Gramophone 2014 Recording Of The Year
Tomorrow, September 17, Gramophone Magazine announces its 2014 Recording of the Year as picked by its panel of critics from the 12 category winners.
Click here to check out the category winners and read more.
Tomorrow, September 17, Gramophone Magazine announces its 2014 Recording of the Year as picked by its panel of critics from the 12 category winners.
Click here to check out the category winners and read more.
This week pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has been appearing in four concerts at London’s Royal Festival Hall, performing the complete piano sonatas (11 of them – from memory) of Franz Schubert. What makes this series even more special is that Mr Barenboim has been performing on piano that he has co-designed and which took 4,000…
The name of Dame Joan Sutherland has been immortalised with the Opera Theatre of Sydney’s Opera House re-named in her honour. Concert halls have been named after benefactors (Carnegie), Royalty (The Royal Albert Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall) and musicians (the Bruckner Hall in Linz and the Bartok Hall in Budapest. It is a rare honour, and…
When: Sat 27 Feb – 2:30pm & 6:30pm Where: Sydney Opera House Omega Ensemble begins its 2021 national tour with a program of stunning concertos and “quincertos”, including Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 1 performed by acclaimed Australian pianist Clemens Leske in a thrilling new presentation for piano quintet. This revealing performance also includes the first…
….meantime at London’s Royal Opera in Covent Garden, Australian soprano Nicole Car has won hearts with her portrayal of Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen. Making her Covent Garden debut her performance has been described as “the evening’s most complete performance; her luminous soprano proves ideal for Bizet’s soaring lines and she acts with intelligence and immediacy.” The…
Flowers Still Bloom is a new album from guitarist, composer and creative educator, Michelle Nelson. It is the result of her experiences in the midst of Melbourne’s first lockdown, encountering what so many other musicians did – the lack of work and isolation. It gave her the time and space to contemplate life as we…
Sydney-based Omega Ensemble has today announced the appointment of Mr Rory Jeffes as incoming Chair.