The 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod
Keep up with all the results from the 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod:
Keep up with all the results from the 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod:
Toi toi to Edmund Choo, lyric coloratura tenor, presently furthering his operatic singing career in London. He is one of just 11 semi-finalists in the annual Kathleen Ferrier Award semi-finals, to be held at the Wigmore Hall in London on April 23rd. Antipodean winners of the competition have included bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu (joint winner in 2002), and mezzo-soprano Wendy…
The Symphony for Life Masterclass program has organised a series of 17 Masterclasses, presented by elite musicians. Each musician has donated an hour of their time to present a Masterclass for up to three students (20 minutes each). Instead of a fee to participate, participation via donation (suggested amount is $40) to the Foundation will…
Triple Grammy Award winner Hilary Hahn returns to solo Bach twenty years after her debut recording. This recording of Sonatas 1 & 2 and Partita 1, her debut on the Decca label, completes Hilary’s solo Bach recordings and was released in Australia earlier this month. The disc contains the Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor, BWV…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Art Music Awards, announced in Melbourne this week, recognising some of Australia’s finest established and emerging artists who are outstanding in their fields of expertise over a broad spectrum of musical styles.
Governments take note! Parents take heart! Those hours of music practice, of driving children to music lessons, rehearsals and concerts – not to mention the cost – are well worth the effort! The study, undertaken by the University of Sydney and the Australia Council for the Arts and published in the Journal of Educational Psychology shows…
Scroll down to see all four images from this acclaimed production at the Royal Opera Covent garden with Jonas Kaufmann in the title role. See the production at Palace Cinemas in Sydney. Click here for more.