Check out these eight stunning images of the Cobar Sound Chapel, co-created by sound artist, composer and violinist Georges Lentz and prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt. Opens 2 April, 2022. Images courtesy Georges Lentz.
Memories of Wanda Landowska, an exhibition of the life and work of the legendary exponent of Bach’s keyboard works, is on display at the Bachhouse, in Eisenach, the town of his birth. Established in 1906, the Bachhouse was the first museum to be dedicated to J S Bach, although it is believed that he was born not in this house,…
Young Strathfield violinist Teresa Yang has won this year’s NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition in a thrilling final at the Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood.
Opera Australia’s presents Sir David McVicar’s sumptuous new realisation of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, opening in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House tomorrow (Thursday) August 6th. Taking the role of Figaro is Paulo Bordogna who delighted audiences in The Turk in Italy during the 2014 season. Singing the role of the Count is Ukranian…
For Sydney-born saxophonist Amy Dickson, 2016 is shaping up to be a busy year. March sees the release of a CD Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi which features her as a soloist; in July she returns to Sydney from her London base to perform at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra…
This feature from Newsweek, explains why aspiring opera singers gravitate to Germany to pursue their careers. “According to the opera statistics website – Operabase, last year 7,230 opera performances took place in Germany, one third of the world’s total. The United States came a distant second, at 1,730 performances, followed by France and Russia. Austria ranked…
The Sydney Chamber Choir celebrates 40 years of music making with the launch of its 2015 programme. Musical Director Paul Stanhope observes “Despite the number of candles on our cake, we are every bit as adventurous as when we were young upstarts!” adding “The choir continues to renew itself through a strong intake of fresh talent,…
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