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Musica Viva Unveils its 2019 Programme
Musica Viva has announced its 2019 line-up of international touring artists, morning concerts, masterclasses, educational and mentoring programmes, festivals and composers’ programmes – and it’s a feast of some of the best in chamber music form around the world. Musica Viva, Australia’s oldest independent professional performing arts organisation opens its 2019 season in February with…
Christopher Lawrence Joins Sydney Youth Orchestras As Chief Artistic Advisor
Christopher Lawrence, ABC ClassicFM broadcaster, author and arts administrator, has joined Sydney Youth Orchestras (SYO) as its Chief Artistic Advisor. Mr Lawrence said he was honoured to join the team alongside Alexander Briger AO, who now resides in Paris to better pursue his international conducting career. Mr Briger remains the orchestra’s Chief Conductor and will…
Australian Chamber Orchestra And Sydney Opera House To Stream Goldberg Variations
The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s (ACO) upcoming performance of J S Bach’s Goldberg Variations will be broadcast live via Facebook from the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Sunday 12 August, 2pm AEST. Audiences across Australia will be able to experience the ACO perform one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, in an illuminating string…
APRA AMCOS Announce 2018 Art Music Awards Finalists
Celebrating achievements and excellence in Australian contemporary classical, jazz and experimental music, APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the finalists in the 2018 Art Music Awards. The winners in eleven national categories, as well as Australian state or territory awards, will be announced at a presentation on Tuesday 21 August at an event at Melbourne’s…
See ‘Lucia’ Before She Leaves Town
Soprano Jessica Pratt and tenor Michael Fabiano are the undoubted stars of Opera Australia’s current production of Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor. Along with a strong supporting cast, the Opera Australia Chorus and the Opera Australia Orchestra, audiences and critics have been both moved and amazed by the stellar musical and dramatic performances….
Deutsche Grammophon Releases Third Disc In Shostakovich Cycle With Andris Nelsons And Boston Symphony Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon continues the widely acclaimed, Grammy winning Shostakovich Symphony cycle with Music Director Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the release on 6 July, 2018 of a disc containing the Symphony No 4 and the Symphony no 11, subtitled The year 1905 Andris Nelsons is the Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra…
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Concert Review: Pastoral Melodies/ Australian Romantic And Classical Orchestra/ Sydney Chamber Choir
Pastoral Melodies Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra/ Sydney Chamber Choir City Recital Hall 25 March, 2018 The Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra lived up to its name in Pastoral Melodies performed in collaboration with the Sydney Chamber Choir. Three works from the Romantic canon and one from the Classical era, were performed with panache, under…
Concert Review: L’Heure Exquise / José Carbó Trio
L’Heure Exquise José Carbó Trio Independent Theatre, North Sydney 11, March 2018 It was rare opportunity to hear the gilded voice of baritone José Carbó in an intimate recital of (mostly) art song accompanied on classical guitars by Andrew Blanch and Ariel Nurhadi. The three musicians make up the newly formed José Carbó trio and…