• Long Listen: Road Movies – a recital featuring Courtenay Cleary and Alex Raineri

    Palmwoods Memorial Hall 1 Main Street, Palmwoods, QLD, Australia
    Step into an evocative sound world where music becomes a journey across landscapes, time, and emotion. Internationally acclaimed violinist Courtenay Cleary and celebrated pianist Alex Raineri unite for Road Movies, a one-hour recital tracing migration routes and musical legacies through five powerful works. The program moves from the pulsing drive…

    Kristian Chong & Friends: Transcribed Sonatas

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The legendary Timo-Veikko Valve from the Australian Chamber Orchestra reunites with Kristian Chong for two sonatas that were not originally intended for the cello. Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Horn was written for the natural horn, while Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata was composed for the arpeggione—essentially a bowed guitar! The Schubert…

    Ensemble Q: A Russian Romance

    Palmwoods Memorial Hall 1 Main Street, Palmwoods, QLD, Australia
    Step into an evening of exquisite chamber music with Ensemble Q, one of Australia’s most acclaimed ensembles. Featuring clarinetist Paul Dean, harpist Emily Granger, and cellist Trish Dean, this intimate concert brings together French impressionism, Russian lyricism, and bold contemporary voices in a program that is as rare as it…

    Long Listen: Horizons New Art Music with Cerulean Collective

    Palmwoods Memorial Hall 1 Main Street, Palmwoods, QLD, Australia
    Discover the next wave of Australian classical music with Cerulean Collective, a Brisbane-based ensemble of composer-performers. Violinist Abigail Lui, cellist Emily Winter, pianist Alexandra Mison, and violist Bridget Wegner present Horizons, a program drawn from their debut album of the same name. Featuring music by Sophia Mackson, Alexandra Mison, and…

    UKARIA: Cuarteto Quiroga

    Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
    The ‘exquisite’ and ‘interpretatively fresh’ (New York Times) Cuarteto Quiroga celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2023 and now makes its UKARIA debut. The quartet has become a staple of the European and North American chamber music landscape and is renowned for its distinctive musical personality and charismatic music-making. Cuarteto Quiroga’s…

    Music at the Basilica: E Flat Major through Centuries

    St Joseph's College Performing Arts Centre 135 Aphrasia Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Trio Océanique –Olivier Bonnici (violin), Jenny Ingram (viola) and Siobhan O'Shaughnessy (cello) with Sonoka Miyake - piano Mozart - Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 (1786) Dvořák - Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87 (1889)
    AYO Chamber Players

    Australian Youth Orchestra: AYO Chamber Players – Concert I

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Take a front-row seat and experience the wonderful world of chamber music with Australia's rising musical stars. From wind quintets to brass ensembles and string quartets, this is your chance to get up close and personal with the instruments of the orchestra. The program features a deeply moving new work…
    AYO Chamber Players

    Australian Youth Orchestra: AYO Chamber Players – Concert II

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Take a front-row seat and experience the wonderful world of chamber music with Australia's rising musical stars. From wind quintets to brass ensembles and string quartets, this is your chance to get up close and personal with the instruments of the orchestra. The program features a deeply moving new work…

    Van Diemen’s Band: Where Everything is Music

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    Van Diemen’s Band invites listeners to experience a stunning blend of two distinct musical worlds. Created for MONA FOMA 2023 and performed to sold-out audiences, this cross-cultural collaboration with Ensemble Kaboul features musicians Khaled Arman (rubab) and Siar Hashimi (tablā and vocals). Embodying artistry and advocacy, this performance preserves and…

    Phoenix Central Park: Bhairavi Raman x Nanthesh Sivarajah

    Phoenix Central Park NSW
    Bhairavi Raman is an Indian-Australian violinist. Classically trained in Western and Carnatic forms, she merges concepts and techniques to express her bicultural identity. She uses sound in a dynamic way, blending concepts and techniques developed through her decades of training and expertise in Carnatic (South Indian Classical) and Western Classical…
    Editor's Choice Trio Isimsiz

    Musica Viva Australia: Trio Isimsiz

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Trio Isimsiz (‘anonymous’ in Turkish) was formed in 2008 by pianist Erdem Mısırlıoğlu, violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí and cellist Edvard Pogossian after meeting at the Guildhall School in London. Celebrated from the Aldeburgh Festival to Copenhagen’s Tivoli Concert Hall, they now embark on their first national tour with Schubert’s Piano Trio…