Sabine Meyer’s Perth concert reviewed….
“The stuff of great artistry” says Mark Coughlan in The Australian:
“The stuff of great artistry” says Mark Coughlan in The Australian:
“A great opera experience — intimate or grand, traditional or unconventional — can have a powerful effect…….. But my gut (and the global decline in opera subscriptions) tells me that when opera tries to sex itself up and compete with mega-spectacles, it loses its power to connect with audiences.” A ‘must-read’ from Lindy Hume, past…
For a number of years in the recent past, Sydneysiders were treated to performances by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra during the first week of August. This annual tour was inaugurated by its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, under whose leadership, the TSO also amassed an impressive discography which included the complete Schumann and Mendelssohn symphonies. After…
Cecilia Bartoli presents a brand new album of arias by Antonio Vivaldi, two decades after her ground-breaking ‘Vivaldi Album’, which sold over 700k copies. On this latest Decca album simply titled Antonio Vivaldi, Bartoli is joined by Bartoli is joined by French baroque experts Ensemble Matheus conducted by Jean-Christophe Spinosi. The original Vivaldi Album was a seminal…
One of the world’s leading clarinetists, Andreas Ottensamer is joined by one of the world’s leading pianists, Yuja Wang in a new release from Deutsche Grammophon, out today. The album, Blue Hour contains beautiful and deeply emotional pieces by Brahms and Mendelssohn and the virtuosic Grand Duo and Concerto by Weber. This is the debut chamber music…
Celebrating achievements and excellence in Australian contemporary classical, jazz and experimental music, APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the finalists in the 2018 Art Music Awards. The winners in eleven national categories, as well as Australian state or territory awards, will be announced at a presentation on Tuesday 21 August at an event at Melbourne’s…
Musica Viva Australia has announced The IncrediBows as the winner of Strike A Chord 2025. The ensemble has been awarded the Robert Salzer First Prize, of $5,000. The IncrediBows are a string quartet formed in 2022 by four childhood friends, united by enthusiasm and camaraderie. Coached by Tim Li, they were finalists in Strike A…