Filming hits the wrong note with pianist Zimmerman
Pianist Krystian Zimmerman made a point about audience filming during recitals at a recent performance in Germany.
Click here to read the article from the BBC.
Pianist Krystian Zimmerman made a point about audience filming during recitals at a recent performance in Germany.
Click here to read the article from the BBC.
The date of Wagner’s birth bicentenary is not far away – May 22nd 2013. Click here to read Matthew Westwood’s feature in The Australian.
Blackheath Chamber Music Festival returns in April 2022 for a busy 4-day ANZAC weekend of exquisite classical music, featuring some of Australia’s outstanding artists, sourced nationally, internationally and locally.
Conductor Riccardo Muti has been named as the second recipient of the biggest prize in classical music – the Birgit Nilsson Prize. The prize of a million dollars, is a bequest of the late Swedish soprano who died in 2005 aged 87. It is awarded every 2- 3 years for outstanding achievement in opera or concert by…
French violinist Matthieu Arama has been appointed Concertmaster of the Opera Australia Orchestra. His term will begin in August 2024.
This month, Halcyon’s new recording, Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon was released on the Tall Poppies label (TP 236). Formed in 1998, Halcyon has been at the vanguard of creating and performing Australian music. Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon reflects the breadth of contemporary classical Australian writing. Featuring 21 new songs written especially for Halcyon and some thrilling virtuosic…
Soprano Nicole Car has withdrawn from the January 2017 performances of La Bohème. The role of Mimi will be sung by the Italian soprano Mariangela Sicilia. Sicilia made her operatic debut in 2009 as Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel. Prior to her Sydney appearance, she will be singing the role of Sophie in Werther at the Teatro…