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.
The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) will not continue in its current configuration beyond 2014 due to artistic differences. Along with performing an annual national concert series, the quartet is also Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Adelaide. After careful consideration, the Board of the ASQ has appointed violist Stephen King and cellist Sharon Draper to lead the quartet into the future. Chairman of the board Paul Clitheroe said “the ASQ’s most recent performances have been truly exceptional and despite…
Calling all singing medicos! Expressions of interest are sought from medical students and medical practitioners to form DocsVox – NSW Doctors Choir, a one-off choir which will sing with a doctors orchestra in late 2018 or early 2019. If you love singing but don’t have time for a regular commitment then this exciting project could be…
Written by Leona Geeves The Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship Concert was held in a flurry of frocks and very high notes on Sunday 16th October 2016 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Guest presenter, Peter Coleman-Wright AO, entertained with his expert knowledge of opera and quirky and amusing asides. The competition was adjudicated by…
The Australian String Quartet has two new players. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/dream-chamber-music-role-keeps-young-violin-star-here/story-fn9d2mxu-1226131720638
The immortal music theatre piece West Side Story has opened at Sydney’s pop-up outdoor theatre as Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s presentation for 2019. With lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Leonard Bernstein and choreography by Jerome Robbins this is a classic, based on the story of Romeo and Juliet but which resonates true today,…
Australian counter-tenor Graham Pushee will be the National Adjudicator of the 2020 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition. Unforgettable performances, including the title role in Julius Ceasar and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Opera Australia, are highlights in this ARIA nominated counter-tenor’s career that has spanned over three decades. Following his debut in 1973…