Sydney born Director of the Edinurgh International Festival, Jonathan Mills, addresses The Sydney Institue on the role of the ABC in the arts:
http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/podcast/the-role-of-the-abc-in-the-arts/
Opera Australia’s new production of Rossini’s The Turk in Italy opens tonight in Sydney. Here’s a sneak peek at what to expect. Images by Lisa Tomasetti, courtesy Opera Australia. Scroll down for all 8 images.
Ravi Shankar, the man who introduced Indian classical music and its instruments to the western world, died earlier this week in the US. He formed never before contemplated collaborations with musicians from The Beatles to Yehudi Menuhin, Andre Previn to Philip Glass, John Coltrane and Jean-Pierre Rampal. The three times Grammy award winner is the…
Musica Viva has announced the performers in the grand finals of Strike A Chord, the very first National Chamber Music Championship for secondary school ensembles. The 12 finalist ensembles will compete streamed across Australia at 2pm AEST on Saturday 12 September, 2020. After an intense period of listening and deliberation, the jury selected the twelve…
Exactly a year ago, mezzo-soprano Margaret Plummer packed up her family, said ‘goodbye’ to friends and relocated to Vienna to follow her dream. A familiar face – and voice – on the Sydney opera stage, she had been awarded the Vienna State Opera Award from Opera Foundation Australia and opportunity beckoned. A graduate of the Sydney…
Gondwana Choirs have released another video project on YouTube. Birinyi features Gondwana Indigenous Choir performing the story of the creation of Yurrbin, the Great Barrier Reef on Yidinji country Filmed on Yidinji country, the story of Birinyi is shared by Gimuy Walubara Yidinji elder, Gudju Gudju with music by Luke Byrne. Showing the extradordinary natural…
* More from the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s US tour: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tognetti-adds-another-string-to-his-bow-20120504-1y46y.html * Composed in 2009 to commemorate the devastating bush fires that year, Brett Dean’s Fire Music was performed in Adelaide over the weekend. Read the review as well an interview in which Brett Dean talks to his publishers Boosey and Hawkes about Fire Music: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/visceral-masterpiece-conjures-up-fear-in-fire/story-fn9d2mxu-1226348104697…