It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Australian tenor Steve Davislim at the age of 57.
Steve featured in six Melba recordings of music ranging from beloved favourites to repertoire seldom if ever heard in generations. He...
15 August 2023
Paul Dean was named as the recipient of Work of the Year – Large Ensemble for his sonically colourful work, Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra.
The 2023 Art Music Awards winners were presented by APRA AMCOS and the Australian...
Barry Tuckwell, Ben Jacks, Vladimir Ashkenazy. Photo: Terry Lane
Barry Tuckwell was a font of colourful orchestral anecdotes drawn from an extraordinary career. The following story is not from, but about Barry - a Sydney Symphony Orchestra cameo...
When Love Speaks : Composer and Pianist Grant Foster in Interview
A couple of years ago, 2013 to be precise, I interviewed pianist Mira Yevtich for this magazine (Fanfare 36:4). The disc in question featured the music of Grant Foster—now it is his...
Grant Foster has a rare ability to compose melodic and imaginative works demonstrating a high level of sophistication.”
AN INTERVIEW WITH GRANT FOSTER:
Having just turned 71, Grant Foster may well be on the verge of being...
Oleg Ledinov says "Make this a stop on your quest to the perfect Dumky: this could well be the best version I've heard.”
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Congratulations to Guillaume Tourniaire and Opera Australia.
This year's list of Green Room Awards in the field of Opera
Direction Kasper Holten Eugene Onegin Opera Australia
Production Eugene Onegin Opera Australia
Conductor Guillaume...
The Benaud Trio Launch Album At South Melbourne Town Hall
by Paul Cashmere on August 7, 2013
Australian classical group The Benaud Trio chose the South Melbourne Town Hall for the launch of their new album ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ because that is where...
Maestro Tourniaire conducts Don Pasquale in Sydney, in eight performances:18, 24, 27 July and 1, 3, 7, 10, 15 August
Tourniaire’s acclaimed series of recordings with world premieres of lost French masterpieces are music to enchant and delight which...
Our warmest congratulations to renowned soprano Nance Grant AM MBE for her Queen’s Birthday Honour for significant service to the performing arts, particularly opera. Possessed of a voice with beauty and power, an ease of technique, a perfection of...