The week’s concerts in review…
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven and R Strauss:
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Venice Secrets:
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven and R Strauss:
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Venice Secrets:
Celebrating achievements and excellence in Australian contemporary classical, jazz and experimental music, APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the finalists in the 2018 Art Music Awards. The winners in eleven national categories, as well as Australian state or territory awards, will be announced at a presentation on Tuesday 21 August at an event at Melbourne’s…
The Jacobean Singers Inc is looking for a new music director to replace our existing director who is going to the US. We are looking for an experienced choral conductor /organist. The Choir has an extensive library and over the past fifteen years has built up a repertoire of sacred and secular music from Renaissance…
Talks at the Metropolitan Opera in New York have finally resolved the disagreements between workers and management, clearing the way for the opening of the 2014/15 season in September – a new production of The Marriage of Figaro conducted by James Levine. Read the article from the New York Times
“The tall, slender Lindstrom wielded the icy glamour of a 30’s film star, working the trains and veils of her elaborate costumes with the panache of a runway model.” Turandot, New York Post Sydney audiences are in for a very special experience when Opera Australia presents Graeme Murphy’s production of Puccini’s Turandot in the forthcoming…
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 /…
It was in July that pianist Yuja Wang dazzled Australian audiences with her performances, described as “dazzling…tender…(and) stylish” (Sydney Morning Herald). She is now poised to release a new recording in Australia, entitled Ravel (available October 23, 2015) on the Deutsche Grammophon label, on which she performs with the celebrated Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under young conductor Lionel…