Hot off the press…..

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 Monserrat Figueras, just months before her death:

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/review-of-the-week-hesperion-xxisavall-20120322-1vkug.html

Savall also receives a lifetime achievement award:

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/anna-starushkevych-wins-handel-singing-competition

…and from London:

The winner of the Handel Singing Competition held at St George’s Hanover Square, where Handel was organist and a member of the parish:

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/anna-starushkevych-wins-handel-singing-competition

Lang Lang plays the Beethoven piano concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Albert Hall in London:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/21/philharmonia-salonen-lang-lang-review