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Clarinet virtuoso Martin Frost is looking to push the boundaries of the traditional performance and has created a multi-media symphonic work Dollhouse which was premiered by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in 2013. Dollhouse combines a symphonic performance of the music of Stravinsky, Hillborg, Dukas, Sørensen, Göran Fröst and de Falla with choreography and lighting design. (Link to trailer below). Frost…
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Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, soloist with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Yarmila Alfonsetti is a woman with a mission. That mission is to have Sydney on a par with other international cities in its menu of live classical music concerts. As producer of classical music events for Sydney Opera House Presents, a company that is based…
Hot off the Press…
Terrific reading for classical music fans in the Sydney Morning Herald: The Sydney Symphony’s tour of China: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/diplomacy-conducted-on-a-grand-scale-20121120-29nz4.html Natalie Bochenski interviews classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/milo-lets-his-fingers-do-the-talking-20121121-29pz7.html Peter McCallum reviews the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Russian Visions programme: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/from-russia-visions-of-its-disturbing-tumultuous-past-20121119-29m42.html And Philip Glass’ epic opera Einstein on the Beach returns ….to Melbourne in 2013: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/time-is-relative-as-fourhour-einstein-opera-epic-returns-20121120-29nxn.html
Stories in music as Jane Sheldon and Acacia Quartet launch ‘North+South’
In the intimate setting of the Sydney Philharmonia space at The Wharf, soprano Jane Sheldon and the Acacia Quartet launched their recent CD North+South, recorded with harpist Genevieve Lang, in an evening of stories in music as Acacia also performed two works for string quartet composed by Lyle Chan. Now based in the US, Jane Sheldon sang a selection of 10 folk songs from…
Stuart Skelton and Simone Young Win in the 2014 International Opera Awards
Stuart Skelton was named the Best Male Singer at the 2014 International Opera Awards ceremony held under the auspices of Opera magazine at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane last night. Simone Young featured as well, having conducted the Hamburg Staatsoper which won the award for Verdi anniversary production. Read the full list…
Opera in 21st century Australia – the debate continues…..
The music fraternity comments on Lyndon Terracini’s Peggy Glanville-Hicks address: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/director-slated-for-failing-to-cultivate-opera-audiences/story-fn9d2mxu-1226184016943 ….and Lyndon Terracini responds: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opera-in-search-of-an-audience/story-fn9l8bny-1226186191515