During this year’s Lucerne Festival mestro Bernard Haitink conducts master classes for aspiring young professionals. The festival has been running since 1938 when the concerts in its first series were conducted by Toscanini.
As we emerge from lockdowns, conductor Sam Allchurch shares what drove him to perform ‘Garden of the Soul’ as the timely next concert of Sydney Chamber Choir, and his love for the music of Benjamin Britten.
“A great opera experience — intimate or grand, traditional or unconventional — can have a powerful effect…….. But my gut (and the global decline in opera subscriptions) tells me that when opera tries to sex itself up and compete with mega-spectacles, it loses its power to connect with audiences.” A ‘must-read’ from Lindy Hume, past…
Congratulations to conductor Carolyn Watson who has won the annual 2013 Brian Stacey Award for Emerging Australian Conductors under the auspices of the Helpmann Awards. As the winner of the award, Carolyn Watson receives an $8000 prize. The Brian Stacey Memorial Trust was launched in 1997 on the first anniversary of the death of Brian Stacey. The Trust Fund in his name…
Elaine Chia considers herself a lucky woman. She has the singular good fortune of successfully converting her lifelong passion for music, into her career, prompting her late grandfather to comment “I can’t believe they pay you to do this!” The vivacious erstwhile CEO of Sydney’s City Recital Hall, recently left this post to move to…
Lisa Gasteen makes a welcome return to the stage during the Brisbane Festival in August. She talks to Matthew Westwood of The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/opera-star-lisa-gasteen-sets-her-own-tempo/story-fn9n8gph-1226403160732 …… and Eric Whitacre talks to Bridget Cormack: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/master-of-the-ethereal-choristers/story-fn9d2mxu-1226404727785
Musica Viva Australia’s Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition finalists comprise fourteen ensembles from around the world.