Article courtesy of uDiscover Music Award-winning composer and pianist Max Richter’s landmark eight-hour minimalist lullaby Sleep (2015) feels as though it were composed with World Sleep Day in mind. After all, Richter has staged a string of night-time performances (complete with beds for the audiences), during which he has performed the work for piano, string quintet, […]

Taking some time off from his Australian tour, pianist and composer Joep Beving recommends his favourite listening, reading, viewing, eating, and places to visit. Music I absolutely love Keaton Henson’s last album Six Lethargies. I also find myself returning to Luke Howard’s The Sand That Ate The Sea soundtrack album from 2019, Brambles’ Charcoal from […]

Sydney-based Ella Macens is a fast-emerging composer with a passion for choral, orchestral and chamber music. Her eclectic and appealing style is influenced by a love of pop songwriting and her own Latvian heritage. Her music has been performed by such prestigious ensembles as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Gondwana National Choirs, and the State Choir […]

Nat Bartsch is a composer and pianist based in Melbourne, Australia. After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, Nat travelled to Europe to study with ECM label artists Tord Gustavsen and Nik Bärtsch. This experience influenced her aesthetic direction as Nat sought to discover her own essential voice as an artist. Nat’s reflective […]

BAFTA-winning film-maker Yulia Mahr has revealed her new video for ‘Vladimir’s Blues’ – a work for solo piano by composer Max Richter from his 2003 album The Blue Notebooks. The video was filmed using military thermal imaging cameras which transform heat into visible images. It was the message of peace inherent in The Blue Notebooks, […]

Australian neo-classical pianist and composer Sophie Hutchings has announced the release of her forthcoming album Scattered On The Wind for April 2020 on record label Mercury KX, and has released a brand new single, ‘Two Flames’. The new track ‘Two Flames’ is an indelible first taste of Sophie’s musical ambition, scale, and prowess. The track […]

“The John Williams of Japan” (Pitchfork). Joe Hisaishi, one of Japan’s most beloved and prolific composers, releases his new collection Dream Songs.

‘Max Richter’s Sleep’ will have its North American premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2020 accompanied by a special evening concert performance of ‘From Sleep’ performed by Max Richter and the ACME Quintet. Watch the official trailer for Max Richter’s Sleep HERE. Telling the story behind the landmark nocturnal work, Max Richter’s Sleep’ follows trail-blazing composer […]

Icelandic composer us the first woman to win as a solo composer in the history of the Golden Globe Awards.