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SUMMARY:Sydney Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:Sydney Festival 2024 will run from 5 to 28 January across the city. \n  \nEmbracing the art of summer since 1977\, Sydney Festival is a city-wide celebration of culture\, creativity and the questioning mind. From the streets to the beach\, in stately theatres and in secret basements\, it animates locations across Greater Sydney with a trailblazing free and ticketed program of theatre\, music\, dance\, visual art and all the experimental in-between places of live performance.As a dedicated commissioner of new Australian works\, Sydney Festival showcases our nation’s diverse storytellers to the world\, whilst drawing the world’s finest artists to Sydney.Many of Australia’s most memorable productions have resulted from Sydney Festival commissions and premieres\, including Cloudstreet (1998)\, Black Chicks Talking (2003)\, Three Furies (2005)\, uniquely Australian musical The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom (2007)\, the outrageous cabaret Smoke and Mirrors (2010)\, The Secret River (2013)\, Black Diggers (2014)\, contemporary circus ensemble Circa’s Humans (2017)\, multi-award-winner Counting and Cracking (2019)\, BLACK TIES (2020)\, Gravity & Other Myths’ The Pulse (2022)\, landmark First Nations production Wudjang: Not the Past (2022)\, Legs On The Wall’s epic work of scale THAW (2022) and Stephanie Lake’s critically acclaimed Manifesto (2023).We’re proud to have hosted major Australian musicians\, performers and comedians including Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds\, Archie Roach\, Ruby Hunter\, Gotye\, Regurgitator\, Emma Donovan\, Tex Perkins\, Megan Washington\, Meow Meow\, Christa Hughes\, Yana Alana\, Celia Pacquola\, Joseph Tawadros Quartet and Amyl and the Sniffers.World-leading artists and companies that have shared work with Sydney Festival audiences in recent years include Lithuanian artists Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė\, Vaiva Grainytė\, and Lina Lapelytė’s opera-performance Sun & Sea\, James Thierry’s ROOM\, and Spain’s formidable queen of flamenco Sara Baras’ Alma (2023); UK electronic legend Leon Vynehall’s Floors of Heaven (2022); Lars Jan and Early Morning Opera’s Joan Didion’s The White Album\, performance artist Bryrony Kimmings’ I’m A Phoenix\, Bitch\, and choral choir Tenebrae (2020); Schaubühne Berlin and Complicité’s Beware of Pity\, Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke\, Neneh Cherry\, and American artist Nick Cave’s epic exhibition UNTIL (2019); Wayne McGregor\, Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx’s ballet collaboration Tree of Codes\, National Theatre’s Barber Shop Chronicles\, The Wooster Group’s The Town Hall Affair\, Pussy Riot Theatre’s RIOT DAYS\, and DryWrite and Soho Theatre’s hit Fleabag (2018); Complicité’s The Encounter\, Cheek By Jowl with Pushkin Theatre’s Measure For Measure (2017); James Thierry’s Tabac Rouge (2015); Sasha Waltz’s underwater dance opera Dido and Aeneas (2014); and Ludger Engels and Vivienne Westwood’s Baroque-punk Semele Walk (2013). \nThese works join a long roster and legacy of extraordinary work and artists including: Ariane Mnouchkine and Thèâtre du Soleil (Flood Drummers); Robert Wilson (The Black Rider); Robert Lepage (Far Side of the Moon\, The Andersen Project\, Lipsynch); Nederlands Dans Theater; Philip Glass; Ian McKellen (Dance of Death); Batsheva Dance Company; National Theatre of Scotland (Beautiful Burnout\, Black Watch\, Aalst); Al Green; Chaka Khan; Andrew Weatherall; AR Rahman; Angélique Kidjo; Kneehigh Theatre (Tristan & Yseult\, The Red Shoes); and Fabulous Beast (Rian).
