‘Queen of Spades’ shows her hand
Miriam Cosic previews the Sydney Symphony’s staged production of Tchaikovsky’s mammoth opera:
Miriam Cosic previews the Sydney Symphony’s staged production of Tchaikovsky’s mammoth opera:
The Four Winds Festival announces the appointment of a brand new Artistic Leadership team for their next biennial festival in 2016. Paul Dean and Yarmila Alfonzetti have been appointed as the new figures who will head the festival into the future. With outstanding reputations in the classical music industry and music education, both Paul and Yarmila bring extensive…
An innovative synthesis of technology and nature. Is this the way forward for new music? http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/the-gramophone-blog/listening-to-yourself-listening-through-the-organ-of-corti
Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara has died at the age of 87, following surgical complications. His output includes eight symphonies, nine operas, twelve instrumental concertos, a choral concerto and number of orchestral, chamber, instrumental, choral and vocal works. Read his obituary in The Guardian, in Gramophone magazine.
Entries for the 2017 Sydney Eisteddfod are open now! Australia’s longest running competitive performing arts festival, Sydney Eisteddfod hosts an average of 350 yearly events with more than $400,000 worth of prizes. Event categories include Classical and Contemporary Singing, Choirs, Piano, Instrumental Solos and Groups, Speech & Drama and Dance. Participants have opportunity to perform…
Lyric tenor Jospeh Calleja last week shared the stage with violinist Nicola Benedetti and Jiri Belohlavek at the Last Night of the Proms. For the Belohlavek, it was his final appearance at the Proms and as the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Calleja recently released a new CD in tribute to Mario Lanza. In a recent…
Funding of $32 million for the nation’s opera companies is to come under the scrutiny of a three person panel. Read the feature in The Australian