Following outstanding entries in our first round of the Championship Section, twelve of Australia's most exciting school-age chamber ensembles have earned their place in the Strike A Chord National Final. On Saturday 29 August, these exceptional young musicians will take to the stage at Melbourne Recital Centre to compete for…

Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly. This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday…

Over their first six months as Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows, these aspiring musicians have experienced everything from vast symphonies to more intimate chamber concerts, all while getting to know each other’s playing styles. Now they get to draw on all that experience to curate this concert program themselves, from traditional…