http://www.boosey.com/cr/news/Brett-Dean-interview-about-new-orchestral-work-Fire-Music/12335
Tenor Andrea Bocelli is making his cinema debut as the cinema version of his Love in Portofino concert is released for a limited time at selected Hoyts cinemas. Love in Portofino was recorded in August 2012 as Bocelli hosted an intimate and romantic outdoor concert in one of Italy’s most beautiful settings. The cinema event also…
Confused by the proliferation of wireless devices and listening formats? Gramophone Magazine has published a comprehensive guide to wireless listening.
OA artistic director Lyndon Terracini believes that quotas on the hiring of non-Australian singers should be lifted. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/lyndon-terracini-blasts-prehistoric-union-opera-quota/story-e6frg8n6-1226310782416
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour opens this week and the offering this year is Puccini’s masterpiece La Bohème. Directed by Andy Morton and conducted by Brian Castles-Onion the sets and costumes are designed by Dan Potra who memorably designed the exquisite sets and costumes for Turandot (HOSH 2016). Here’s a preview of just some of Potra’s…
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma and Daniel Barenboim celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with an unusual recording for Deutsche Grammophon, released earlier this month. The three stars have combined with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which celebrates its 20th year this year, to record Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, op.92 with the Triple Concerto for piano, violin…
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…