Toby Thatcher has been appointed Assistant Conductor to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
The 26 year old is a graduate of the Conservatorium High School and trained as an oboist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Click here to read the feature in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Lyric tenor Jospeh Calleja last week shared the stage with violinist Nicola Benedetti and Jiri Belohlavek at the Last Night of the Proms. For the Belohlavek, it was his final appearance at the Proms and as the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Calleja recently released a new CD in tribute to Mario Lanza. In a recent…
Great news for the readers of SoundsLikeSydney – whom we know are music lovers – but who also love their art. The Art Gallery of New South Wales has extended their member’s discount to readers of our pages who attend concerts in the Art Gallery Society’s 2014 Resonate series. These concerts present sumptuous music in…
Classical guitarist Miloš has released a new album Baroque on the Sony Classical label ahead of his tour to Australia in November.
In anticipation of its new Music Theatre program in 2022, the Conservatorium Open Academy is presenting a workshop to give students aged 15 to 25 to the skills needed to be a great musical theatre performer. With insights including stagecraft and presence, vocal technique, characterisation, ensemble work and more, students will have the chance to…
“Ridiculously ambitious ” says Kim Moyes, a member of electronic duo The Presets. A sure-fire way to arouse interest in a concept; and ‘concept’ seems to be the best way of describing Timeline the upcoming presentation by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, with The Presets. Directed from the violin by Richard Tognetti, along with Ignatius Jones…
“A great opera experience — intimate or grand, traditional or unconventional — can have a powerful effect…….. But my gut (and the global decline in opera subscriptions) tells me that when opera tries to sex itself up and compete with mega-spectacles, it loses its power to connect with audiences.” A ‘must-read’ from Lindy Hume, past…