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Elysian Fields Double Pass Giveaway
Our friends at Elysian Fields, Australia’s innovative electric gamba ensemble are offering readers of SoundsLikeSydney two double passes to their concert on Thursday October 10, 8.30 pm at Foundry616, 616 Harris St, Ultimo. “Electric gamba band Elysian Fields presents a uniquely configured line up of saxophone, voice/violin, electric viola da gamba, piano, bass guitar and…
Paul Lowin Finalists For 2019 Announced
Six Australian compositions have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes, as announced by the Australian Music Centre today. They are Katy Abbott, Brett Dean, Elliott Gyger, Lachlan Skipworth, Luke Styles and Nigel Westlake. The winners of the Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize (valued at $25,000) and the Song Cycle Prize (valued at $15,000)…
Australian Chamber Orchestra Returns To London’s Barbican
London friends! Following its sell-out 2018 residency, the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) returns to London for a second season in-residence at the Barbican Centre. The ACO is the only Australian orchestra to hold an international residency. This season marks the mid-point of the ACO’s three-year partnership with the prestigious concert venue and follows the orchestra’s…
Manase Latu Wins IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
Congratulations to tenor Manase Latu (23), who won the 2019 Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’) in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Prize, as well as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Prize with his performance of Tradito, Schernito from Mozart’s Così fan tutte. As part of The Mathy, Manase Latu also received Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan…
Chernobyl Soundtrack On Deutsche Grammophon Wins Emmy
The soundtrack to HBO’s Chernobyl, the 5-part TV mini-series. by composer, cellist and singer Hildur Guðnadóttir has won an EMMY for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special, announced at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. The series become the highest rated show on IMDb. Deutsche Grammophon has released the soundtrack to…
Sydney Youth Orchestras Applications For 2020 Close Soon
Applications to audition for the Sydney Youth Orchestra in 2020 close next Monday 23 September. Click here to find out more and apply. Sydney Youth Orchestras rehearses weekly with over 550 young musicians aged 6-24 years from all over Sydney and New South Wales. The leading orchestral training and education provider in New South Wales,…
Latest reviews
Concert Review: Sir András Schiff / Musica Viva
Sir András Schiff Musica Viva, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, 23 October 2018 Sir András Schiff’s Gala Piano Recital for Musica Viva, was a deeply satisfying evening of music. Returning to Australia after two decades, the Hungarian born British pianist performed from the repertoire for which he is renowned. At the centre of his programme,…
Opera Review: Don Giovanni/ Con Opera
Don Giovanni, Mozart /Da Ponte Sydney Conservatorium, Opera School (Cast 1) 13 October, 2018 Music Workshop Sydney Conservatorium Written by Victoria Watson Con Opera presented a true masterpiece of Viennese Classicism, the opera Don Giovanni which followed on Mozart’s success with Le Nozze di Figaro and which was premiered in Prague in 1787. It is a notoriously challenging work…