A signed photo of Gustav Mahler, previously owned by Arnold Schoenberg is the subject of a tussle between the Schoenberg family and its present owner who’s willing to part with it for a fee.
Great news for the readers of SoundsLikeSydney – whom we know are music lovers – but who also love their art. The Art Gallery of New South Wales has extended their member’s discount to readers of our pages who attend concerts in the Art Gallery Society’s 2014 Resonate series. These concerts present sumptuous music in…
In November last year, Sounds Like Sydney published an interview with emerging conductor Jennifer Condon, presently working as Souffleuse at the Hamburg State Opera. http://soundslikesydney.com.au/admin/wp-admin/post.php?post=5917&action=edit She has however, a burning ambition which has dictated much of how she has spent her time for past 10 years: she wants to bring to life Sappho, the…
Alexander Briger AO conducts the Australia World Orchestra in a tour which premieres a work by Paul Dean.
British soprano Dame Emma Kirkby and Swedish Lutenist Jakob Lindberg were recently in Australia performing and running masterclasses. During their tour, the duo were in Bermagui, where they presented a masterclass on The Art of Performing and Understanding Early Songs as part of the Four Winds Windsong series. SoundsLikeSydney correspondent soprano Ria Andriani attended the masterclass…
Images from An Evening with the Viennese Titans, held last weekend in which orchestra seventeen88 conducted by Benjamin Bayl performed the music of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, with solo flautist Georgia Browne. Rachael Beesley led the ensemble form the violin in the dramatic New Hall at Sydney Grammar School. Scroll down to see all four…
