• Editor's Choice Cocteau’s Circle

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Cocteau’s Circle

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Richard Tognetti and the ACO close their 50th- anniversary season in style, stepping into the surreal world of 1920s Paris. Directed by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz, this concert-cum-cabaret features soprano Chloe Lankshear with drag artist and baritone Le Gateau Chocolat as maître d’. Inspired by Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde circle and the…

    Skunkworks Community Limited: The Silent Anzac – 10th anniversary performance

    Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
    The Silent Anzac is a powerful and moving musical tribute that honours the courage, sacrifice and enduring legacy of Australian servicemen and women, particularly those who served in World War I. Combining evocative original music, historical narration and stunning visuals, the production brings to life the story of the Australian…

    UKARIA: Daniel Müller-Schott with Konstantin Shamray

    Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
    For this recital Müller-Schott is joined by Russian-Australian piano virtuoso Konstantin Shamray for a program that conveys the depth and breadth of the cello and piano repertoire. Bach’s characterful Suite No. 3 in C for solo cello is followed by a dramatic shift in gear: Shostakovich’s unexpectedly neo-classical Cello Sonata,…
    Songbirds

    Music in the Regions: Ensemble Offspring – Songbirds

    Gloucester Uniting Church 5 Cowper St, Gloucester, NSW, Australia
    Music in the Regions is proud to tour Songbirds on the Mid-North Coast with Ensemble Offspring, Australia’s leading contemporary music group. Since its premiere in 2019, Songbirds has become an Ensemble Offspring crowd-favourite. Nature comes alive, as a trio of flute, clarinet and percussion evokes the weird and wonderful sounds…

    Hayes Street Studio: Anna da Silva Chen in recital with Lee Dionne

    Hayes Street Studio 11 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
    Hayes Street Studio presents violinist Anna da Silva Chen in a recital with pianist Lee Dionne. The pair will perform Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Sz. 75 by Béla Bartók alongside the music of Grażyna Bacewicz and Cheng Jin Koh. Anna da Silva Chen is widely regarded as…
    Editor's Choice Cocteau’s Circle

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Cocteau’s Circle

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Richard Tognetti and the ACO close their 50th- anniversary season in style, stepping into the surreal world of 1920s Paris. Directed by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz, this concert-cum-cabaret features soprano Chloe Lankshear with drag artist and baritone Le Gateau Chocolat as maître d’. Inspired by Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde circle and the…

    Nick Batterham: First Snow album launch

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    ARIA Award nominated musician and AFI/AACTA award-nominated sound designer Nick Batterham's new album First Snow (music for piano and strings) follows on thematically from the artist's recent soundtracks for installations by the visual artist Rone. The album will be released October 17. The title First Snow conjures sparse landscapes and a…
    Editor's Choice Cocteau’s Circle

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Cocteau’s Circle

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Richard Tognetti and the ACO close their 50th- anniversary season in style, stepping into the surreal world of 1920s Paris. Directed by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz, this concert-cum-cabaret features soprano Chloe Lankshear with drag artist and baritone Le Gateau Chocolat as maître d’. Inspired by Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde circle and the…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Mostly Mozart: Mozart & Marsellaise

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Opening with a delightful rarity, Mozart’s sonatas for four-hands were originally written to be performed with his sister Nannerl, and are the ultimate depiction of playful competition, now living on as intimate conversations between instrumentalists. The four-hands approach to music-making continues in ANAM Head of Piano Timothy Young’s arrangement of La…
    Editor's Choice Cocteau’s Circle

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Cocteau’s Circle

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Richard Tognetti and the ACO close their 50th- anniversary season in style, stepping into the surreal world of 1920s Paris. Directed by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz, this concert-cum-cabaret features soprano Chloe Lankshear with drag artist and baritone Le Gateau Chocolat as maître d’. Inspired by Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde circle and the…

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Other Worlds

    National Museum of Australia Lawson Crescent, Acton, ACT, Australia
    In this evocative program, music carries both contemporary interpretations and age-old folktales, populated by mysterious and elusive figures. Canberra composer and pianist Sally Whitwell is widely known for her setting of Byron’s poetry, She Walks in Beauty. Whitwell opens this program with a new commission exploring ghostly stories from the Capital Region. In Miriama Young’s Grey Ghost, live piano melodies…

    Lyrebird Festival: Black Dogs

    The Old Stables 853 Megalong Rd, Megalong Valley, NSW, Australia
    The 2025 Lyrebird Festival in the Megalong Valley opens with a stunning program for string quartet and guitar, featuring award winning Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch, recently returned from a sold out concert tour of the USA. Two evocative Australian guitar quintets, Anne Cawrse's 'Imperfect Fourth' and Iain Grandage’s ‘Black Dogs’,…