Sydney’s newest arts complex
The new performing arts precinct in Chatswood is preparing to ‘go live’:
The new performing arts precinct in Chatswood is preparing to ‘go live’:
Applications are still open for two streams of Ensemble Offspring’s emerging artist development program, The Hatched Academy, which is designed to provide practical experience to the next generation of innovative young performers and composers from around Australia. The program draws on the skills and expertise of Ensemble Offspring’s Artistic Director, Claire Edwardes, core instrumentalists and guest…
A new concept in live performance is emerging – one that aims to sustain musicians, the art of performance and the souls of the audience. 1:1 concerts, is a concert experience offered by ‘Covid Concert Hall refugees.’ The concert is structured around one musician and one listener at a two-metre distance, experiencing a ten-minute, non-verbal,…
Due to circumstances beyond their control The NOISE have had to postpone the concerts associated with the launch of their new CD Composed Noise, scheduled for Sydney tonight Tuesday 8th and tomorrow Wednesday 9th October. The CD will still be launched tonight, but without the concerts, from 7 – 10 pm at the Tap Gallery,…
In a long-awaited response to the National Opera Review, chaired by Helen Nugent and released nearly a year ago in October 2016, the federal government has addressed the declining number of Australian opera singers heard on Australian stages by requiring that the nation’s major opera companies employ more Australian singers in an “appropriate balance” or face…
Saxophonist Nicholas Russoniello wins the 2011 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/classical-award-recognises-plenty-of-sax-appeal-no-strings-attached/story-e6frg8n6-1226129309211
Just days after violinist Nigel Kennedy claimed that “conductors are completely over-rated”, and on the eve of Marin Alsop becoming the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms, Russian born conductor Vasily Petrenko has created a storm by claiming that orchestras “react better when they have a man in front of them” and that…