The Song Company review
…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald.
…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Released last week on the Deutsche Grammophon label, Andris Nelsons, the leading conductor of his generation, takes on a full cycle of Beethoven’s eternal symphonies – directing the Vienna Philharmonic in a series of new recordings made at the historic Vienna Musikverein. These will be released in a deluxe boxed set on 5 CDs, featuring…
Two of the world’s greatest opera singers come to Sydney to perform in Adriana Lecouvreur, by Francesco Ciléa, an Opera Australia co-production with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the Fundación Ópera de Oviedo. Making his role debut as Maurizio, Count of Saxony is the outstanding tenor, Michael Fabiano. Joining him on stage as Adriana is the incomparable soprano Ermonela Jaho.
Australia Ensemble UNSW has opened applications for the 2024-25 Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship which encourages and promotes the creation of chamber music works as part of the Australia Ensemble UNSW’s artist development program.
Entries for the 2020 Sydney Eisteddfod close on March 13. Each year, over 35,000 entrants from all across Australia and New Zealand enter the Sydney Eisteddfod to showcase their talents in over 300 events across dance, drama, music and song and compete to win over $400,000 annually in cash prizes and scholarships. These hopefuls from…
Melbourne based pianist Hoang Pham, 28, took out the award for the 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no. 1, opus 23 at last night’s Grand Final held at the Melbourne Town Hall. He performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Seaman. He wins…
Mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble talks about life during and after lockdown – the disruption and loss, self-realisations, her responsibilities as a teacher and the opportunities – new and returning.