Classical music to strengthen regional ties

The heads of 11 elite tertiary music schools from across the Asia Pacific region are meeting in Sydney this week.

Asia Pacific Music Summit delegates gather on the steps of Sydney Opera House. Image supplied.

Senior staff from institutions in China, Singapore, California, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan are meeting with their counterparts from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at the University of Sydney, and the Victorian College of the Arts/Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, as well as the School of Music at the University of Auckland, at the inaugural Asia Pacific Music Summit.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts