by Janine Spearpoint | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[WORLD PREMIERE ~ SPAIN/BRAZIL] Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. Chrystian Dozza, an up and coming Brazilian composer and guitarist, brilliantly takes the stage first up with his own compositions with inspirations from prominent Brazilian...
by Michael Coghlan | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Reviews
[WORLD PREMIERE ~ SCOTLAND/ENGLAND] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. Richard Smith [ENG] and Tony McManus [SCOT] are old friends. Guitarists extraordinaire, they were both born in the UK and now reside in North America. Interestingly, Smith...
by Clayton Werner | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Orchestra, Reviews
[ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE ~ AUSTRALIA/CHINA/RUSSIA] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. I’m going to start at the finish, so to speak. The main feature act, but by no means the only one, was a collection of Joaquin Rodrigo pieces, collectively known as...
by Janine Spearpoint | Aug 5, 2018 | Classical, Music, Opera, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 4 Aug. Celebrating 20 years since they first brought Wagner’s Ring Cycle to life, State Opera of South Australia are commemorating this milestone with a magnificent production of Richard Wagner’s The Mastersingers Of...
by Clayton Werner | Jul 12, 2018 | Classical, Live Music, Reviews
Nexus Arts, Lion Arts Centre, Sat 7 Jul. Knock, Mark, Stitch is presented as a part of an ongoing series called Nexus Live. Tonight’s music consisted of two pieces. The title piece, presented by Iran Sanadzadeh, Ali O’Connell and Setare Arashioo (graphic/video...
by Michael Coghlan | Feb 25, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Reading Room, Barr Smith Library, Sat 24 Feb. [MUSIC/CLASSICAL – SA] Local vocal ensemble Lumina have teamed up with the Lyrebird Consort to present music from medieval times for this year’s Fringe. Set in the gorgeous Barr Smith Library Reading Room at Adelaide...