Entourage Touring: Barcelona Guitar Trio

HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia
Experience the electrifying fusion of Spanish classical guitar and flamenco dance with the Barcelona Guitar Trio & Dance. Featuring three of Spain’s finest guitarists - Xavier Coll, Luis Robisco, and Alí Arango - along with renowned flamenco dancers Carolina Morgado and José Manuel Álvarez, and percussionist Lucas Balbo, this tribute…

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Romantic Echoes

75 Reid Street, Fitzroy North 75 Reid St, Fitzroy North, VIC, Australia
Our Chamber Season opens with a captivating program led by the brilliant pianist Timothy Young. Frank Bridge’s Phantasy Piano Quartet sets the tone — lush Romantic warmth infused with early twentieth-century flair. Written especially for MCO, Linda Kouvaras’ Piano Quartet lies at the heart of the program — a fresh…

QPAC: Paco Peña

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Flamenco today captivates audiences across the globe, many of whom know little of its traditions yet instantly connect with its themes of oppression, anguish, passion, and joy. With maestros such as Paco Peña performing in the world’s greatest theatres and opera houses, it is no wonder this art form continues…

Wagga Weekender Music Festival: RCM Free Stage

Wagga Wagga Civic Precinct 243 Baylis St, 2650, Wagga Wagga, NSW2, Australia
Between concerts on Saturday, check out the talent of local heroes Riverina Conservatorium of Music with a range of free performances from big bands to flutes to singing to strings. The full schedule will be released in early 2026.

Ensemble Offspring: To Listen To Sing

Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
To Listen To Sing features composers from the Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program. Ngarra-Burria has built bridges for Indigenous musicians to step sideways into instrumental chamber composition over the past 9 years, altering the Australian landscape of art music composers and importantly giving a new voice to First Nations composers.…

Wagga Weekender Music Festival: Penny Quartet

Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Penny Quartet have gained a reputation as a driven and multifaceted voice in chamber music. Founded in 2014, they have been nominated for the Freedman Fellowship award, received the John and Rosemary Macleod Travelling Fellowship and first prize at the Australian National Academy of Music Chamber Music Competition. Penny Quartet…

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