Pacific Opera’s production of Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen will be performed under its new Artistic Director Simon Kenway , conducted by Alex Briger, directed by Michael Campbell and performed by Pacific Opera’s cast of outstanding young singers. The opera will be performed with a children’s chorus from Sydney Grammar School and in full symphonic…
The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Hillinger with concertmaster Shuti Huang and clarinettist Frank Celata perform the music of Dvorak, Mozart and Vaughan-Willams. The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra was the first orchestra to be established on Sydney’s North Shore, founded in 1947 by the late Dr Alan Bellhouse M.A. who conducted it…
Five future stars of opera from Australia and New Zealand compete for an array of prizes and opportunities including the prestigious Marianne Mathy Scholarship in the finals concert of the 2016 IFAC Australian Singing Competition. The Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey will accompany the finalists and perform Wagner’s Overture to Die…
As part of his tour for Musica Viva, Paul Lewis will conduct a masterclass with students from secondary and tertiary teaching institutions and other organisations through the Musica Viva Masterclasses program. Members of the public and other students are able to attend these masterclasses to observe Paul Lewis teaching. Information on Paul Lewis masterclasses musicaviva.com.au/whatson/masterclasses
Hot on the heels of her involvement with the Brooklyn Academy of Music performances of the Philip Glass Etudes, double ARIA Award winning pianist, composer, conductor and educator Sally Whitwell is performing the music of Glass at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art in association with their exhibition of works by American painter and photographer Chuck Close. …
The Willoughby Symphony opens its 2018 season with Gala, dazzling Italian-themed concert under Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Dr Nicholas Milton AM. This inspirational program includes the powerful and passionate music of Verdi, Rossini’s wit and perennial freshness, Mascagni’s glorious Intermezzo and Respighi’s Pines of Rome with its thunderous climax. Gala will also welcome to the Concert Hall stage the…