Melbourne baritone Kiran Rajasingam will reach three exciting milestones when he sings the role of Prince Yamadori in Opera Australia’s production of Madama Butterfly which opens at the Sydney Opera House in June. It is his debut in Sydney, his debut at the Sydney Opera House and as a principal with the company.
The 2022 Australian Women in Music Awards winners have been announced with Deborah Cheetham AO receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Elena Kats-Chernin receiving the Artistic Excellence Award. Geneveive Lacey won the award for Excellence in Classical Music.
Angus Davison wins the 2022-23 Layton Emerging Composer Fellowship.
Eleven composers from Australia and New Zealand are the recipients of the Art Music Fund, with each receiving a $5,000 grant towards the commission of a proposed work.
The Marais Project, one of Australia’s most intriguing early music ensembles, releases a disctinctive and typically eclectic new album next month, Australian Monody and it will celebrate this release with a concert launch.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to record J S Bach’s St John Passion, BWV 245, for Deutsche Grammophon, more than thirty years after he first recorded this work for Archiv Produktion.
Congratulations to Elena Kats-Chernin who has been nominated in two categories of the Australian Women in Music Awards. Winners announced in May in Brisbane.
Perth-born tenor Louis Hurley has been named as the first Humanity Foundation Taryn Fiebig Scholar.
Pianist Rob Hao returns to Sydney from London for his inaugural solo tour of Australia which will include a performance at the Utzon Room in April. The concert will include the Australian premiere of Sydney-based Australian composer Nicholas Vines’ Indie Ditties. From London, Hao gave us some insights into his career thus far and we speak with Nick Vines about his intriguing piece, Indie Ditties.
