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IFAC Australian Singing Competition Finalists
Image gallery of the five exciting young singers who are in the finals of the 2016 IFAC Australian Singing Competition. Click each image to enlarge Click here for more information about the finals concert this week.
Anna Netrebko: Verismo
Fresh from her Wagnerian debut as Elsa in Lohengrin at the Dresden Semperoper, Anna Netrebko will release a new recording in September 2016, Verismo, with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. This recording on Deutsche Grammophon with its striking cover, explores some of the darker reaches of the dramatic soprano repertoire with…
Winsome Evans Releases Bach Album
Leading early music expert Winsome Evans presents the final chapter in her ground-breaking project to transcribe and record Bach’s solo instrumental works for the harpsichord, with JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH a 3-CD recording of the Six Cello Suites and the Partita for Solo Flute, on ABC Classics. Evans’ project, some 30 years in the making, is based on…
David Robertson delivers The 2016 Stuart Challender Talk: Why Should You Care About The Arts?
When David Robertson, the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) usually takes to the stage, he doesn’t make a sound. And, as with all conductors, his business is with his musicians as he weaves his magic and moulds them into conveying to the audience what he wants. And so it was…
Dream Win For Countertenor Nicholas Tolputt In Sydney Eisteddfod
Deborah Humble interviews the 25-year-old winner of the 2016 City of Sydney Eisteddfod Operatic Aria Award and Melba Trust Scholar. When the City of Sydney Eisteddfod asked the entrants in this year’s Opera Scholarship to explain why they so loved this particular genre of music, countertenor Nicholas Tolputt stated that opera offers ‘truthfulness’ and requires ‘commitment,’…
Helen Gifford OAM, To Receive Distinguished Services Award
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced that composer Helen Gifford OAM, is to be the recipient of the Distinguished Services to Australian Music Award for 2016. She will receive this honour at the Art Music Awards on Tuesday 16 August at the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne. This singular honour is awarded by the APRA…
Latest reviews
Concert Review: The Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars/ Peter Phillips City Recital Hall, 7.30 pm November 5, 2016 When the Tallis Scholars visit Sydney it is like welcoming back old friends. Apart from their many tours and celestial sound, their summer schools and workshops with local choirs have won them many fans. On this 2016 visit to Australia, founder and…
Concert Review: Harbour Light/ Acacia Quartet
Harbour Light Acacia Quartet Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House November 9, 2016 One of the gifts of an ensemble playing the music of a living composer is that the two are able to build a creative partnership, ensuring that the writing is suited to the musicians and in return, the composer is able to coach…