Xavier Bichon, Author at 2MBS

Opera Bites – Mother’s Day Opera High Tea

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Treat Mum to an unforgettable experience this Mother’s Day at one of Sydney's most stunning hidden venues. Indulge in the elegance of a heritage-listed grand dining room, where she'll be greeted with a glass of sparkling wine and surrounded by the grandeur of sparkling chandeliers.

CD of the Week – Nexas Quartet

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2MBS Fine Music Sydney’s Artists in Residence, Nexas Quartet, present their fourth studio album, George Gershwin – Music for Saxophone Quartets which features a collection of some of Gershwin’s most notable works adapted for the ensemble.

Salut! Baroque presents Baroque Spirit

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'Baroque Spirit' a concert that draws inspiration from Ottoman, Romani and Celtic influences, and explores the rich weave of styles as nations looked beyond their European borders towards new discoveries.

CUBA

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Compay Segundo revived Cuban son globally with "Chan Chan" through the Buena Vista Social Club. These pioneers transformed Cuban music into a universal language of passion and energy, leaving an enduring legacy.

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra – Midsummer Dreams

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It begins with a fairytale, ends with a brooding landscape and bounds through a spirited symphony. Midsummer Dreams, the latest album from the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, roams over a sweep of Romantic visions from Beethoven and Mendelssohn in an Australian premiere recording

Liz Player – Jazz Artist in Residence

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Liz Player is 2MBS Fine Music 2025 Jazz Artist in Residence role. Liz has been rehearsing with her quartet, to develop new headline shows and record her first studio album (her first live album was released in 2023). As she continues her studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music this year Liz is already looking to further her career next year with a possible move to the United States.

Vov Dylan – La Vida Apasionada

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Classical ARIA chart topping artists Vov Dylan (Violin) and Margaret Brandman (Pianist and Composer) unite to bring an album of all new Australian compositions to life. At the core of the album is La Vida Apasionada, Margaret Brandman’s new suite for small ensemble that presents eight new Latin-American styled compositions written specifically for Vov Dylan and his orchestra.

Moritz Moszkowski — Incurable Romantic

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Stars blaze and fade eternally within the wheeling firmament of music, some more rapidly than others. Ever in quest of your listening pleasure your Fine Music Broadcaster directs its gaze towards the distant glimmer of virtuoso pianist, inspired composer and inspiring teacher Moritz Moszkowski in this centenary year of his death.

High Five – Pianist Chris Cody

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Chris Cody, pianist, composer and producer, has performed and recorded extensively all over the world for 40 years, although he is mostly based in France. He has headlined at many international festivals and a vast array of concert venues throughout the USA, Europe, Africa and Australasia.

Maurice Ravel – The most private of persons

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The 150th anniversary of the birth of the French composer Maurice Ravel was marked on 7 March 2025. A bizarre, sexless man interested largely in his own privacy, he was the son of a father who, despite having won first prize for piano at the Geneva Conservatory, elected to make his living as a mechanical engineer of considerable ingenuity.