In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet Amsterdam all make an appearance, as do Bach Akademie Australia and Luminescence Chamber Singers, in what promises to be an exciting week in the nation’s capital.

Limelight Editor’s Choice

Two classic and hilarious moments of the 1920s silent movie culture brought into vivid new light by one of Australia’s ]most remarkable expat musicians, Ashley Hribar. With Ashley’s fingers at the keyboard, Buster Keaton’s trademark deadpan has lost none of its punch, even after one hundred years.