Editor's Choice Interwoven

Australian String Quartet: Interwoven

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit
This program of vivid contrasts is anchored by Elizabeth Younan’s Interwoven, a recent work exploring connection and expression. Haydn’s String Quartet in A major – part of his revolutionary Sun series – brings wit and invention, while Prokofiev’s wartime Second Quartet in F major draws on Caucasian folk idioms. Clara Schumann’s Variations,…

Flinders Quartet: Voices Between World

St Johns Southgate 20 City Rd, Southbank
Flinders Quartet partners with celebrated performer and composer Eric Avery in a transformative new collaboration. This program journeys between ancestral songlines, contemporary expression, and French impressionism, weaving Avery’s world premiere alongside Ravel’s iconic String Quartet in F major.

Australian National Academy of Music: In Conversation with Kaylie Melville

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford
ANAM alumna and Melbourne-based percussionist Kaylie Melville is a soloist and chamber musician dedicated to new music performance. Noted for her “extraordinary ability to impart a sense of musicality to even the smallest gestures” (Partial Durations), Kaylie is Artistic Director of the new-music organisation Speak Percussion and of the contemporary…

Beethoven’s Ghost

Musica Viva Australia: Beethoven’s Ghost

Winthrop Hall Perth
What makes a great piano trio? Is it celebrity? Is it longevity? Or is it serendipity? Three magnificent musicians, brought together at the right time and the right place? Aura Go, Australian pianist, storyteller and FutureMaker, has worked with Finnish/Australian-based cellist Timo-Veikko (Tipi) Valve for many years, performing nationally and…
Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

Newcastle City Hall Newcastle
Schubert composed like an oil painter, drawing from a rich palette of melodic and harmonic colours. With a divine lyricism at its heart, his music is imbued with an intimacy and intensity that taps into the full range of human emotion. Richard Tognetti’s affinity for Schubert is evident in every…