The Australian World Orchestra will celebrate its 5-year anniversary in 2016 with two performances conducted by Alexander Briger and Stanley Dodds. The programmes feature works by Beethoven, Dvorak, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and the world premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s Concerto for 8 double basses The Witching Hour. Following the success of the 2015 season under Sir Simon…
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Australian World Orchestra (AWO) for two concerts in Sydney with special guest mezzo-soprano, the incomparable Magdalena Kožená, making her Australian debut. At its inaugural concert series in 2011 the AWO was conducted by Simone Young. In 2013 it presented another highly acclaimed series under Zubin Mehta . In 2015, the…
Nominees for the 28th annual ARIA Awards have been announced and we have the list of contenders for the title of Best Classical Album in the Fine Arts Awards. Australian World Orchestra / Zubin Mehta – Stravinsky Rite of Spring / Mahler Symphony No.1 (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia) Emma Matthews / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra /…