Anne Sofie von Otter review….
Murray Black of “The Australian” reviews Anne Sofie von Otter’s Sydney concerts:
Murray Black of “The Australian” reviews Anne Sofie von Otter’s Sydney concerts:
If you’re travelling to Melbourne at the end of this year to join the odyssey that is Wagner’s ‘Ring’, this feature in The Australian takes you on a parallel journey as Orchestra Victoria gathers musicians to augment its core for the landmark season. Click here to read.
Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard directs an intimate new biopic, on the life of the legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The movie trailer released today traces Pavarotti’s life and features iconic footage of The Three Tenors performing ‘Nessun dorma’ at the World Cup. Plácido Domingo, one of the world’s greatest living tenors and a close of friend of Pavarotti’s,…
Prize-winning author, illustrator and composer Matt Ottley’s latest creation ‘The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness’ is a powerful, large-scale, multi-modal project weaving together the worlds of literature, music and visual art in the poignant story of one boy’s journey into mental illness.
Acacia Quartet first violinist Lisa Stewart talks about her double life as a popular illustrator.
In case you missed the results from earlier this week, here are the winners of the Classical Grammy Awards for 2015 Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams – City Noir, David Robertson, conductor, St. Louis Symphony/Label: Nonesuch Best Opera Recording: Charpentier – La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Boston Early…
Hot on the heels of her nomination for a 2013 ARIA Fine Arts Award, saxophonist Amy Dickson has won a Classical Brit Award, becoming the first Australian to win one of these coveted prizes. At the sumptuous awards ceremony held at London’s Royal Albert Hall this week Dickson was given the award for Best Breakthrough Artist for her new album Dusk & Dawn….