The Voice Live Grand Finale 2014 – The Winner is Anja Nissen
The Voice Australia 2014, packed with powerhouse performances saw the acclaimed singer Anja Nissen from team Will.I.am win the Grand Finale from Jackson Thomas
Performance Art Reviews
Pinchgut Opera The Chimney Sweep – Art of Finding Mr Right
Singing with great finesse the Pinchgut Opera took Sydney by storm on opening night with their really quite wonderful production of The Chimney Sweep by Italian composer Antonio Salieri (1750 – 1825). The show was definitely ‘smooth not sleazy‘ and full of very special moments in music. Fino fino sopra…
A Little Lunch Music, Sydney – Schubert’s Sensational Sounds
Rose Niland attended the Little Lunch Music series at City Recital Hall Angel Place for Schubert’s String Quartet, reviewing it for The Culture Concept Circle
Jayson Gillham – Wins First Prize at Montreal
Australian born and now London based pianist Jayson Gillham has won the 2014 Montreal International Musical Competition with absorbing and relentless elegance
The Marais Project: Rameau – Phillip Black’s Spotlight Story
Great music for viola da gamba performed by talented passionate musicians in a relaxed atmosphere was Phillip Black’s experience of The Marais Project’s Rameau
Avi Avital & Australian Brandenburg – Baroque & Beyond Magic
Music lovers in Melbourne will remember the dazzling musician Avi Avital following his outstanding Australian Brandenburg Orchestra debut playing his Mandolin
Opera Australia’s Carmen – A Pinnacle of Opera Achievement
OA’s Carmen was dramatic, full-bodied and by way of dramatic contrast full of empathy, warmth and compassion as its star captured the essence of a complex woman
Eugene Onegin – Triumph for Tchaikovsky and Opera Australia
Eugene Onegin a tale of love given freely, rejected with scorn and regretted when it’s all far too late, finally consigned to being a memory tinged with remorse
Opera Australia’s Rigoletto – Power, Revenge & Rebirth Pains
Opera Australia’s Rigoletto blurs the boundaries between ‘anarchy and respectability’ and above all reveals how we handle the two imperatives; power and revenge
AZTECS – Access the Mystery, The Empire & Admire the Art
At the Australian Museum Sydney the exhibition AZTECS reveals how their sophisticated economic and cultural ethic of the 16th century rivaled cities in Europe
Julia Lezhneva – Jewel in Crown of Hobart Baroque, Alleluia
Julia Lezhneva, “… a jewel in the crown of Hobart Baroque” said Leo Schofield, adding his voice to the thunderous acclamation and numerous standing ovations we witnessed being received by the diminutive Russian soprano from her appreciative audience on Sunday night 30th March 2014 at Hobart. At her concert in…
Xavier Sabata – Bad Guy Becomes a Good Guy at Hobart Baroque
On Saturday 29th March 2014 accompanied by the spirited and sophisticated playing of the glorious Orchestra of the Antipodes led by Hobart Baroque’s resident genius music maestro Erin Helyard, the completely cool Catalan Countertenor Xavier Sabata, he with the voice of pure gold and a man with the most charming…
Hobart Baroque 2014 – Orlando, Opening Night Fun & Fabulous
The Hobart Baroque 2014 Opening Night of Orlando was one of pure joy for audience & players, who admired the ambiance & production at the historic Theatre Royal
Julia Lezhneva Dazzles Melbourne – The Art of Beautiful Song
On Wednesday evening March 19th at the Recital Centre much-celebrated Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva dazzled Melbourne with the spellbinding voice of an angel
Rally by Nike Savvas – Bountiful Bunting Bringing Happiness
Rally, a contemporary art installation by Nike Savvas at the Art Gallery NSW is about enjoying and sharing a magical moment in time in a world full of promise
Genius and Ambition – A Show Worth the Road Trip to Bendigo
Genius and Ambition: The Royal Academy of Arts London 1768-1918 illustrates the influence of British art on Australian art is well worth a road trip to Bendigo