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Madeleine Easton To Play At Coronation
Australian violin virtuoso and founder of the Bach Akademie Australia, Madeleine Easton is to play at the Coronation of King Charles III with the English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, her long-time mentor and patron.
Sophie Kauer Releases Unsung On Deutsche Grammophon
Cellist Sophie Kauer, the Breakout Star of TÁR will release her debut EP in March on the Deutsche Grammophon label.
John Rotar Wins Willgoss Prize 2023
The Music Performance Unit at the University of New South Wales has announced that John Rotar is the winner of the Willgoss Choral Composition Prize for 2023, for his work, Songs about birds, forests, flowers and mountains.
Nominations Open for 2023 Art Music Awards
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) are calling for members to nominate their peers for the Art Music Awards 2023.
Matthias Goerne: Schubert Revisited
Matthias Goerne, distinguished baritone and one of the most high-profile Schubertians of this generation, has recorded a selection of Schubert’s songs not in their original versions with piano but in orchestral arrangements by Alexander Schmalcz, Goerne’s accompanist of many years’ standing.
Kate Gaul On Adriana Lecouvreur
Two of the world’s greatest opera singers come to Sydney to perform in Adriana Lecouvreur, by Francesco Ciléa, an Opera Australia co-production with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the Fundación Ópera de Oviedo. Making his role debut as Maurizio, Count of Saxony is the outstanding tenor, Michael Fabiano. Joining him on stage as Adriana is the incomparable soprano Ermonela Jaho.
Latest reviews
Opera Review: Adriana Lecouvreur/ Opera Australia
It was a triumphant night for Armenian-Australian soprano Natalie Aroyan on the opening night of Francesco Ciléa’s Adriana Lecouvreur in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House.
Concert Review: Haydn’s Sun & Mendelssohn’s Stars/ Australian Haydn Ensemble String Quartet
The Australian Haydn Ensemble’s program was inspired by the concept of the fugue. performed with passion and finesse.