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LOCATION:Sydney\, Sydney\, NSW\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Sydney International Piano Competition 2023
DESCRIPTION:From the 5th to the 22nd of July 2023\, Sydney will come alive once more when 32 of the world’s finest young pianists travel to Australia to be part of the Sydney International Piano Competition. \nFinal video applications for this prestigious event\, with over $200\,000 in cash prizes on offer\, will close on Monday 5 December 2022 at 11.59am AEDT\, for pianists born between 23 July 1991 and 6 July 2005. The application video must preferably be a single unedited recording of no less than 20 minutes and no more than 35 minutes including solo piano works by at least three composers. \nApplication forms\, full rules and regulations are available here. \nThe Sydney International Piano Competition has always held events at the highest international level. It inspires pianists and audiences a-like stimulating interest in the piano and music in general and providing a platform to showcase outstanding pianists from around the world and assist in developing their careers. \nThe Sydney is one of the major international events of its kind in the world. Founded by the late Miss Claire Dan AM\, OBE\, Rex Hobcroft AM and Robert Tobias\, it was inaugurated in July 1977 and has since been held every four years\, except in 1988 when it was brought forward to coincide with the Bicentenary of Australia celebrations. The Sydney was admitted as a member of the Geneva based World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1978\, the first Australian competition to be accepted as a member. \nSydney is not only a significant centre of the arts\, but a city which has produced and fostered artists of international distinction\, whose contributions to music are well known. The Sydney Opera House is a symbol of the city’s commitment to attaining the highest standards in all areas of the performing arts. The Sydney Conservatorium of Music\, in the centre of the city with its ‘back-yard’ the beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens\, is home to the Competition.
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LOCATION:Sydney\, Sydney\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Competitions
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SUMMARY:Sydney Festival 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Sydney Festival 2023 will be held between 5 and 29 January across Sydney\, Australia. \nEmbracing the art of summer since 1977\, Sydney Festival 2023 is a city-wide celebration of culture\, creativity and the questioning mind. From the streets to the beach\, in stately theatres and in secret basements\, it animates locations across Greater Sydney with a trailblazing free and ticketed program of theatre\, music\, dance\, visual art and all the experimental in-between places of live performance. \nAs a dedicated commissioner of new Australian works\, Sydney Festival showcases our nation’s diverse storytellers to the world\, whilst drawing the world’s finest artists to Sydney. \nMany of Australia’s most memorable productions have resulted from Sydney Festival commissions and premieres\, including Cloudstreet (1998)\, Black Chicks Talking (2003)\, Three Furies (2005)\, uniquely Australian musical The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom (2007)\, the outrageous cabaret Smoke and Mirrors (2010)\, The Secret River (2013)\, Black Diggers (2014)\, contemporary circus ensemble Circa’s Humans (2017)\, multi-award-winner Counting and Cracking (2019) and BLACK TIES (2020). \nWe’re proud to have hosted major Australian musicians\, performers and comedians including Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds\, Archie Roach\, Ruby Hunter\, Gotye\, Regurgitator\, Emma Donovan\, Tex Perkins\, Megan Washington\, Meow Meow\, Christa Hughes\, Yana Alana and Celia Pacquola. \nWorld-leading artists and companies that have shared work with Sydney Festival audiences in recent years include Lars Jan and Early Morning Opera’s Joan Didion’s The White Album\, performance artist Bryrony Kimmings’ I’m A Phoenix\, Bitch\, and choral choir Tenebrae (2020); Schaubühne Berlin and Complicité’s Beware of Pity\, Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke\, Neneh Cherry\, and American artist Nick Cave’s epic exhibition UNTIL (2019); Wayne McGregor\, Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx’s ballet collaboration Tree of Codes\, National Theatre’s Barber Shop Chronicles\, The Wooster Group’s The Town Hall Affair\, Pussy Riot Theatre’s RIOT DAYS\, and DryWrite and Soho Theatre’s hit Fleabag (2018); Complicité’s The Encounter\, Cheek By Jowl with Pushkin Theatre’s Measure For Measure (2017); James Thierry’s Tabac Rouge (2015); Sasha Waltz’s underwater dance opera Dido and Aeneas (2014); and Ludger Engels and Vivienne Westwood’s Baroque-punk Semele Walk (2013). \nThese works join a long roster and legacy of extraordinary work and artists including: Ariane Mnouchkine and Thèâtre du Soleil (Flood Drummers); Robert Wilson (The Black Rider); Robert Lepage (Far Side of the Moon\, The Andersen Project\, Lipsynch); Nederlands Dans Theater; Philip Glass; Ian McKellen (Dance of Death); Batsheva Dance Company; National Theatre of Scotland (Beautiful Burnout\, Black Watch\, Aalst); Al Green; Chaka Khan; Andrew Weatherall; AR Rahman; Angélique Kidjo; Kneehigh Theatre (Tristan & Yseult\, The Red Shoes); and Fabulous Beast (Rian). \nOlivia Ansell was announced as the new Festival Director for 2022 by the Sydney Festival Board of Directors in June 2020.\nOlivia\, a highly accomplished arts professional with over two decades’ experience as a director\, choreographer and performing artist\, commenced her three-year tenure in November 2020. She comes to the role after two and a half years as Head of Contemporary Performance at Sydney Opera House. Sydney Festival 2023 welcomes her direction. \nExplore the Featival programme by clicking this link – https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/explore
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