The Sydney Baroque Music Festival turns five in 2018 and in February, will present a concert of ‘Musical Pilgrims.’ The festival returns to Sydney after a week-long residency at Bundanon Trust, NSW, mentored by The Muffat Collective. The SBMF is an entirely student-driven initiative bringing together young musicians from all over Australia who share a passion…
The Apollo Opera Collective presents George Frideric Handel’s Ariodante in partnership with the Sydney Baroque Music Festival. This thrilling modern production of a rarely performed work, uses historically informed performance practice to explore the twisted and dangerous love story of Ariodante and Ginevra, under the direction of Anthea Hewett. The Apollo Opera Collective is an exciting new…
It might seem enigmatic that Sydney’s fascination with baroque music looks back to a time before Western culture even arrived on these shores. Yet, the pull of baroque music is so powerful that a group of young Sydney musicians led by violinist Meg Cohen has been gathering in Sydney each summer, as the Sydney Baroque…