‘Dazzling Virtuoso’ opens in Sydney
Scenes from the opening night of Dazzling Virtuoso – Gabriele Cassone performing the Haydn and Hummel trumpet concerti on the keyed trumpet with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.



Scenes from the opening night of Dazzling Virtuoso – Gabriele Cassone performing the Haydn and Hummel trumpet concerti on the keyed trumpet with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.



Giovanni Sollima surmises that if he landed on earth from another world and were handed a cello without being told what it was, he would probably use it to sail in. An interesting abstraction from the virtuoso Italian cellist who is touring with the Australia Chamber Orchestra this month. The cello as a sailing…
Arcadia Winds have released their debut self-titled EP in partnership with ABC Classics, available now. Formed in 2013 at the National Academy of Music, the ensemble comprises flautist Kiran Phatak, winner of the 2013 Australian International Flute Competition, oboist David Reichelt, clarinetist Lloyd van’t Hoff, winner of the 2015 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of…
Toi toi to Edmund Choo, lyric coloratura tenor, presently furthering his operatic singing career in London. He is one of just 11 semi-finalists in the annual Kathleen Ferrier Award semi-finals, to be held at the Wigmore Hall in London on April 23rd. Antipodean winners of the competition have included bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu (joint winner in 2002), and mezzo-soprano Wendy…
For over three decades the International Foundation for Arts and Culture (IFAC) Australian Singing Competition (ASC) has helped discover and fund career opportunities for some of our region’s finest talent in opera and classical singing. Last weekend, five young singers cams closer to realizing their dreams when they were selected to participate in the…
In more news about pianists, the AFR has published this interview with 23 year old Russian protege Daniil Trifonov and ends the feature with a list of the very best 6 pianists who are not yet 35 years old.Guess who they are…
Il Trovatore is being performed in the Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House on selected dates until March 5th 2013. All images by Branco Gaiaca, courtesy Opera Australia.