ENO shuns the big screen
The move to the cinema screen is not for the English National Opera says its artistic director John Berry:
The move to the cinema screen is not for the English National Opera says its artistic director John Berry:
The geographic and ethnic boundaries of Western classical music are being extended. Extended with a purpose. Recently, the Australian Chamber Orchestra featured Palestinian-Israeli pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar. They played the music of Schubert and Messiaen. Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are recording the orchestral works of Beethoven. They have perhaps achieved more towards Middle Eastern reconciliation…
The homes of singers in the Sydney Children’s Choir will be uncharacteristically quiet over the school holidays as the choir heads to Europe on tour this northern summer. Sydney airport will be ringing with the excitement of 41 children aged between 11 and 15 as they board their aircraft for the long journey that will tkae them to performances at…
Pinchgut Opera’s innovative film debut, A Delicate Fire, featuring the music of the amazing Barbara Strozzi is now available to watch online. Barbara Strozzi was a 17th century Italian singer, a prolific composer and lutenist of the baroque period. Born in Venice c August 1619, she was successful in her own right without church or…
Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) has launched its third Online Orchestra national music project. Instrumentalists and singers everywhere are invited to join the biggest virtual orchestra in Australia and to start preparing their entry for submission.
Deutsche Grammophon has released recordings of Chopin Piano Competition winner Bruce Liu, made during various live stages of this contest which was held in Warsaw in October 2021. Born in Paris in 1997 to Chinese parents from Beijing, Liu’s family moved to Montreal when he was six. He began playing the piano aged eight…
Get to know the major benefactor behind Opera on Sydney Harbour, Dr Haruhisa Handa: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/behind-every-good-opera-theres-a-very-generous-patron-20120323-1vpbb.html Pushing the boundaries with the upcoming ACO Underground concert on April 1st: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/underground-lovers-20120322-1vkuv.html Selby and Friends “A Ghost at the Cafe” reviewed: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/trio-harness-power-of-understatement-20120323-1vp0w.html John Shand reviews the latest release form Jordi Savall and his ensemble, featuring his wife…