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Carl Vine first rose to prominence as a composer of music for classical dance, with over 20 scores to his credit. He has since emerged as a major orchestral composer with seven symphonies and seven concertos heading the catalogue, and his piano music is played frequently around the world.

He has an impressive catalogue of chamber music, complemented by various work for film, television and theatre. Although primarily a composer of modern 'art' music, he has undertaken such diverse tasks as arranging the Australian National Anthem and writing music for the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games (Atlanta, 1996). In his role as Artistic Director of Musica Viva Australia, Carl is also Artistic Director of the Huntington Estate Music Festival, Australia's most prestigious chamber music festival.

Reproducible photographs of Carl Vine are available on the graphic resources page.


News
In 2010 The Australian Ballet is presenting a new production of Graeme Murphy's brilliant ballet, The Silver Rose, with music by Carl Vine, around Australia from February to July. This will be the first time the work has been seen outside Munich. For more information on season performances visit the ballet company's Silver Rose page.

From April 9 to 19 the Kronberg Academy (Germany) presents a concentrated music workshop for young musicians called Chamber Music Connects the World. Its leaders this year are Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Steven Isserlis and András Schiff. One of the featured works will be Carl's new String Quintet, premiered in Australia last November by the Jerusalem Quartet with Zvi Plesser.

Dance also looms large for Tasmania in 2010. Carl has arranged his fifth string quartet for string orchestra, to be choreographed by Graeme Murphy for the Tasdance dance company.

In much the same way that Smith's Alchemy is the string orchestra version of his third string quartet, the new arrangement is known as Tribe's Desire. The work will be premiered by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra at the Theatre Royal in Hobart, Tasmania, in July 2010. For booking details, please download this PDF.

Carl's latest radio interview with Margaret Throsby on ABC Classic FM (recorded April 29, 2009) is still available here.


Tall Poppies Records
This Australian record label has released a wide range of Carl's chamber music.
Click HERE to list all music by Carl Vine available on Tall Poppies Records.
(A limited selection is also available on-line at amazon.com)
Most Tall Poppies discs are also available through Buywell (see below).

Buywell

Links to directly purchase Compact Discs containing music by Carl Vine are provided throughout this site. These links lead to the secure on-line ordering facilities of the Australian retailer www.buywell.com who can ship to anywhere in the world.

Some of Carl's more popular titles at Buywell:

ABC Classics Label:

buy: Carl Vine - Complete Symphonies (1 - 6)
buy: Choral Symphony (includes Piano Concerto)
buy: The Tempest (Smith's Alchemy, Canzona and other orchestral work)
buy: Storm Sight (Piano Sonatas 1 & 2)
all Carl Vine titles on ABC Classics at buywell.com

Popular Collections:

buy: Chamber Music Volume I
buy: Chamber Music Volume II
buy: The Piano Music (1990-2006)
buy: The Battlers (film soundtrack)
buy: The Potato Factory (film soundtrack)
buy: Mythologia (classical dance score)

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