Steve Reich on minimalism
Steve Reich is in Sydney! He talks to Matthew Westwood from The Australian:
Steve Reich is in Sydney! He talks to Matthew Westwood from The Australian:
One of Australia’s greatest conductors and pianists, Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE is to be awarded an honorary doctorate from his alma mater the University of Sydney. The ceremony takes place on Saturday October 10 and recognises his long-serving dedication to musical excellence. Maestro Bonynge will receive the honour on the night he takes to…
Short+Sweet Voices is an exciting new festival that will showcase a cappella music for groups and choirs, debuting early in 2015 in the Concert Hall at The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood. It promises to stretch the boundaries of choral performance, rewarding innovation, excellence and creativity with prizes and awards for both individuals and groups in singing, vocal arrangement and presentation. …
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra releases its newest album Midsummer Dreams on 27 March featuring popular Romantic works by Beethoven and Mendelssohn played on period instruments.
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour opens this week and the offering this year is Puccini’s masterpiece La Bohème. Directed by Andy Morton and conducted by Brian Castles-Onion the sets and costumes are designed by Dan Potra who memorably designed the exquisite sets and costumes for Turandot (HOSH 2016). Here’s a preview of just some of Potra’s…
The Benedetti Foundation, run by violinist Nicola Benedetti, presents the film premiere of Global Violin Sessions: A Cultural Exchange Part One on Sunday 13 December at 5pm (GMT) on Facebook & YouTube. Following the enormous success of the inaugural Virtual Sessions in May this year, Global Violin Sessions: A Cultural Exchange Part One, will run…
In a home in the northern outskirts of Sydney lies a truly remarkable collection of period keyboard instruments. Nestled near the natural bushland at Berowra Heights, Ralph Schureck has assembled some thirty-five instruments, making The Schureck Collection the largest collection of concert quality early keyboards in Australia. Instruments from before 1780 are accurate copies…