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Deborah Humble interviews London based Australian pianist and winner of the 2014 Montreal International Musical Competition ahead of his debut album launch and Australian tour. Australian concert pianist Jayson Gillham is the perfect example of a quiet achiever. Described by one English critic as possessing “a calm, unshowy keyboard style” these adjectives could equally be…
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Visiting Sydney in late November was Stéphane Fuget, French conductor, keyboard player and, along with his partner, soprano Claire Lefilliatre, founder of the specialist French Baroque ensemble, Les Epopées. Fuget is recognised as one of the most prominent experts of French early and Baroque music
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We have 3 copies of Classical Brit Award winning saxophonist Amy Dickson’s latest release Dusk & Dawn to give away. To be in the draw to win your own copy of Dusk & Dawn, email info@soundslikesydney,com.au by 5 pm on Monday 21st October with ‘Dusk & Dawn’ in the subject heading. Winners will be advised by email on Tuesday…
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Just days after violinist Nigel Kennedy claimed that “conductors are completely over-rated”, and on the eve of Marin Alsop becoming the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms, Russian born conductor Vasily Petrenko has created a storm by claiming that orchestras “react better when they have a man in front of them” and that…