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
There are three copies of Simon Tedeschi’s new CD releases Gershwin and Me from Universal Records to be won just in time for Christmas – spoil yourself, or someone else! Read our review and interview with Simon Tedeschi: Gershwin and Me How to enter: email [email protected] by 5 pm on Friday 7th December 2012 with subject heading please enter…
The first and second place winners in the prestigious Menuhin competition for violinists are just 17 and 14 years old! Founded in 1983 by Yehudi Menuhin, the competition’s previous winners include Julia Fischer and Tamsin Little. The first prize includes the opportunity to perform with the Cleveland Orchestra, an individual prize of $10,000 and the one-year loan of fine Italian…
Here in Sydney we’re more likely to hear Handel’s Messiah performed at Christmas rather than at Easter. Yet, a significant portion of this oratorio is centred on the Passion, and it’s premiere was in April 1742, in Dublin. Subsequently, Messiah became associated with London’s Foundling Hospital for orphans, where Handel directed a performance of it…
The 2018 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Death & The Maiden — Patricia Kopatchinskaja & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Other nominees: Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 — Arcangelo Divine Theatre – Sacred Motets By Giaches De Wert — Stile Antico Franck, Kurtág, Previn & Schumann — Joyce Yang & Augustin Hadelich Martha…
Twelve finalists performing on the oboe, flute, violin and piano have been selected to compete in the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year finals for 2014 to take place in Adelaide in August. Representing New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia, the young musicians Andrew Kawai, Anna Da Silva Chen, Anne-Marie Johnson, Catherine Gregory, David Soo, Glenn Christensen, Grace…
The winners of the prestigious 2013 Paul Lowin Prizes were announced at ceremony in Sydney on Monday night, 28th October. Elliot Gyger won the $15,000 purse in the Song Cycle category for giving voice (2012), a cycle of eight songs for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, based on Australian female poets’ words about early childhood…