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Entries Open For IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition 2025
The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition for 2025 is calling for entries from opera or classical singers under the age of 26 (as at 23 June 2025).
Deutsche Grammophon Releases Recording Of Landmark Sydney Concert
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young AM celebrated the re-opening of the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House with a landmark recording.
Nominations For For 2025 Art Music Awards Now Open
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Art Music Awards. APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) are calling for members to nominate stand-out Australian art music makers, leaders, works and performances for the 2025 Art Music Awards.
Norman Gillespie Takes The Chair At Omega Ensemble
Sydney-based chamber music group, Omega Ensemble has announced Norman Gillespie as incoming Chair of the Board.
Gillespie will join the Omega Ensemble board in December 2024, after serving ten years as Chair of Pinchgut Opera.
New Release From Hindson And Lam On ABC Classic
Piano virtuoso Andrea Lam and award-winning Australian composer Matthew Hindson have collaborated on a new release Sad Piano on ABC Classic.
Julius Caesar Lookbook
Pinchgut Opera’s brilliant production of Handel’s masterpiece Julius Caesar, directed by Neil Armfield AO, opened at Sydney’s City Recital Hall last night and received warmly by the audience.
Latest reviews
Album Review: Keys To Heaven/ Australian Chamber Choir/ Move Records
The ACC projects a beguiling serenity in Keys to Heaven which shows them at their best. Calm, meditative and healing.
Concert Review: Simone Young Conducts Die Walküre/ Sydney Symphony Orchestra
The Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House was awash with relentless cascades of Wagnerian sound as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Chief Conductor Simone Young presented a stunning concert production of Die Walküre.