For four years, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has immersed himself exclusively in the piano music of Beethoven.
Performing with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra which he has directed from the piano, the project came to an end last weekend at this year’s BBC Proms.
Leif Over Andsnes talks about the music which has pre-occupied him since 2011, with the BBC’s Jason Caffrey.
Three young Australian singers are in the final five candidates selected to participate in the elite Jette Parker Young Artists Programme beginning in September 2014 at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Australians soprano Lauren Fagan, baritone Samuel Johnson and tenor Samuel Sakker will join British bass James Platt and Ukranian bass-baritone Yuriy Yurchuk in the…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 ART Music Awards! Winners in 11 national categories and eight state categories of the 2019 Art Music Awards were revealed at a gala function at the Great Hall of the University of Sydney on Monday 19 August. Hosted by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC), the…
Fantastic news from Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s website that following treatment for a brain tumour, the gifted and popular baritone is looking forward to returning to the stage this month for three performances of Verdi’s Il Trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera, opening the production on September 25 with further performances on September 29 and October 3, 2015. In December 2015/January 2016 Hvorostovsky…
This is the link to the SMH and SkyArts presentation of the 2009 production “In Search of Beethoven”. It features, amongst others, Emmanuel Ax, Roger Norrington and Riccardo Chailly. http://www.smh.com.au/tv/show/in-search-of-beethoven/in-search-of-beethoven-20111202-1oaij.html
If you can’t watch it, record it, or watch on SBS Catch Up! Benjamin Britten’s eerie masterpiece The Turn of the Screw is being broadcast on SBS TV on Saturday November 23rd at 1 pm. Directed by Jonathan Kent, this is the 2011 Glyndebourne production, released on DVD in 2012. Conductor Jakub Hruša, the London Philharmonic…
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven and R Strauss: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/leaders-note-clash-of-the-titans-strikes-a-timely-chord-20120223-1tqj0.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/exhilarating-climb-in-strausss-alps/story-e6frg8n6-1226275087259 The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Venice Secrets: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/a-stumbling-seasonal-start-will-take-time-to-settle-down-20120223-1tq9t.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/consistently-inconsistent-solos-mar-vivaldi-concertos/story-e6frg8n6-1226279859757