Sydney’s newest arts complex
The new performing arts precinct in Chatswood is preparing to ‘go live’:
The new performing arts precinct in Chatswood is preparing to ‘go live’:
Scroll down to see all eight images from Opera Australia’s current production of Verdi’s Otello. Read our review of Otello Images by Branco Gaica, courtesy Opera Australia.
Fifteen of the most offbeat works in classical music – can you pick them?! From the baroque to the contemporary these composers thought outside the square in creating these works. Read the feature in Classical-Music.com.
The La Traviata chandelier arrives! Images by James Morgan courtsey of Opera Australia
Last month, the second bi-ennial Synaesthesia festival was held at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart (MONA). This ability to experience sound through a different sensory modality seems to be not as rare as once thought and fascinates scientists and musicians alike. Journalist and synaesthete Holly Williams delves into her own experiences…
TORRID NATURE SCENES, is an album of chamber works from Australian composer Nicholas Vines which presents a series of musical landscapes that instill both anxiety and ebullience in the listener. Through his innovative use of woodwinds, voice, and chamber ensemble, Vines – lauded for his “crackling style” (NewMusicBox) and called “compellingly original” (Boston Phoenix) and…
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra makes its much anticipated inaugural visit to Sydney later this year, performing in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. Celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2013, the highly acclaimed orchestra directed by Maris Jansons is resident in the building of the same name in Amsterdam’s Museum Quarter. The Concertgebouw opened on April 11,…