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Vladimir Fanshil To Conduct IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition 2021
The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition has announced that Vladimir Fanshil will conduct the Australian Opera Orchestra for the 2021 competition.
Month: April 2021
Reviews
Album Review: Erich Kleiber/ Staatskapelle Berlin/Berlin Philharmoniker/ Eloquence Remaster
Very highly recommended!
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Cabaret Review: Jacqui Dark is Alive and Well and Living In Newtown
Jacqui Dark is a consummate entertainer, generous with her emotions. This was a visceral performance which more than matched the courage, the physicality and commitment demanded by the songs of Jacques Brel. She gave her all.
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Christian Li Releases Single Ahead Of Album And Concert Debut
Wunderkind violinist Christian Li, just 13 years old, will release his debut album in August 2021 on the Decca Classics label. Featured on this album is the classic Meditation from the opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet, which has been released as a single.
Reviews
Album Review: Two/ The Marais Project
Two introduces us to engaging repertoire by important composers of a different time and place. The clever sonic and stylistic pairing of two instruments which are equals yet opposites is a treat.
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Max Richter’s VOICES 2 Now Available
Max Richter’s VOICES 2, the second album in the cutting-edge audio-visual VOICES project, inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is out now on Decca Records.
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Concert Review: Vestige – A Hidden Curiosity/ Kammerklang
“…an accomplished and enlightening performance of contemporary Australian art song that espouses both traditional and cutting- edge soundscapes.”
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Album Review: Bliss Of Heaven- Music Of The New World/ Rojas
A distinctive and unusual album. Rojas is an exceptional pianist and anything but orthodox, relying on essential South American rhythms and connecting with the old masters.
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Album Review: Living/ Paul Cutlan String Project
Sit back and relax to the cool jazz that Living offers; or be challenged with its more confronting and cathartic pieces. Either way, Living will take you deep into the folds of another world.
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ANAM Undertakes Major Commissioning Project ‘The ANAM Set’
The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) has undertaken an major commissioning project called The ANAM Set and has announced the sixty-seven Australian composers who will be participating in what is arguably one of the biggest commissioning projects ever undertaken in Australia.