Above: Augustin Hadelich joined SSO and Chief Conductor Simone Young in a breathtaking performance of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.
The chance to hear such a concerto favourite as the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 live is one …
If you ask around who is the greatest living violinist in the world, you will likely be told Maxim Vengerov. Born in the Soviet Union, Vengerov first picked up violin lessons at the age of five and won his …
SIMPLY BRILL 2024 – THE TEENAGERS WHO STOLE ROCK N ROLL. These three acclaimed entertainers, Amelia Ryan, Michaela Burger and Michael Griffiths deliver impeccable performances, and the excellent production shines, giving a detailed pop music history lesson, with this joyous, …
Above: Soprano Jane Sheldon joined Ensemble Offspring for this concert event.
There is a particular passion that emanates from dedicated exponents of brand new and recent music. The experts contemporary musicians assembled to present Ensemble Offspring’s latest programme, Light and …
Above: Nathan Lay as Guglielmo, Nardus Williams as Fiordiligi, Helen Sherman as Dorabella, Filipe Manu as Ferrando and cast. Featured image: Nardus Williams as Fiordiligi Photo Credit: Keith Saunders.
Entropy has never been so elegant as in Mozart’s late opera, …
Above: Director of Music at King’s College Cambridge, Daniel Hyde, conducts the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge during this Musica Viva national tour. Featured image-choir members in performance. Photo credit: James Grant.
Often choirs with trebles from major cathedral or …
St James Anglican Church in King St in the centre of Sydney is the oldest church building in the city, currently celebrating 200 years of history. The exterior is a timeless, classical style whilst the interior has been redesigned several …
WATA, performed by traditional songmen from the Northern Territory and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey, is a compelling collaboration composed by Paul Grabowsky.
Billed as a gathering for Manikay performers, WATA weaves together the timeless clan …
This was a once-only concert, part of the Utzon Music 2024 program at the Sydney Opera House. There are ten once-only events in this curated Utzon program.
If you don’t want to mourn that fact that you won’t get to …
I have to say that I’m not a regular opera goer. The reality is that most operas are in a foreign language. To follow the narrative you have to read the surtitles. My eyes can handle deciphering subtitles in …