Brian Castles – Onion will conduct the upcoming productions of La Traviata on the harbour. He talks to Steve Meacham of the Sydney Morning Herald about keeping his head above the water – metaphorically speaking:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/orchestral-manoeuvres-in-the-dark-pit-20120318-1vdo2.html
Participants in the 2024 Chamber Music 18-26 age group event at Sydney Eisteddfod will be considered for this exciting opportunity.
The music fraternity comments on Lyndon Terracini’s Peggy Glanville-Hicks address: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/director-slated-for-failing-to-cultivate-opera-audiences/story-fn9d2mxu-1226184016943 ….and Lyndon Terracini responds: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opera-in-search-of-an-audience/story-fn9l8bny-1226186191515
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners in the 2014 APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards, announced in Melbourne tonight! The awards recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music including outstanding contributions by individuals and organisations in Australian music, music education, experimental music, jazz and regional music. Here is the list of Art…
Musica Viva Australia’s Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition finalists comprise fourteen ensembles from around the world.
The Offering is a new album release from the Flinders Quartet and pianist Benjamin Martin. Flinders Quartet is one of Australia’s most poplar and highly respected chamber music ensembles. One of its aims is to further the development of Australian chamber music by commissioning and premiering new works by Australian composers: all four pieces on this disc…
Whilst the focus of opera has shifted from the stage to the harbour, mainstage opera lovers have to bide their time till June for the winter season to begin. With it comes Opera Australia’s revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s production of Verdi’s Don Carlos (July 14 – August 15) planned on an epic scale and expected…