the 2011 helpmanns – And the winners are….
Check out this year’s winners of The Helpmann Awards:
http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/site/_content/document/00000185-source.pdf
Check out this year’s winners of The Helpmann Awards:
http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/site/_content/document/00000185-source.pdf
Part 1 of two-part interview with emerging Australian conductor Jennifer Condon. Nearly 12 months ago, 28 year old Jennifer Condon visited Sydney to garner support for a project fired by a passion that has burned in her for the best part of a decade. During her final year of school in Sydney, she heard a fragment of…
Mozart’s Requiem at the Adelaide festival 2020. All images courtesy Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2019 © Pascal Victor SoundsLikeSydney was in the audience for the premiere season of Romeo Castellucci’s production of Mozart’s Requiem, with superstar Australian-born soprano Siobhan Stagg, at the Aix-en-Provence Festival last year. The production was a highlight of the festival and will be…
When nationally renowned viola da gambist Jenny Eriksson formed Australia’s first electric viola da gamba band, Elysian Fields, she had one pianist in mind: Matt McMahon. Jenny and Matt developed their friendship over several years of performing together at jazz gigs. In 2014 she finally invited him to write for, and appear with, her…
In addition to the free nightly streamed performances, New York’s Metropolitan Opera is also presenting ticket performances from some of their greatest stars. Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak Live in Concert SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, at 1:30PM EDT (US time) Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak perform live from an outdoor terrace on the French Riviera. As…
Sydney Youth Orchestras has announced that after a decade and a half as Chair of SYO, Jan Bowen AM will be stepping down from this position. Shane Simpson AM has been appointed as her successor. When it was founded in 1973 SYOs could only dream of what it has become today. This is directly attributable…
On the eve of his departure as Musical Director of the Sydney Chamber Choir, Paul Stanhope confesses that his initial efforts at programming were akin to ‘bolting out of the starting blocks’, curating an adventurous concert which he recalls attracted only a small audience. A decade on, talking to SoundsLikeSydney, he says he has learnt…