Sumi Jo interview

How did we miss this one? Sumi Jo speaks to Julieanne Strachan of the Sydney Morning Herald during her recent trip to Australia. Better late than never:
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How did we miss this one? Sumi Jo speaks to Julieanne Strachan of the Sydney Morning Herald during her recent trip to Australia. Better late than never:
Click here to read.
When: Sat 27 Feb – 2:30pm & 6:30pm Where: Sydney Opera House Omega Ensemble begins its 2021 national tour with a program of stunning concertos and “quincertos”, including Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 1 performed by acclaimed Australian pianist Clemens Leske in a thrilling new presentation for piano quintet. This revealing performance also includes the first…
Individual concert tickets for the 11th Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia are now on sale to the general public, offering classical music aficionados the chance to see some of the world’s finest young pianists take part in thrilling knockout performances at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Sydney Opera House from July 6 to 23….
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Matthew Westwood of The Australian talks to Evgeny Kissin ahead of his Australian tour. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/evgeny-kissin-one-of-a-kind/story-e6frg8n6-1226116058158
With opera companies facing financial constraints and grappling with new ways of finding funds, Gillian Moore in BBC Music Magazine looks at the merits of presenting opera in the concert hall.
For a number of years in the recent past, Sydneysiders were treated to performances by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra during the first week of August. This annual tour was inaugurated by its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, under whose leadership, the TSO also amassed an impressive discography which included the complete Schumann and Mendelssohn symphonies. After…