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Olympic in Beijing 2008

14

February

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THE opening ceremony is months away, but Australia has already won a victory in the Olympics in Beijing. The Sydney Conservatorium of Music will join the world’s top music academies to perform at the Cultural Olympiad before the Games in August.

A team of 12 musicians, from the conservatorium’s students, staff and alumni, will travel to China for a series of solo and group performances, before joining the nine other selected schools for a joint show.

The academies’ performances will be among the final events in Beijing’s Cultural Olympiad - a four-year cycle of events that each Olympic city must stage before the Games.

Organised by Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music and the Yale School of Music, the two-week concert series will showcase the talents of the world’s pre-eminent music institutions, including the Royal Academy of Music, London, the Juilliard School, New York, and the Universitaet Mozarteum, Salzburg.

The Conservatorium’s dean, Kim Walker, said she was thrilled about the Australian academy’s inclusion. “This places us in a very high ranked fraternity. The voice of Australia is being brought forward as an important voice with a distinct musical sound.”

Professor Walker will travel to Beijing in July as one of the 12 performers. As well as the conservatorium’s most talented students, the group will include several well-known musicians, including the harpsichordist Neal Peres Da Costa and the string player Danny Yeadon.
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Gilchrist to miss one-day final

25

December

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Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist will miss Thursday’s final one-day game with new Zealand to rest ahead of the upcoming test series against India. Bradd Haddin will replace Gilchrist with Australia needing to win or tie to regain the Chappel-Hadlee Trophy.
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