The Sydney Symphony’s 8oth season gala continues tonight:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/symphonys-anniversary-hits-a-high-note-20120212-1szkg.html
The ACO’s Chopin/Mendelssohn programme reviewed:
Cello-bration:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/no-more-mellow-cello-20120210-1sfbg.html
Opera Australia has announced that Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen will conduct the Melbourne production of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ later this year. Here’s the full statement issued earlier today: “Opera Australia has appointed the outstanding young Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen as the new conductor for The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013. Mr Inkinen will join Opera Australia at…
Academics from New York’s Manhattan School of Music comment on the re-structure at the ANU School of Music in Canberra: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/music-schools-sour-note-20120527-1zcp1.html
Opera Australia today launches its 2015 Sydney season with a core of classics performed by a stable of overseas and home-grown masters of their roles and creatives. The programme, it says is “uniquely audience-focused”, “highly accessible” and has the aim of further increasing audience numbers. Speaking to SoundsLikeSydney, Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini affirms…
Check out these sumptuous images from virtuoso mandolin player Avi Avital’s opening night in Sydney with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall. Our reviewer Larry Turner was there and said the auditorium “was colourfully lit, strewn with candles and with Middle-Eastern lamps suspended above the stage to evoke what Paul Dyer described…
Hearty congratulations are due to pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley AM, who was awarded the 2017 MOST Achievement Award (MAA). Established in 2016, MOST® established this award to “acknowledge the contributions of established industry professionals and to recognise elite members of the classical music fraternity.” Nominated by a panel of industry peers, Sharolyn Kimmorley was given the award…
Put the dates in your diary! The 2015 Sydney Festival will run from January 8 – 16, and will include theatre and dance, circus and cabaret, family events, opera and classical concerts, free gigs, the festival village and events around Sydney. Highlights for fans of classical music include Czech violinists Iva Bittová and Hana Kotková performing…