Avi Avital Image Gallery
Scroll down to see all 6 images of Avi Avital’s sensational opening night concert with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall. Images courtesy of Steven Godbee Publicity and Photography.






Scroll down to see all 6 images of Avi Avital’s sensational opening night concert with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall. Images courtesy of Steven Godbee Publicity and Photography.






The tragic tale of the broken-hearted clown comes to life in Pagliacci, Opera Australia’s verismo double-bill with Cavalleria Rusticana which opened in Sydney last week. Director Damiano Michieletto has linked the two works dramatically with several of the main characters from one opera appearing the other. Read our review from opening night and see these luscious…
Max Richter has written a new piece which pays homage to Beethoven with the release of its world premiere recording on the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. Beethoven – Opus 2020 is a new orchestral work was commissioned by the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, which will host the world premiere performance on the eve of the anniversary….
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, now 84 and retired from conducting has been made an Honorary Member of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Read more from Gramophone Magazine.
Selby & Friends have added a haunting new piece to their YouTube Channel. The Quartet Movement for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello in A Minor by a very young Gustav Mahler performed by Elizabeth Layton (violin), Glen Donnelly (viola), Julian Smiles (cello) and Kathryn Selby (piano) from a 2012 program entitled My Song is Love…
Checkout the ‘look’ of the Royal Opera’s production of Bellini’s Norma, opening in Palace Cinemas in Sydney this weekend. Crafted by La Fura dels Baus it is conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano with Sonya Goncheva in the title role and Jospeh Calleja as Pollione. Photo credits Bill Cooper. Images supplied.
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 /…