Behzod Abduraimov
Read the SMH review of 21 year pianist Behzod Abduraimov’s City Recital Hall concert:
Read the SMH review of 21 year pianist Behzod Abduraimov’s City Recital Hall concert:
The Silkroad Ensemble, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House 9 March, 2019 Written by Victoria Watson In 1998, virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma launched a radical experiment in cultural collaboration, which brought together musicians from many corners of the world to co-create a bold artistic language founded in diversity that served as a metaphor for the possibility…
David Alden’s new production of Verdi’s Otello opened at the English National Opera last week with two Australian born singers in the lead roles – Stuart Skelton as the Moor and Jonathan Summers as Iago. Andrew Clements in The Guardian says “It is Jonathan Summers’s totally compelling Iago who holds centre stage.” Read the review.
Described as a ‘singing adventure’, the Sydney Children’s Choir’s new album release Hooray for Song! is a lively collection of songs written especially with young singers in mind. Since being established in 1989 by Lyn Williams OAM, who continues to serve as Artistic Director, the choir has commissioned numerous Australian composers to write and arrange…
Sydney turned on its glorious best last Sunday for I Musici’s Italian Summer presentation in the Royal Botanic Gardens: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/inventive-renditions-cast-spell-despite-intrusions-20120227-1tyv0.html
Ascension, Bach Akademie Australia St Francis of Assissi Church, Paddington, Sydney 29 March, 2019 Despite the innumerable words written about the music of J S Bach, there is nothing that touches the soul quite like hearing it performed by those who understand it best. JS Bach’s music brims with inexplicable harmonies and poignant melodies against…
Hot on the heels of her successful debut at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, late in 2015 and several lauded roles for Opera Australia over the past few years, soprano Nicole Car has released her debut album The Kiss (ABC Classics). For the recording, Andrea Molino conducts the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, an ensemble…