In our second workshop for the year Dene Olding, core member of the Australia Ensemble @UNSW and co-concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, will work with two promising UNSW students.
This masterclass is free and open to the public, offering a rare opportunity to get inside the minds of musicians and learn about how they practice their art.
The Wagner Society of New South Wales presents a two-part series Tristan und Isolde – An Unresolved Enigma, with guest speaker Dr David Larkin, lecturer in Musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Performing this afternoon are Emilie Lemasson, dramatic soprano, Christopher Curcuruto, baritone and pianist Bradley Gilchrist. Dr Larkin is a specialist in German music of the nineteenth century. His…
Winner of the Melbourne International Guitar Competition 2016, Andrew Blanch is performing soon in Sydney during the Classical Guitar Festival, Sydney and as part of an extensive tour of Autralia and New Zealand. Andrew Blanch is a gifted young Australian musician taking his place on the international music stage. The Sydney-based guitarist has won major…
One of the world’s most adored coloratura sopranos, Sumi Jo, presents a tribute to the legendary diva Maria Callas in a one-night only performance Monday 21 November at City Recital Hall, Sydney, and Saturday 26 November at Melbourne Recital Hall. Maria Callas was famous for her performance of the bel canto style, the repertoire of which is…
The evolution of JS Bach’s music never ended with his death. He must surely be the only composer whose music has not just endured but has been re-invented over centuries. Some retained Bach’s music as he wrote it, but dressed it differently, adding layers of fantastical improvisations – Jacques Loussier, The King’s Singers, Christoph Poppen’s Morimur. Others…
Lane Cove Theatre Company presents Beauty and the Beast adapted and directed by Sarah Edwards, starring a talented teen cast. Beauty and the Beast is much loved in versions from Victor Hugo’s epic novel to the recent Disney movies. It is one of the world’s great love stories and this family-friendly re-imagining boasts a cast brimming…
There is a rare chance to hear the legendary American soprano Beverly Sills in a classic telecast of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Joyce DiDonato as the Lady of the Lake in Rossini’s take on Sir Walter Scott, William Kentridge’s ingenious staging of Shostakovich’s The Nose, Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena finding love in Donizetti’s La Fille du…