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music maker for the movies – ennio morricone to conduct in australia
Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone has won over 25 awards internationally, for his film scores. Amongst them, the haunting themes for Sergio…
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behind the scenes of a dress rehearsal at Opera Australia
Attending a dress rehearsal for a production by Opera Australia, I sense that the audience has all the expectancy and impatience of…
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‘The Love of the Nightingale’ – special for so many reasons.
Tonight, is opening night at Opera Australia. Opening nights are always special. This opening night has a few reasons for added excitement.…
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Stephen Hough Strange Sonatas
Pianist Stephen Hough appears to be a man of boundless musical talent, tireless energy, intellect and generosity of spirit. He shares these attributes…
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City Jungle – a battle of hits…(and who is Reginald?)
Syncopation, multimetrics, polyrhythms with the added spritz of digital programming . In City Jungle, two of the nation’s leading virtuoso percussion ensembles,…
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Northey explores mozart’s ‘special genius’ for opera
This week, conductor Benjamin Northey makes his debut with Opera Australia, taking the rostrum for the company’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni…
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Richard Gill on music education
Having collaborated on the recent production of The Threepenny Opera, conductor and music educator Richard Gill and performer Eddie Perfect have struck…
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hough’s sonatas challenge convention
Music Viva presents pianist and savant Stephen Hough in two Sydney recitals this week. Featuring the sonatas of Beethoven, Scriabin and Liszt, all of which challenged…
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“Mad Rush” – sally whitwell records the music of Philip Glass
Congratulations to Sally Whitwell on winning the 2011 ARIA Fine Award for Best Classical Album! Sally spoke to SoundsLikeSydney in May this…