the 2011 helpmanns – And the winners are….
Check out this year’s winners of The Helpmann Awards:
http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/site/_content/document/00000185-source.pdf
Check out this year’s winners of The Helpmann Awards:
http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/site/_content/document/00000185-source.pdf
Ever wished homicide on the audience member who leaps to his feet (and it’s usually a ‘he’) shouting “Bravo!!!” even before the sounds of the music have died away?! It can ruin those moments of silence when a final chord can hang in the air, or the precious silence during which you simply want to be alone…
Later this year a handful of young musicians from Sydney will leave for Europe to undertake post – graduate studies at various institutions. One of these is coloratura tenor Edmond Choo who is headed for London’s Royal College of Music. (See our post on his Farewell Concerts). Building a career demands a careful juggling of opportunities,…
On a new digital recording released last week, pianist Jayson Gillham plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Recorded during a live performance in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House in October 2016, it was Gillham’s debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and came as part of a…
Opera Australia has announced that Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen will conduct the Melbourne production of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ later this year. Here’s the full statement issued earlier today: “Opera Australia has appointed the outstanding young Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen as the new conductor for The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013. Mr Inkinen will join Opera Australia at…
Exactly a year ago, mezzo-soprano Margaret Plummer packed up her family, said ‘goodbye’ to friends and relocated to Vienna to follow her dream. A familiar face – and voice – on the Sydney opera stage, she had been awarded the Vienna State Opera Award from Opera Foundation Australia and opportunity beckoned. A graduate of the Sydney…
Sydney Chamber Choir announces this week’s digital release, Ah! Sun-flower from Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year, a 7-part song cycle written for double choir and piano. It’s a return to the 21st century with this excerpt which is the 5th movement of the song cycle. Jonathan Dove’s music is about communicating, creating wonder…