New strings take their bows
The Australian String Quartet has two new players.
The Australian String Quartet has two new players.
Talks at the Metropolitan Opera in New York have finally resolved the disagreements between workers and management, clearing the way for the opening of the 2014/15 season in September – a new production of The Marriage of Figaro conducted by James Levine. Read the article from the New York Times
This weekend the Sydney Chamber Choir (see our post), presents their concert “Bach to the Future” performing three of JS Bach’s great motets, and building on them with the works of contemporary composers who include Richard Marlowe, Stephen Paulus, and Gabriel Jackson. Amongst this cohort is a young Australian composer, Joseph Twist who is in fact, a…
We have 3 copies of Classical Brit Award winning saxophonist Amy Dickson’s latest release Dusk & Dawn to give away. To be in the draw to win your own copy of Dusk & Dawn, email info@soundslikesydney,com.au by 5 pm on Monday 21st October with ‘Dusk & Dawn’ in the subject heading. Winners will be advised by email on Tuesday…
Music & Opera Singers Trust (MOST) announces the launch of a brand-new international competition that offers singers the chance to perform and compete from the comfort of their own homes. ASC@Home will launch on Monday 20th April with singers of Classical and Opera, Music Theatre, Contemporary, and Jazz encouraged to enter. Any singer over the…
Mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital thrilled audiences with his searing performances when he appeared with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in May last year. If you’re craving your own piece of the action, Avital is soon to release a new CD dedicated to the music of Antonio Vivaldi. The recording, simply entitled Vivaldi, contains the Concerto in D major RV…
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Australia’s favourite baritone, returns with his first solo album in four years, I’ll Walk Beside You This new album songs from Australia, Scotland, Germany and America, as well as two Maori songs from Rhodes’ homeland, New Zealand in gorgeous arrangements by the Southern Cross Soloists, one of Australia’s most formidable chamber music ensembles…