Ambassador thoughts

Selby & The Goldners – I was bowled over by a superb afternoon’s listening

Selby & Friends | Luminaries 11 May, 2024, Turramurra Uniting Church, NSW A celebration, not a farewell, applies to the imminent retirement of the Goldner Quartet who seem to be busier than ever in their final year. Add a touch of Kathryn Selby and you have an explosive mixture which any audience would be delighted to ignite. Mozart himself adapted

Tony Burke May 12, 2024

Ambassador thoughts

Goldner Variations at Blackheath a hit!

Blackheath Chamber Music Festival | Goldner String Quartet – Beethoven & the Goldner Variations April 19, 2024, Phillips Hall Blackheath, NSW After 30 years the Goldner String Quartet are calling it quits, and unbelievably I had never heard them live in person until this, their final year! It was a bit more than 30 years ago that I recall the

Pepe Newton April 22, 2024

Ambassador thoughts

End of an era for Sydney Mozart Society with the ‘immaculate’ Goldners

The end of an era can be mourned or celebrated and the audience at Sydney Mozart Society’s latest concert certainly chose the latter course, giving the Goldner Quartet a great send-off following their final recital in this series after thirty years of performance. Dene Olding, now viewed as a friend rather than a celebrity gave a comprehensive introduction to the

Tony Burke March 29, 2024

Groups

Selby & Friends | 2024 Season Launched

STUNNING ~ SUMPTUOUS ~ SUPERB Selby & Friends 2024 Season showcases artists who have made significant and long-standing contributions to the Australian musical landscape, in some cases over many decades. These brilliant artists are incredibly special, not only because they are good friends and colleagues, but also because they have made the art of making music such a truly wonderful

Pepe Newton September 2, 2023

Festivals

Four Winds Festival | A Celebration of Life

After a tough twelve months which included the cancellation of the iconic Four Winds 2020 festival on the south coast of NSW, we are again ready to celebrate and reconnect – with music, with each other, with nature. Under the creative direction of Lindy Hume, this year’s festival will be a multi-arts festival with music at its heart, including a

Pepe Newton February 23, 2021

Goldner String Quartet’s mastery was on full display throughout Sydney Mozart Society’s imaginative programme

Why is it that the sound of the Goldner String Quartet is so distinctive? Certainly there is their perfect timing and intonation but there is more than that. I feel sure that I could pick their playing from ten recordings of top quartets just as 80 years ago one could identify the Amadeus quartet even on vinyl. Perhaps the key

Tony Burke April 9, 2019

Goldner String Quartet

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