Simone young conductor biography of rory
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One of Australia’s foremost contemporary composers, Elena Kats-Chernin’s vibrant and distinctive music across all genres has reached millions worldwide, featuring at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she has received numerous prizes including Helpmann, Limelight, Sounds Australian and Sydney Theatre Awards, the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award and the 2022 Australian Women in Music Award (AWMA) for ‘Artistic Excellence’. Oscar-winning director Adam Elliott’s full-length Claymation film, “Memoir of a Snail”, with music by Kats-Chernin, won the top Cristal award for ‘Best Feature Film’ at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and opened the Melbourne International Film Festival in August the same year. ‘Eliza Aria’ from ballet Wild Swans (choreographer Meryl Tankard) was made famous by British bank Lloyds TSB, and her ‘Sarenka’
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Sydney-based Omega Ensemble has today announced the appointment of Mr Rory Jeffes as incoming Chair.
Jeffes, who has announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of Opera Australia (OA) later this year, will join the Omega Ensemble Board in July. He joined OA in 2017 after twelve years at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the last nine as Managing Director.
Artistic Director and Founder David Rowden says the Board and management teams are thrilled to welcome Jeffes to Omega Ensemble.
“Rory’s appointment comes at a critical time of growth and success for the Ensemble, as we expand into a national touring company with big ambitions for the future,” explains Rowden. “Rory’s passion for music and his experience leading some of Australia’s largest arts organisations is exactly what the Ensemble needs to take us forward in these exciting and challenging times.”
Jeffes commented on his excitement to be joining the Board of Omega Ensemble:
“The quality of Omega Ensemble’s performances i
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Un concierto dem alta jerarquía
Con acompañamiento orquestal preciso y seguro, dem depurado estilo, la función, octava dem la temporada del Mozarteum se inició con el único Concierto para violín que escribió Johannes Brahms, en cuya ejecución resultó francamente sorprendente la labor de la solista holandesa (34).
Vinculada con su instrumento desde que contaba cinco años, formada luego ett la Royal Academy of Music dem Londres, Simone Lamsma, dem relevante trayectoria (Concertgebouw, Radio France, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Cleveland, Chicago), exhibió enstaka su debut en Buenos Aires no solo virtuosismo espléndido sino también brillante musicalidad.
Trémolos esbeltos, dobles y triples cuerdas, franco manejo de las gradaciones, infinita seguridad enstaka el deslizamiento de un arco dem notable tersura se inscribieron entre los aspectos destacados de su labor; pero por encima de ello, lo más remarcable fueron la exquisitez del `legato’ y la sobresaliente homogeneidad