The passion in wagner
Wagner-mania continues this month with this feature from Paul Mason in The Guardian.
Wagner-mania continues this month with this feature from Paul Mason in The Guardian.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor David Robertson has nabbed a Grammy Award for best Orchestral Performance with his recording of John Adams’s City Noir and the Saxophone Concerto as conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. It is reportedly the second win in three years for an Adams recording and the seventh for the SLSO….
“An imaginative bringing together of unlikely collaborators… a sonic and visual experience of the Australian night and day as seen through the eyes of William Barton. The story line and staging engaged the audience in an inclusive and personal atmosphere”. This is the reason why “Kalkadunga Man” is finalist in the Performance of the Year awards…
Chamber music is the focus in the continuing overview of Sydney’s 2012 concert agenda. Australia’s flagship chamber ensemble, the Australian Chamber Orchestra continues its innovative and classy programming performing classics as well as thinking outside the square. They’re bringing to Sydney guests artists whom one would otherwise need to travel the world to hear. Chief amongst these…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Art Music Awards, announced today. Presented annually by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC), the Art Music Awards acknowledge the achievements of composers, performers and educators in the genres of contemporary classical music, jazz, improvisation, sound art and experimental music. They include some of Australia’s finest…
The Music Performance Unit UNSW has announced two composition prizes for 2020, the Willgoss Ensemble Composition Prize and the Willgoss Choral Composition Prize. Willgoss Ensemble Composition Prize is a new composition prize, on offer in 2020-only. The winning applicant will be commissioned to compose a short, new work for either: SATB choir with piano or…
Anna Netrebko and her husband, tenor Yusif Eyvazov are releasing a new album of love song duets Romanza, on 1 September 2017 ahead of their duo recital in Sydney on 24 October. The double CD with 35 tracks is out on September 1 on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Romanza is not only Anna Netrebko’s first duet…