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 of winners and finalists.
Kathryn Stott has been appointed as Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) for its 2018 – 2020 Festivals, following the departure of the incumbent Artistic Director, Piers Lane AO. Piers Lane has been at the helm of this prestigious festival for 11 years. The 2017 festival will be his last as…
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…
Catherine Carby, mezzo –soprano, soprano Leah Thomas and pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley perform a programme of Scandinavian art songs this weekend for Art Song NSW (see “On Wings of Art Song”). The vocal repertoire is replete with works in French, German and Italian. Even Russian and Czech are regularly heard in opera and art song. But…
This month, Halcyon’s new recording, Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon was released on the Tall Poppies label (TP 236). Formed in 1998, Halcyon has been at the vanguard of creating and performing Australian music. Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon reflects the breadth of contemporary classical Australian writing. Featuring 21 new songs written especially for Halcyon and some thrilling virtuosic…
Governments take note! Parents take heart! Those hours of music practice, of driving children to music lessons, rehearsals and concerts – not to mention the cost – are well worth the effort! The study, undertaken by the University of Sydney and the Australia Council for the Arts and published in the Journal of Educational Psychology shows…
SoundsLikeSydney is very excited to announce the launch of ClassicMelbourne, “a unique new site that celebrates the breadth and extent of classical music performance in Melbourne.” Congratulations ClassicMelbourne! Each month, SoundsLikeSydney and ClassicMelbourne will bring you some of the best of classical music events in our two cities in a free newsletter. There are so…
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