Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Features in Bond Movie

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Features in Bond Movie

Premiering in Sydney tonight is the eagerly anticipated new James Bond film Spectre – and the soundtrack has a very special Sydney connection.  The film uses a track from a recording of Vivaldi’s music, made in Sydney in 2000 by German countertenor Andreas Scholl and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, conducted by its Artistic Director Paul Dyer. The track…

Concert review: Fearless Italian Baroque Violin/ Riccardo Minasi/Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Concert review: Fearless Italian Baroque Violin/ Riccardo Minasi/Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Fearless Italian Baroque Violin Soloist and guest director by Riccardo Minasi October 29, 2015 City Recital Hall, Sydney Playing on an Amati violin from Cremona that is over 300 years old, Baroque specialist Riccardo Minasi performed a selection of rarely heard Neapolitan orchestral gems directing the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra from the…

Riccardo Minasi Performs Neapolitan Discoveries With The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Riccardo Minasi Performs Neapolitan Discoveries With The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Italian violinist and conductor Riccardo Minasi returns to perform with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra with a programme of rare music that has largely been unheard for centuries, and certainly never before played in Australia. Riccardo is one of the world’s most captivating baroque violin virtuosos and conductors. Born in Rome in 1978, he has performed both as…