‘Carmen’ – the costumes
A sneak look at the some of the fabulous costumes by Julie Lynch –
A sneak look at the some of the fabulous costumes by Julie Lynch –
On March 19, The NSW Drs Orchestra will gather eighty medical professionals and students under its banner to perform a concert for the 9th consecutive year to fund its continuing partnership with Sydney Eisteddfod in sponsoring the NSW Drs Orchestra Sydney Eisteddfod Instrumental Scholarship in 2017 and the medical charity Freedom Across Australia. Dr Susan Allman…
Last week APRA/AMCOS announced its annual Art Music Awards winners for 2012. The awards acknowledge achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. There are ten national awards and several State Awards which include these categories as well as outstanding contributions by individuals and organisations in Australian music, music education and regional music. The Art Music Awards were…
Sadly Claudio Abbado is no more. Thanks to the digital age, his work lives on through his numerous recordings and videos. Gramophone magazine’s website has a selection of his 10 best recordings and the Berlin Philharmoniker concerts on video.
As the nation reflects on the legacy of Peter Sculthorpe, writers review his life and work: Click here to read Vincent Plush in The Australian, Philip Jones in The Australian, Joel Meares in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Pianist Hoang Pham, winner of the 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award gives a solo recital in Sydney in mid-October. He started his piano studies aged just three and a half, after arriving in Australia as a babe in arms via a refugee boat from Vietnam. After studies at the Australian National Academy of…
The contract signed by Antonin Dvorak which clinched the deal that took him to work in New York has been found amongst the personal papers of the woman who hired him. Dated ‘Prague 1892’ it contains detailed terms of his employment. The contract goes on display in Manhattan on September 8th. Click here to read more and…