• 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’,…

    North Adelaide Baroque Hall: Bach & Liszt

    North Adelaide Baroque Hall 104 Tynte St, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Bach - 6 Little Preludes BWV 933-938 - Prelude & Fugue in E flat Book II (BWV 876) - Italian Concerto Interval Liszt - Sposalizio - Petrarch Sonnet 104 (from Annees de Pelerinage No.2). - Les Funerailles Tchaikovsky/Liszt - Polonaise from Eugene Onegin - Hungarian Rhapsodie No.6.

    St George’s Cathedral: Over the Rainbow

    St George's Cathedral, Perth 38 Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
    Prepare for an electrifying evening that blends the timeless elegance of jazz and swing with the irresistible charm of ABBA’s greatest hits! Under the baton of the renowned Joseph Nolan, the St George’s Cathedral Consort and St George’s Cathedral Jazz Consort come together to deliver a concert bursting with energy,…

    Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – Past and Present

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A lunchtime concert where past and present collide, celebrating the boundless creativity of the next generation of composers alongside one of history’s greats. An evocative new work by emerging composer and Elder Conservatorium student Benjamin Betelli receives its world premiere. Beethoven’s luminous String Quartet No. 2 is a sparkling testament…

    Bach Akademie Australia: The Brandenburg Concertos

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Bach Akademie Australia presents J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in a stellar program of unbridled joy, on Friday 14th November 7:30pm, at The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith. In an extraordinary conclusion to their 2025 season, Bach Akademie Australia’s Artistic Director, Madeleine Easton, will lead 20 musicians in a performance…

    Lyrebird Festival: From Argentina with Love

    Megalong Creek Estate Winery 217 Aspinall Road, Megalong Valley, NSW, Australia
    'From Argentina with Love' is a 60-minute journey through Argentina’s rich musical heritage, featuring iconic tangos by Piazzolla and Gardel alongside lesser-known but equally beautiful música folklórica, folkloric music from the countryside of Argentina. Performed by Mendoza-born mezzo-soprano María Eugenia Nieva and leading Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch, the pair have…

    Brisbane Music Festival: Breaking Boundaries

    FourthWall Arts Suite 4, 540 Queen St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia
      Kate Neal | A Novel Instrument Mary Bellamy | Liquid air (World Premiere) James Tenney | To weave (a meditation) (Australian Premiere) Chaya Czernowin | fardanceCLOSE (Australian Premiere) Caroline Shaw | Gustave le Gray Rishin Singh | Twine Wound Pauline Oliveros | Breaking Boundaries (Australian Premiere) Alex Raineri |…