Mariss Jansons Interview
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons have charmed their audiences in Sydney with superlative skill. Regarded as one of the best conductors in the world, Jansons has been dogged by health problems in recent years, shadowed by the death of his father who suffered a heart attack whilst on the podium. He is fitted with…
Walsh Bay Precinct Master Plan
Arts NSW has announced far-reaching plans for the arts precinct at Sydney’s Walsh Bay, which promises to “more than double the arts offerings at Walsh Bay”. In the pipeline are upgrades of existing facilities as well as new ones which include 2 new performance venues, bars and cafés, outdoor seating and connecting the upper…
Tenor Arnold Rawls Returns To Sydney For New Year’s Eve
Louisiana born tenor Arnold Rawls, wowed audiences with his performance as Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore for Opera Australia earlier this year. He is returning to the stage of the Sydney Opera House to perform in the New Year’s Eve Gala this summer. Revisit what the tenor with the dazzling high Cs had to say about his arrival on the…
Vale Elke Neidhardt
Pioneering actress and opera director Elke Neidhardt AM died yesterday aged 72. Born in Stuttgart, she worked as a director of opera in Europe before taking up a post as resident director with Opera Australia in 1977, a post she held till 1990. In Australia she is known particularly for directing the first full modern Australian production…
‘Turn of the Screw’ on SBS Saturday Nov 23rd
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…
Britten Centenary Day – 22nd November
‘I believe sincerely that I can help my fellow human beings best by continuing the work I am most qualified to do by the nature of my gifts and training, ie the creation or propagation of music.’ Benjamin Britten 22/11/1913 – 4/12/1976
SBSYO Announces Joint Fellowship With Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Following the shock news yesterday that the SBS Youth Orchestra was to fold in 2014, after 25 years in operation, the SBSYO and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra have released a joint statement announcing the endowment of a Fellowship position with the SSO. “The Board of the SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra has today announced…
‘The Spirit Dancer’ Image Gallery
Exotic images give a taste of TaikOz’s upcoming concert the Spirit Dancer at the City Recital Hall on November 28th. (3 Images) Click here for more: http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/taikoz-presents-the-spirit-dancer/14524.html:
SBS Youth Orchestra To Fold
The SBS Youth Orchestra is to disband after 25 years in operation. The training ground for many of the nation’s elite musicians floundered after the death of its founding conductor Matthew Krel. As well as undertaking overseas tours, the orchestra produced three CDs and over two dozen television programmes which continue to be seen today. The…