Finalists for 2022 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Announced

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The Sydney Eisteddfod has announced the finalists for its opera scholarship, which is set to take place on June 26, 2022. The finalists include Matthew Avery, Olivia Payne, Jeremy Boulton, Anna Stephens, Raphael Hudson, Karina Bailey, Nathan Byron, and Kristin Astouroghlian. The two reserve finalists are Clare Hood and Amelia Wawrzon. The finalists will be accompanied by the Willoughby Symphony {…}

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Annette Brown Takes Helm as New General Manager of Australia’s Sydney Eisteddfod

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Sydney, Australia’s community-based, youth performing arts organization, Sydney Eisteddfod, has announced a leadership change. As of Jan. 10, 2022, the organization has a new General Manager, Annette Brown. Brown comes to Sydney Eisteddfod having held positions at the Australian Music Examination Board, The Australian Youth Orchestra, Sydney Youth Orchestra, and Musica Viva. Brown’s most recent position was that of the {…}

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Annette Brown Named New General Manager of Sydney Eisteddfod

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Sydney Eisteddfod has announced that Annette Brown has been named as its new General Manager, effective January 2022. Brown will replace Piroozi Desai-Keane, who is the current CEO and set to retire at the end of the year. Currently, Brown is the Orchestra Manager for Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. Desai-Keane, who has been with the company for 40 years, will remain {…}

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Nicholas Braithwaite Appointed Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Conductor Laureate

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(Credit: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra official website) The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of English conductor Nicholas Braithwaite as its Conductor Laureate. Braithwaite studied at the Royal Academy of Music, the Festival masterclasses in Bayreuth, and with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna. He has held positions as Music Director and Chief Conductor of Gothenberg’s Stora Teater, Music Director of Glyndebourne {…}

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Marin Alsop Set For International Tour of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

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(Credit: Grant Leighton) Conductor Marin Alsop is set to launch a year-long cycle of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony around the world as part of her celebration of the 250th anniversary of the famed composer’s birth. She opens her international tour with a performance of the Ninth Symphony at Sao Paolo on Dec. 12-15, 2019, with a new Brazilian-Portugese adaptation. This series {…}

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Shaumet Music 2026 Review: Das Rheingold (Dove/Vick)

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(Photo: Cassandra Hannagan) Is it possible to reduce the scale of Wagner’s mammoth operas? A “yes” answer clearly underlies Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick’s digest of “The Ring,” Wagner’s four-opera epic. Let’s face it, Wagner’s “Ring” in its original form is nothing less than an account of the unbalancing of the world and the efforts over a series of long {…}

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Pinchgut Opera 2024-25 Review: Julius Caesar

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(Photo: BrettBoardman) Undoubtedly, Sydney is coming of age as a culturally vibrant city, with thought-provoking, often superior productions of concerts, musicals, plays and operas. This long-awaited but most welcomed process is well illustrated by two excellent opera performances within less than a week that would be hailed anywhere in the world: a few days after Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre” had {…}

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Kammerakademie Potsdam Names New Artistic Director

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Kammerakademie Potsdam has announced its next Artistic Director. The company revealed that François Leleux will take over the position starting before the 2025-26 season. He takes over for Antonello Manacorda. Leleux is an official oboist and conductor who has worked with such organizations as the Camerata Salzburg, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester, {…}

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Edo de Waart Announces Retirement After Six Decades

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(Credit: Jesse Willems) Legendary conductor Edo de Waart has announced his retirement after a career of six decades. De Waart announced the news on the occasion of the celebration in Hilversum with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra where he was Principal Conductor from 1989 to 2004. Over his extensive career, the conductor was Music Director of many orchestras including the {…}

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Finalists for 2022 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Announced

Annette Brown Takes Helm as New General Manager of Australia’s Sydney Eisteddfod

Annette Brown Named New General Manager of Sydney Eisteddfod

Nicholas Braithwaite Appointed Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Conductor Laureate

Marin Alsop Set For International Tour of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

Shaumet Music 2026 Review: Das Rheingold (Dove/Vick)

Pinchgut Opera 2024-25 Review: Julius Caesar

Kammerakademie Potsdam Names New Artistic Director

Edo de Waart Announces Retirement After Six Decades