• Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Cave Song

    The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Experience the immersive sound world of Cave Song, a new musical work by Karen Berger, Kate Neal and Anthony Lyons that journeys into the mysterious realms of caves, myth and deep time. Combining live and recorded voices, original texts and rare instruments including contraforte bassoon, Buchla synthesiser and resonant stalactites,…
    Queer Nights at Nightingale

    Nightingale Gallery: Fault Lines – Queer Nights at Nightingale #3

    Nightingale Gallery 909A High St, Armadale, VIC, Australia
    Curated by composer Robert McIntyre, Aether Duo presents Fault Lines, an evening of flute and piano works by LGBTQIA+ composers Robert McIntyre, Sally Whitwell, Sam Williams and more – dealing both subtly and directly with elements pertaining to the lived queer experience and the environments and space we rightly take…

    Knox Street Bar: IBID

    Knox Street Bar Garage 11 Knox Street (Corner, Shepherd St, Chippendale NSW 2008, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    IBID is a duo featuring Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute) and Shane Carpini (drumset). Their original music and improvisations blend jazz, classical, and folk, exploring themes from philosophy, astronomy, and human behaviour. Since 2021, they’ve performed widely and released two albums: “Spaces In Between” (2022) and “Chance Encounters” (2024).www.ibidartist.com Sora-Jackson Duo brings…

    PARA Foundation: A Night of Healing

    Collingwood Town Hall 140 Hoddle St ,, Abbotsford, VIC
    A Night of Healing is an intimate candlelit concert at the Collingwood Town Hall Ballroom on Sunday, 28 June. Doors open at 4pm for a 5pm start. Featuring Baher Skaik, a self-taught pianist from Gaza whose story was recently featured on ABC's The Piano, alongside the soulful voice of Australian-Palestinian…
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    Festival of Voices: Xani + Machine

    Rosny Farm Lot 2 Rosny Hill Road,, Rosny Park, TAS
    The Tasmanian celebration of all things vocal returns with a host of performers from Australia and overseas. Traditional and contemporary works rub shoulders with cabaret and educational workshops, while headline acts include Hobart-based vocal ensemble JESSA performing contemporary classical repertoire at the Port Arthur Asylum, and vocal works setting words…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Xani Kolac + Nathan Schram (USA)

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Hear the violin and the viola amplified and transformed. Two trailblazing string players from opposite sides of the world join forces in the intimate Primrose Potter Salon. Pushing the limits of contemporary string playing, this concert features two solo sets from Naarm/Melbourne-based violinist Xani Kolac, and violist from the GRAMMY-winning…
  • Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat: The Nervous Atmosphere

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat 17 Lydiard St, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
    The Nervous Atmosphere is a solo performance by cellist, composer and theatre-maker Zoë Barry. Drawing on three personal encounters with lightning and the curious events that unfolded in their aftermath, Barry explores the awe, rupture and isolation of confronting forces beyond our control. At its core, the work is a meditation on…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Al Andalus | Paco Lara & Friends

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Flamenco dance, Spanish guitar – an evening of dazzling excitement in the penultimate event of the 2026 Newcastle Music Festival, as brilliant guitarist Paco Lara is joined by three flamenco dancers led by the wonderful Deya Giner. The world premiere of Al Andalus is a highlight of this great concert.
  • Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Rediscovering Acoustic & Electric Violin

    Ainslie Football & Social Club 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie, ACT, Australia
    Discover the range of sound possibilities when a violinist uses extended techniques on their instrument. Then hear what happens when they layer the sound using amplification and a loop station. The loop station allows the musician to become a one-man-band, creating their own accompaniment in anything from soundscapes to dance…

    ELISION Ensemble: Silent Noise

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    ELISION’s three-year partnership with ANAM has become a meeting point between generations of performers who share a drive to explore new forms of musical expression. At the centre of Silent Noise is Helmut Lachenmann’s Mouvement (– vor der Erstarrung) (1982–84), a work that transforms the smallest gestures into sound —…