During his tour of Australia for Musica Viva, virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov will conduct a Masterclass in Sydney, offering teachers and students an unparallelled opportunity to observe him working with talented music students, learning techniques to perfect their craft in the format of an open lesson
Tickets: $20/Students: $5
Bookings visit www.musicaviva.com.au/MCVengerov
For more information please call 1800 688 482
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Australian World Orchestra (AWO) for two concerts in Sydney with special guest mezzo-soprano, the incomparable Magdalena Kožená, making her Australian debut. At its inaugural concert series in 2011 the AWO was conducted by Simone Young. In 2013 it presented another highly acclaimed series under Zubin Mehta . In 2015, the…
Some of Australia’s finest young chamber musicians will compete in the final round of the 2013 Sydney Eisteddfod Musica Viva Chamber Music Award. Tickets: $27 Adult, $22 Concession +booking fee (includes post performance refreshments) BOOKINGS: Online www.sydneyeisteddfod.com.au or by phoning (02) 9261 8366
This week’s Friday lunchtime concert at St Stephen’s Uniting Church in Macquarie Street features violinist Ronald Woodcock with pianist Lillian Camhausen performing music that is mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, but which opens with the elegant Rondo in C K373 by Mozart. The Prayer for the Innocents is the second movement from the Violin…
The Metropolitan Orchestra performs Mahler’s enormous Fifth Symphony featuring the largest complement of musicians to hit the stage this year in a work of truly grand proportions. Led by Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Sarah-Grace Williams, this colossal work which opens with an expansive funeral march announced by a solo trumpet call, will take the…
Join the Streeton Trio for their performance of The Classics in the popular Prelude in Tea series at North Sydney’s Independent Theatre. Comprising violinist Emma Jardine, guest cellist Trish O’Brien and pianist Benjamin Kopp, the Streeton Trio will perform Beethoven’s much-loved Piano Trio in B flat major Op.97, “Archduke” and Schubert’s glorious Piano Trio in E flat major D.929….
Sydney University Graduate Choir presents the premiere performance in Australia of the remarkable Requiem Mass by François Joseph Gossec (1734-1825). The performance will be conducted by the distinguished music director, Christopher Bowen OAM. The choir will be joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists: Anita Kyle (soprano), Keara Donohoe (Alto), Matthew Reardon (Tenor), and Christopher Richardson…