Barry O'Sullivan Fine Music Magazine Jazz posts Reviews
Pat Metheny once again took the stage at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for Vivid LIVE. However, unlike his previous performance in Sydney in 2020 at the State Theatre this show was to be a one-man band.
Live performance review
The Silver Winds Ensemble, flautists Mark Underwood and James Fortune, accompanied by the radiant composer-pianist Margaret Brandman, offered a musical experience that shimmered with diversity, finesse, and flair.
CD of the Week Classical
Fresh from the hit ABC TV series ‘The Piano’, which she is co-hosting with Harry Connick Jr, star Australian pianist Andrea Lam steps into the spotlight with her own album Piano Diary.
Classical Giveaways
Excelsia Chamber Orchestra is a local community string orchestra based at Excelsia College, Macquarie Park, under the leadership of conductor Dr. Sadaharu Muramatsu.
CD Reviews Fine Music Magazine Michael Morton-Evans
Anyone who watched the fabulous ABC TV show The Piano will know two things about Australian pianist Andrea Lam, firstly that she is a ‘gun pianist’ (defined by Wikipedia one whose fast, rhythmic style of playing ... mimics the rapid fire of a gun) and secondly that she is a sentimentalist.
Fine Music Magazine
2MBS Fine Music Sydney will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitri Shostakovich on 9 August 1975 with a special series of programs in June, July and August. The programs will feature Shostakovich’s vast output of 15 symphonies and 15 string quartets, culminating with a broadcast of his Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’ on the anniversary day. The series will showcase the composer’s mastery of large-scale forms in his epic symphonies. In the intimate string quartets, we catch a glimpse into his inner world.
Giveaways Jazz posts
Andrew Dickeson leads an all-star group playing music from one of the world’s most famous Jazz bands - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. Andrew Dickeson and his quartet will honour this legendary drummer and his ensemble with a night of foot-tapping swing.
Emerging Artist Program
Listen to Class Act on Saturday, 31 May at 5pm on 2MBS Fine Music Sydney as presenter Stephen Gard showcases stunning performances by students from some of Sydney’s finest schools.
There are places in this world where music doesn’t just linger in the air, it saturates it, seeps into the walls, and transforms the very architecture into an ongoing symphony.
Emerging Artist Program Jazz posts
2MBS Fine Music Sydney is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of Australian talent.‘ As It Happened – Live At Founders’ is a recording opportunity at 2MBS Fine Music Sydney for emergent musicians.
