The Sydney Youth Orchestra, led by Alexander Briger AO, will be joined by leading international sopranos, Cheryl Barker AO, Emma Pearson and Caroline Meng for a festival of Strauss, presenting three of the firebrand composer’s most challenging and thrilling works: Don Juan, Four Last Songs and excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier. Celebrating Strauss will be a…
Christopher Lawrence, ABC ClassicFM broadcaster, author and arts administrator, has joined Sydney Youth Orchestras (SYO) as its Chief Artistic Advisor. Mr Lawrence said he was honoured to join the team alongside Alexander Briger AO, who now resides in Paris to better pursue his international conducting career. Mr Briger remains the orchestra’s Chief Conductor and will…
Marcus Michelsen This April Sydney Youth Orchestras’ most talented young musicians from the greater Sydney region, aged between sixteen and twenty will be led by their youngest Concertmaster ever, 15-year-old Marcus Michelsen under the baton of Alexander Briger AO. On the programme are Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, which celebrate heroes of 20th century…