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

A chance encounter at Four Winds some years ago developed into a series of recording sessions in the ABC studios producing new material that has yet to see the light of day. Witness these superlative Australian artists, true originals each in their own right, engage with one another inside the lofty space of the Australia’s High Court.