ENO shuns the big screen
The move to the cinema screen is not for the English National Opera says its artistic director John Berry:
The move to the cinema screen is not for the English National Opera says its artistic director John Berry:
The Sydney Eisteddfod presented the John Lamble Foundation Australasian Choral Championships in the Concert Hall at The Concourse, Chatswood in early June. The program featured choirs of all ages and types which had won places during the previous week’s various events of the Sydney Eisteddfod Choral section. The primary and infant school choirs competed in the morning, the…
Winnie Su from Ryde, NSW took out the coveted 2022 Sydney Eisteddfod Kawai Piano Scholarship with an award-winning rendition of Beethoven’s Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op. 109.
The University of Sydney’s first MOOC centred on teaching music in the 21st century launches this month and urges music educators to rethink how technology is used to motivate school students to learn and make music. It is the University’s first rollout of seven open online courses, The Place of Music in 21st Century Education…
The Guardian reports on confirmation of the cause of Chopin’s death in 1849 as observed from his heart which was preserved, even though his body was buried in Paris.
Single tickets are now available for Out West Piano Fest happening in Bathurst, NSW from 27-29, October 2023. Out West Piano Fest is a three day immersive event of music, food and wine, visual art and the natural environment. Full 3-day festival packages are still available.
Happy Birthday George Frideric Handel born this day in 1685! Check out the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s debut performance of Handel’s masterpiece Messiah, which opened at the City Recital Hall last night, with the Brandenburg Choir and soloists. The season runs in Sydney till March 4. Scroll down to see all 7 images. Images by Steven Godbee, courtesy…