCALYPTUS • Two decades after Murray Bail’s novel, Damian Barbeler has a work that harnesses the beauty and variety of Eucalpytus trees

PRINCIPALS AND PUPILS PRAISE PROGRAM • Australian states are now starting to embrace the National Music Teacher Mentoring Program, as results from a national survey and study confirm how much is to be gained

NELSON FREIRE • The “connoisseur’s pianist” speaks to Angus McPherson about the vitality of Beethoven’s music and the mighty Emperor Concerto – which launched the Brazilian pianist’s career in Rio in 1957

A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH • Written as his marriage and his health collapsed, Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Symphony arises from the depths of despair. Donald Runnicles helps Clive Paget unravel the secrets of the composer’s last hurrah

Nicole Car  OUT OF THIS WORLD • Now based in Paris and soon to make her Met debut, high-flying soprano and new mother Nicole Car talks to Jo Litson as she returns home for a concert tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and an important role debut with Opera Australia

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR • The sitar virtuoso studied with her father, the late, great Ravi Shankar, from age seven. She tells Jo Litson about the humanitarian inspiration for her album Land of Gold, which she plays live in Australia this month

MURPHY’S LORE • This month, The Australian Ballet celebrates Graeme Murphy’s 50-year association with the company. Deborah Jones looks back on a blazing career, that includes three decades running Sydney Dance Company, and wonders if it all began under his mother’s piano at age four

FIVE DECADES OF GRAEME MURPHY

DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE? • Australia is decades behind the UK when it comes to creating work that includes artists with a disability. There...