Music : New Artists Series
About New Artists Series
The ACF’s New Artists Series is a platform for young performers selected partly on account of their connections with Austria but more importantly because of their outstanding calibre. These are not just gifted young musicians. They are distinctive, special and destined for conspicuous careers.
The series is presented by the distinguished music critic, writer and broadcaster, Michael White, who with the ACF selects the artists on the basis of personal auditions and recommendations. Each concert includes a recent work by a composer resident in Austria or Britain and is introduced by Michael White in conversation with the artists and when possible composers.
New Artists Series: Wilhelm Pflegerl, cello & Margaret Babinsky, piano
New Artists Series: Rosalind Ventris (viola), Bernadette Bartos (piano)
New Artists Series: Daniel Auner, violin & Robin Green, piano
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Registration for impuls 2013 in Graz, Austria has begun! The festival runs from 9-20 February 2013 and offers the opportunity to work with some of the leading figures in contemporary music in Austria. Register and find out more here.
Achim Holub’s annual summer conducting masterclass will take place in collaboration with Kammerphilharmonie, one of the leading chamber orchestra’s in Graz, 18 August - 1 September. Participants will conduct at a public final concert and take part in a conducting competition. The winner will conduct a performance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 and Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 with Kammerphilharmonie Graz at a concert on Saturday 1 September. You can download a brochure here and an application form here.
Friedrich Cerha has been awarded the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2012. The Austrian composer, born in 1926, will be awarded the prize, valued at €200,000, for his life's work. In addition Soundings composer Luke Bedford was awarded the Composers' Prize.