Riccardo Minasi Plays….

Check out this entertaining video of Riccardo Minasi’s virtuosic violin playing. Riccardo performs Neapolitan baroque gems in Sydney in October with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall.

Check out this entertaining video of Riccardo Minasi’s virtuosic violin playing. Riccardo performs Neapolitan baroque gems in Sydney in October with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall.
During their November tour, the Seraphim Trio will be joined by violist Martin Alexander, in a program featuring masterworks by Haydn, Mozart and Dvořák. Concert information.
Watch the video of pianist Yuja Wang recording her sixth CD for Deutsche Grammophon Yuja Wang – Ravel, with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra conducted by Lionel Bringuier. She first played with the when she was15! Read our review of the CD.
Pumeza Matshikiza’s album Arias (Decca) is a portrait collection of arias, art songs and popular songs that she sings with ravishing beauty. Checkout this video of her recording Dvorak’s Song to the Moon which is featured on the album. Pumeza visits Sydney next week to perform for the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Fundraising Dinner…
The 2012 Sydney Festival surpassed itself judging by the attendances and the breadth of the line- up. One the featured acts, Tubular Bells For Two, received rave reviews. A re-make of Mike Oldfield’s atmospheric classic from the 1970’s, the two musicians who re-created it were probably not even born when it made its debut. Aidan Roberts and…
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson has recorded both of Brahms’ piano concerti with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tadaaki Otaka. The 2 CD set from Deutsche Grammophon on the MSO Live Series, is scheduled for release on July 19th. In this video he gives a brief account of what to listen for in music.
Listen to what the brilliant harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani has to say about the Holy Grail of the keyboard repertoire – JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and his recent recording of this work for Deutsche Grammophon.