Soprano Amelia Farrugia sings her favourite songs from opera, operetta, and the Great American Songbook in The Songbird, the third concert of the popular lunchtime series, Live at Lunch. One of the brightest stars of opera in Australia, Amelia will dazzle audiences with beloved works by Gershwin, Bernstein, Lehar and Massenet. She will be accompanied by…
A new recording of the piano music of Elena Kats-Chernin, Butterflying, is due for release this week, as a double CD on ABC Classics (ABC 481 2625). Performed by ARIA-Award winner Tamara-Anna Cislowska and the composer herself, Butterflying is the first major survey of the piano music of Elena Kats-Chernin. Ever since her childhood in Uzbekistan,…
ARIA Award-winning pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska and acclaimed composer/pianist Elena Kats-Chernin are joined by Live at Lunch Artistic Director and flautist Jane Rutter, in Russian Rhapsodies: Four Hands and a Flute, the second concert in the popular lunchtime concert series. With four hands at the one piano, the duo will perform a range of Kats-Chernin’s music, as…