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“I Get To Sing!” – Samuel Sakker On Being A Young Artist At Covent Garden
When SoundsLikeSydney spoke to Samuel Sakker in London, the young tenor was en route to just another day at work. For him, this entails an hour’s journey, leaving home at 7.30 in the morning and arriving at the hallowed portals of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in time for 9 o’clock. Last year,…
Carl Vine AO Appointed Patron Of Taikoz And Synergy
Carl Vine AO has been appointed Patron of drumming ensemble Taikoz and of percussion ensemble Synergy. Carl Vine is one of Australia’s best known and frequently composers. He is also Artistic Director of Musica Viva, The Huntington Music Festival and a Senior Lecturer in Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has enjoyed…
Zubin Kanga Duels With His Dual: Dark Twin – Music Of Mystery And Multiplicity
The title of the concert programme is enigmatic and irresistibly inviting – Dark Twin- music of mystery and multiplicity for piano and multimedia – a recital by London based Australian pianist Zubin Kanga, for the innovative combination of piano, electronics and video. Speaking to SoundsLikeSydney in Sydney, Zubin says “it is all about the interaction…
The Con Commemorates Its centenary with Bernstein’s Mass
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, fondly known as “the Con” turns 100 in 2015! The iconic castle-like building with its distinctive turrets, sitting on the historical site of Sydney’s first bakery, housed Governor Macquarie’s horse stables in the 1800s and was then turned into a prolific music school in 1915. It will celebrate this historic…
Nicholas Carter In Conversation
“It is important to make the distinction that what we do isn’t simply entertainment. It is much more than entertainment and if we try and sell ourselves as entertainment I think that’s a dangerous thing.” Potent words from 29 year old Nicholas Carter, Chief Conductor elect of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Nicholas Carter is in…
Musica Viva Launches The Hildegard Project
Musica Viva announces the launch of an exciting new initiative which aims to encourage more female composers in the Australian music landscape. It is named The Hildegard Project, after Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century German Benedictine abbess, writer and composer who is known for her literary, musical and scientific works, and for her religious and…
Latest reviews
Kingfisher – Songs For Halcyon: A Gift For The Present, A Legacy For The Future
The recording, Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon is now available on the Tall Poppies label. Below is our review of a concert performance of some of the songs from the recording from April 2014 Celebrating a decade and a half of innovative music making and professional collaboration in 2014, Halcyon presented an evening of song Kingfisher …
Concert Review: orchestra seventeen88 Chamber Soloists
orchestra seventeen88 Chamber Soloists “Big Schoolroom”, Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst Saturday 21st November 2015 Kate Clark, flute/ Nicole van Bruggen, clarinet/ Darryl Poulsen, horn/ Lisa Goldberg, bassoon/ Jakob Lehmann, violin /Caroline Henbest, viola /Daniel Yeadon, cello/ Maxime Bibeau, double bass The ‘Big School’ room of Sydney Grammar School on College Street was an apt setting for orchestra seventeen88’s end of year…