The 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod
Keep up with all the results from the 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod:
Keep up with all the results from the 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod:
Prokofiev’s madcap ‘anti-opera’ opened on Sydney this week. There is an abundance of satire in Tom Stoppard’s wickedly funny English libretto with plenty of belly laughs, fantasy and high camp embedded in a riot of colour. Scroll down to see all 7 images. Images courtesy Opera Australia
Violin wunderkind Christian Li will release a new album, Discovering Mendelssohn on July 7. Recorded on the Decca Classics label, the first single On Wings of Song from 6 Songs op. 34 is available now.
In breaking news, Pinchgut Opera and Opera Australia excitedly announce that Opera Australia has invited Pinchgut Opera to join it at the Opera Centre in Sydney by making an office space available for Pinchgut’s ‘Operations.’ Pinchgut Chair Liz Nielsen says “Over the 14 years that Pinchgut Opera has been around, Opera Australia has extended a helping hand…
Shout out to all musicians in the electronic media! The Australian Music Centre is offering performance opportunities at the Electronic Music Conference, Sydney, April 2022.
It’s news that has nearly slipped under the radar – the Australian Chamber Orchestra is a major force in a recording which won no less than four 2014 Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles ceremony late last month. For the ACO, the album, Winter Morning Walks, is a transatlantic collaboration with composer Maria Schneider, soprano…
The 55-year-old Dutch conductor and violinist Jaap van Zweden has been announced as the incoming conductor of the New York Philharmonic. He is currently Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and succeeds Alan Gilbert, whose appointment began in 2009 and ends with the 2016–17 season. Click here for more.