The Marriage Of Figaro Lookbook
Sumptuous costumes by Jenny Tiramani create a visual feast akin to an oil painting in Sir David McVicar’s 2015 production of Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro revived by Opera Australia this month. Scroll down to see all six images.
Call For Applications: Musica Viva National Chamber Music Championships 2020
To celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2020, Musica Viva Australia is introducing a National Chamber Music Championship (NCMC) for secondary-school-aged students with support from Creative Victoria and in partnership with Melbourne Recital Centre and the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). The annual championship will give secondary students from all over Australia the opportunity to…
Tognetti And Helyard Release Violin Sonatas On ABC Classic
Richard Tognetti and Erin Helyard this week release a landmark recording of violin sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven, on the ABC Classic label. Pianist Erin Helyard’s intimate knowledge of the soundworld of Classical Vienna is paired with the eloquence of violinist Richard Tognetti creating a double album of chamber music by two of Australia’s most…
Beethoven Symphonies On Deutsche Grammophon With Andris Nelsons Conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
Released last week on the Deutsche Grammophon label, Andris Nelsons, the leading conductor of his generation, takes on a full cycle of Beethoven’s eternal symphonies – directing the Vienna Philharmonic in a series of new recordings made at the historic Vienna Musikverein. These will be released in a deluxe boxed set on 5 CDs, featuring…
Wilma Smith Joins Flinders Quartet
Flinders Quartet has announced that violinist Nicholas Waters will leave the quartet in November 2019 to pursue other career opportunities. He will be replaced by Wilma Smith. No stranger to the chamber music community, Wilma was appointed Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in 2016. She has established her own chamber music…
Elysian Fields Double Pass Giveaway
Our friends at Elysian Fields, Australia’s innovative electric gamba ensemble are offering readers of SoundsLikeSydney two double passes to their concert on Thursday October 10, 8.30 pm at Foundry616, 616 Harris St, Ultimo. “Electric gamba band Elysian Fields presents a uniquely configured line up of saxophone, voice/violin, electric viola da gamba, piano, bass guitar and…
Paul Lowin Finalists For 2019 Announced
Six Australian compositions have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes, as announced by the Australian Music Centre today. They are Katy Abbott, Brett Dean, Elliott Gyger, Lachlan Skipworth, Luke Styles and Nigel Westlake. The winners of the Paul Lowin Orchestral Prize (valued at $25,000) and the Song Cycle Prize (valued at $15,000)…
Australian Chamber Orchestra Returns To London’s Barbican
London friends! Following its sell-out 2018 residency, the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) returns to London for a second season in-residence at the Barbican Centre. The ACO is the only Australian orchestra to hold an international residency. This season marks the mid-point of the ACO’s three-year partnership with the prestigious concert venue and follows the orchestra’s…
Manase Latu Wins IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition
Congratulations to tenor Manase Latu (23), who won the 2019 Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’) in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Prize, as well as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Prize with his performance of Tradito, Schernito from Mozart’s Così fan tutte. As part of The Mathy, Manase Latu also received Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan…