Above: Simon Tedeschi. Photo credit Keith Saunders
A jazz performance without a drummer in the band is very unusual, but this did not prevent pianist Simon Tedeschi and his three colleagues from providing a great performance at The Lounge on …
This was the last performance of the year for this accomplished orchestra that always emit fun with musicality and xmas iconography festooning their instruments. Led by the ebullient conductor, Steven Hillinger and harnessing the stentorian talents of esteemed narrator, …
Above: Double Bass soloist Steven Adler with Madeleine Easton and WPO, performing Johann Baptist Wanhal’s Double Bass Concerto in E flat major. Featured image : Conductor Madeleine Easton congratulates Steven Adler after his performance on the Wanhal Double Bass concerto.…
Above – Freedman Jazz Fellowship winner Sam Gill… Photo Credit Shane Rozario
When the concert featuring the Freedman Jazz Fellowship finalists is promoted, the organisers, the Freedman Foundation and the Sydney Improvised Music Association, can justly claim that the audience …
There was scarce an empty seat in the Concert Hall of the Opera House at this performance conducted by Simone Young .Beethoven at the apogee of his symphonic powers composed this, the last of his symphonies in the years prior …
Endangered Productions are a relatively new company and are perfectly positioned to provide the much needed rungs on the ladder …
Liechtenstein is a tiny landlocked principality situated between Austria and Switzerland where the language spoken is Swiss-German. It’s only 25km long and has a small population of just over 40,000. In Australian terms, it’s no larger than, say, Townsville in …
Above: Conductor of the Sydney Chamber Choir (centre) with members of the Muffat Collective Orchestra and alto soloist Sally-Anne Russell. Photo by Robert Catto.
A highlight for me of 2020 was the chance to hear Sydney Chamber Choir and the …
NORWEGIAN TRADITION REIMAGINED is the final 2025 performance of the Sydney Opera House’s curated program of international music. These wonderful once-only afternoon performances were selected by global thinker and renowned recorder player Genevieve Lacey. The 2025 program was a …
This was an intimate candle lit evening listening to beautiful soprano voices share the stories of Emily Dickinson through her poems.
The scene is set with an insightful introduction to Emily Dickinson’s studied history from Operantics organiser and soprano Katie …