Takács Quartet violinist Edward Dusinberre will conduct a masterclass for Musica Viva at Sydney’s Customs House.
Musica Viva Masterclasses aim to give some of Australia’s finest young musicians the opportunity to work with some of the world’s finest chamber musicians. This masterclass is open to students, music teachers and audiences of all ages.
Tickets: $20 (Adults), $5 (Teachers/Students)
Andrey Gugnin and Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, the first and second prize winners of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition are back in Australia for an exclusive double bill concert in Sydney and Melbourne this November. Gugnin was the winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, taking home four additional prizes including the Eileen Joyce Best…
Violinist Henry Avila and pianist Irma Enriquez formed Duo Deconet in 2008 whilst performing in concerts of contemporary Latin American Chamber Music. They discovered they shared a passion for music and in promoting their national musical heritage, leading them to champion music by important Latin American composers in their classical repertoire. Music Without Borders is a celebration of chamber music by composers from Latin…
The potential for high jinks can only be imagined when the singers from the Tiffin Boys’ Choir hits the road for its Australian tour. Forty six boys from this school in Kingston-upon-Thames, just outside London are taking advantage of the summer holiday season in the northern hemisphere to bring their riches Down Under. What is special…
Oppenheimer, a Japanese Noh play in English, will have its world premiere in Sydney later this month, in the 70th anniversary year of Hiroshima. The ghost of the American scientist Robert J Oppenheimer, the ‘father of the atomic bomb’, is redeemed in the exquisite Noh tradition of mask, music and dance. Supported by the Japan Foundation in conjunction…
The City Recital Hall’s Ensemble – in – Residence, the Omega Ensemble presents a programme of French chamber music with an entertaining twist. In the line-up is Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals. which will be narrated by the inimitable Julian Morrow (ABC’s The Chaser). Written by Saint-Saëns in 1886, The Carnival of the Animals is one…
Piano virtuoso Zubin Kanga returns to Sydney from London for Spectrum a recital featuring new works by composers from Australia and the UK. Kanga is an exponent of ‘new music’ and in his Sydney recital, he will perform the music of Australian composers Rosalind Page, David Young, Marcus Whale, Anthony Moles, Andrew Harrison and Jane Stanley as well as British…