Check out this fascinating video of Dan Russell, violinist and founder of the Phoenix Collective as he takes a 9000+ km road trip across Australia accompanied by his family which includes his 2009 Cremona made violin.
Read our interview with Dan as he shares his vision for the Phoenix Collective.
More about the March inaugural concert of the Phoenix Collective’s collaborative recital series.
Pianist and composer Daniel Rojas brings the music of the South American people to the concert hall in a recital this weekend. Read our interview with him at http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/daniel-rojas-plays-the-music-of-the-south-american-people/8185.html
Today, December 2nd 2013 marks the 90th birthday of the incomparable Maria Callas. Born Cecilia Sophia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulou in New York on December 2nd in 1934, she moved to Greece, her ancestral home at the age of 14 and entered the Athens Conservatory in 1940. In 1942 she sang Tosca in Athens and after several more roles…
Allegra Giagu and Sally Whitwell perform in Wollombi on Saturday February 4th. Listen to Allegra here….
This video will surely give you goosebumps – Mahler’s Symphony No 8 , which premiered in Munich on September 12th in 1910. The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek in collaboration with hundred of voices performs at the Royal Albert Hall on the opening night of The Proms in July 2010.
Check out this video recording of a recent performance of the 4th movement from Mahler’s Fourth Symphony by the Omega Ensemble with soprano Lee Abrahmsen. Click here to read our review of the concert.
Tenor Rolando Villazon is back in full voice with his first recording in three years. Released by Deutsche Grammophon, the collection of Verdi arias celebrates the 2013 bi-centenary of the composer’s birth. Recorded in Turin, Italy with the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, it includes classics like Brindisi, La donna e mobile, Lunge da lei, Dal labbro…