Why is viva on strike

The Novice section helps to further extend this reach, giving more opportunities for students and teachers to showcase their craft and experience everything to do with chamber music. We are delighted that Yamaha Music Australia shares our passion for encouraging students at the start of their musical journey to explore the special joy of making music with their friends. Attendees will gain a stronger sense of how to support chamber music and other music programs in their schools, with guest speakers and opportunities to develop and practice skills.

It is unclear why these workers have not yet been reinstated and all the workers involved, with the support of the Garment and Allied Workers Union continue to demand that the full agreement be honoured and that all 82 workers listed under the agreement return to work.

Since the horrific events of last August, when union leader Anwar Ansari was kidnapped and workers were attacked outside the factory, the workers from Viva Global have continued to fight for their reinstatement. This demand was made more difficult by the decision of the main buyer, Marks and Spencer, to withdraw from the factory. Shortly after the announcement Viva Global downsized its workforce. Musica Viva has announced the return of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, open to international musicians under Wilma Smith tells us about the new competition, which will run in the years between the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and how music can learn a thing or two from sport.

Five string quartets and five piano trios have advanced to the Semi-Finals, which take place today, ahead of the Grand Finals on Sunday. Sign Up Log In. Strike a Chord Photograph courtesy of Musica Viva Australia After two weeks of deliberation, the jury has decided on the 12 groups from across Australia that will be heading to Melbourne for the Grand Finals at Melbourne Recital Centre on 14 and 15 August.