Kissin’s Australian debut
Matthew Westwood reviews Kissin’s Sunday night Brisbane performance.
Matthew Westwood reviews Kissin’s Sunday night Brisbane performance.
The City Recital Hall has a special offer on A reserve tickets to The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Mozart Tempest, with solo fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout. (see SoundsLikeSydney post on Kristian Bezuidenhout). Programme: Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor K. 183 Mozart: Rondo for Fortepiano K. 382 Mozart: Overture to Betulia Liberata K.118 Mozart: Piano Concerto…
The Metropolitan Orchestra proudly announces the eight finalists of its inaugural Composer Development Program. They are Andrei Hadap, Alison Ireland, Laura Bishop, Nigel Ubrihien, Heather Shannon, Katja Jorgensen, Yusaku Abiko and Pavle Cajic. These eight talented NSW based composers will now enter the first two stages of the program where they will work with TMO Artistic…
Matthew Westwood of The Australian talks to Evgeny Kissin ahead of his Australian tour. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/evgeny-kissin-one-of-a-kind/story-e6frg8n6-1226116058158
A fascinating feature on tuning – past, present and future – from Philip Clark of Gramophone magazine. He claims “The argument goes that equal temperament is becoming increasingly streamlined and corporate, and man’s capacity to hear and feel subtle inflections of tuning is in slow retreat.” http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/tuning
This week, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti release a new album, Bach | Beethoven: Fugue, that showcases two works of genius by Bach and Beethoven. Recorded live in concert, the album contains selections from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 by JS Bach and Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge, Op….
Baritone Morgan Pearse will soon be moving from London, his home of recent years, to Houston, Texas, where he has been offered a position with the Studio Programme of the Houston Grand Opera. The prestigious HGO Opera Studio offers an integrated programme involving study in voice, drama and affiliated areas, opportunities to perform and…