Eccentric compositions
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
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
For a limited time, purchase a ticket to Selby and Friends’ First, Last and Only concert and receive one additional free ticket to this concert. This offer is only valid for the April 11th performance and expires on Sunday 31 March. Violinist Suzie Park, joins Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve (Principal Cello with the Australian Chamber Orchestral and acclaimed pianist, founder and…
The 2019 Sydney Eisteddfod is coming to its climax with the major finals in several categories to be held in the coming weeks. Starting with the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship (35 and under) on 4 August, these Principal Events finals include the Sydney Eisteddfod Kawai Scholarship (9 August) and the Ballet Scholarship 25 (August). Venues…
The original score of Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major K 331 – the one that contains the famous Rondo alla turca finale, has been found in a library in Hungary. Composed c 1783, Hungarian pianist and conductor Zoltan Kocsis played the sonata from the original score last week. Few differences were detectable when…
Where: Adelaide Town Hall When: Tuesday 9 March 8 pm American countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen is just 26 years old, but is already one of the classical world’s most promising vocal stars. In 2021, he makes his Australian and role debuts as Oberon in Benjamin Britten’s fantasy opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Adelaide…
Congratulations to tenor Manase Latu (23), who won the 2019 Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’) in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Prize, as well as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Prize with his performance of Tradito, Schernito from Mozart’s Così fan tutte. As part of The Mathy, Manase Latu also received Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s new CD A Very Brandenburg Christmas, is a live recording of its popular 2014 Noël! Noël! annual Christmas concert at Sydney’s City Recital Hall. With the 2015 Noël! Noël! series expanded to include a new venue and an additional concert, the release of A Very Brandenburg Christmas is timely addition to the…