Outgoing Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir, AD CVO has been a familiar figure at concerts and other arts events around Sydney. Appointed in March 2001 as the state’s first female governor, she will retire on 1 October 2014 after her term as the second longest-serving governor of NSW. The…
It might seem like the obvious pun, but Russian Baroque violinist Dmitry Sinkovsky has more than one string to his bow. As well as directing and performing as solo violinist with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in concerts in Sydney in July/August, Sinkovsky will also sing with the orchestra as counter-tenor soloist, performing the music…
It is a constant matter of wonderment to me when I see grown men and women musicians performing on instruments that seem hardly big enough to convey their virtuosity. Yet, the musician turns the instrument into a giant of expression and mandolin player Avi Avital’s opening concert with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra was a night…