Gramophone 2014 Recording Of The Year
Tomorrow, September 17, Gramophone Magazine announces its 2014 Recording of the Year as picked by its panel of critics from the 12 category winners.
Click here to check out the category winners and read more.
Tomorrow, September 17, Gramophone Magazine announces its 2014 Recording of the Year as picked by its panel of critics from the 12 category winners.
Click here to check out the category winners and read more.
The Grammy-nominated mandolinist Avi Avital dazzled Sydney audiences when he made his debut with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in 2014. Avital’s virtuosity and the unusual sound of the mandolin with the period instruments of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – including the rarely heard lirone – had audiences enthralled. This extraordinary performance has been captured in…
The Australian Chamber Orchestra has again impressed on the international stage with its performance at the Edinburgh Festival, an achievement whose significance is swelled by the knowledge that performing at this hallowed event is strictly at the invitation of Festival Director Jonathan Mills. With Richard Tognetti directing from the violin, the concert was simulcast on BBC3 and included works…
It seems that this opera has a phantom that simply can’t be shaken. The Melbourne production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle scheduled for late 2013 is seeking a conductor at short notice after the designated conductor Richard Mills resigned. Productions of Wagner’s Ring are said to be jinxed – a phenomenon discussed in Stephen Fry’s excellent 2010 BBC…
Winnie Su from Ryde, NSW took out the coveted 2022 Sydney Eisteddfod Kawai Piano Scholarship with an award-winning rendition of Beethoven’s Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op. 109.
The Bowerbird Collective is to launch its newest album on 5 July, 2023. Titled Life on Land’s Edge, this new performance work will take you on an epic journey alongside migratory shorebirds as they connect continents and cultures.
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has released A Very Brandenburg Christmas, a live recording of its 2014 Noël! Noël! concert which includes the Brandenburg Choir, Larissa Kovalchuk playing bandura, Christina Leonard on saxophone and Ben Dollman, baroque violin, conducted by Artistic Director Paul Dyer, AO. Recorded at the City Recital Hall by ABC Classics, A Very Brandenburg Christmas features the five-time ARIA Award winning Australian…