Mike Guilfoyle, Author at 2MBS Fine Music Sydney

CD of the Week – Debussy – Ravel

CD of the Week

Following on from their highly successful album, ‘A Winter’s Tale’, viola virtuoso Roger Benedict and extraordinary pianist Simon Tedeschi present a new album of Debussy and Ravel....

In Conversation: Charmian Gadd

In Conversation Interviews Simon Moore

21/9 - A remarkable violinist who has had an extraordinary career across three continents, Charmian Gadd started in humble beginnings on a farm in the Central Coast in the 1940s. She exploded onto the music scene as a teenager, and went on to play with such luminaries as Yehudi Menuhin and Neville Marriner, living in the UK and the USA before coming back to Australia in the late 80s.

The Song Company – Songs from the Heart

Digital Arts Calendar

The Song Company with the generous support of the Silo Collective have commissioned First Nations’ composers Elizabeth Sheppard and Sonya Holowell to create an a cappella program for 7 singers – Songs From The Heart – a unique and thoughtful musical reaction to the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart.

CD of the Week – Duet – Volume 2

CD of the Week

Duet features recordings of Tamara Anna Cislowska with studio guests from her popular radio program featuring 24 guest artists including Ben Folds, Karin Schaupp, Erin Helyard, Garrick Ohlsson and William Barton, in a rich kaleidoscope of musical colours from cello to saxophone, celeste to ophicleide and trumpet to didgeridoo.

In Conversation: Naseema Sparks AM

In Conversation Interviews Simon Moore

14/9 - Naseema Sparks AM is an experienced company director whose passion for the arts led her to take on key leadership roles at board level in organisations such as the Sydney Biennale and the Sydney Dance Company. Now chair of Sydney Living Museums and Music in the Regions, one of our newest arts organisations, she has said “the arts is my balance, it’s good for the soul”, which is a sentiment we can all agree with! In this conversation,

2MBS Fine Music Sydney Magazine – September Out Now!

Fine Music Magazine

The September issue of the 2MBS Fine Music Sydney Magazine has just been released. This month Virginia Ginnane talked to the 2019 Winner of the 2MBS Fine Music’s inaugural Ken Weatherly Jazz Scholarship, Kate Wadey, about her third album, the song-writing collaboration with the musicians she works with, and the relief of coming out of lockdown. Our cover features Ensemble Offspring’s Listen Up!, a micro festival of new music at the National Art School in Darlinghurst this month.

Tom Forrester-Paton on Tour

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2MBS Presenter Tom Forrester-Paton on holiday in Italy and ticking off a few bucket list items - at la Scala to hear a recital by Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff songs, and then a day trip from Milan to Cremona to see the violin museum.

In Conversation: Lyndon Terracini

In Conversation Interviews Simon Moore

7/9 - Lyndon Terracini has certainly left his mark on Australian opera – and he’s not done yet. He has been Artistic Director of Opera Australia since 2009, however his association with opera goes back decades, having first appeared with the company as a baritone in the 1970s. His operatic career took him to his ancestral home of Italy, though he made frequent visits back to Australia to perform here to

In Conversation: Eric Whitacre

In Conversation Interviews Simon Moore

In this conversation, Eric talks about The Sacred Veil, which he is coming to Australia to conduct with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs at the Sydney Opera House. We also hear insights about his composing and his unorthodox entry into the classical genre, the Virtual Choirs projects, his public speaking, plus he eloquently introduces a diverse selection of pieces which have inspired him over the years.

In Conversation: Brendan Joyce

In Conversation Interviews Simon Moore

One of Australia’s most celebrated violinists, Brendan Joyce is the artistic director of Camerata, Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra. His leadership has been described by critics as both dynamic and indefatigable, which is why it’s unsurprising he often appears around Australia with such organisations as the Orchestra of the Antipodes, Van Diemen's Band, and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.