The UK Telegraph has been running a seriesof live streamed debates on various aspects of classical music. As part of thisseries they’ve published a gorgeous picture gallery of 10 of opera’s greatest singers: 5 men and 5 women. Guess who they are! Click here for the link.
‘…..the demands of this 2 1/2 hour score were like playing two big Mahler symphonies without movement breaks” – Peter McCallum, The Sydney Morning Herald. For more, visit: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/symphony-soars-and-saws-in-vivid-saga-20111030-1mqe1.html
Chief Conductor, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson has garnered glowing reviews (Limelight, SMH) for his programming and direction of last week’s 2015 season opening performances of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Last weekend, Sydney Morning Herald journalist Nick Galvin asked 15 Sydneysiders how they would make Sydney better place in 2015. David Robertson’s vision sees a…
The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition (ASC) invites singers to compete for the prestigious Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’) and number of valuable career-building awards and opportunities. The competition is open to emerging opera and classical singers under the age of 26 (as at 23 June 2017). Entries close on March 10, 2017. Late entries close on…
Tenor Pascal Herington is about to cut the ties that bind and make the inevitable journey from Australia to seek his fortune on the stages of Europe. It is a not unfamiliar step for the graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium. Talking to SoundsLikeSydney this week he describes his moment of epiphany when he took…
Composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi releases Underwater, his first new solo piano album in 20 years, now available on the Decca label.
Lang-Lang, Christian Tetzlaff, Tan Dun, Jayson Gilham, Pinchas Zuckerman and Wynton Marsalis are just some of the visiting performers in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s 2016 season. As well, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy returns to conduct the music of Beethoven. Steve Reich’s Clapping Music, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Stravinsky’s Petrushka and German organ music with David Drury…