The story of Van Cliburn is well known: the lanky Texan shocked the world by winning the inaugural Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow during the height of the Cold War, in effect beating the Russians at their own game by playing gold-medal-worthy Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky concerti.
The Music Critics Association of North America was founded in 1956 to promote high standards and ensure the future of classical music criticism in the press of the Americas.
"First of all, I respect your opinion, but I think what people have a hard time understanding is that a musician is like an instrument; you vibrate to the world around you..."
Critics often accuse artists of being 'industry plants' when their success appears sudden or inexplicable, as was the case with Doechii post her Grammy win.
The score for Challengers was well-received and memorable, but Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross faced exclusion from the Oscars due to a particularly irritating song they created.
Gold Coast-based music podcaster Brenton Larney was in the crowd for the six-minute show. At 11.01pm they gave her an extra minute— they cut the mic, and you heard the collective sigh from the crowd, he says. They'd been waiting for a while and they get two songs? So that was a bit ridiculous and it was just really disrespectful how she walked off, she was laughing they tried to give her flowers for her birthday and she just shrugged them off.
