You won’t know the performer. You won’t know the location. With your ticket in hand, you will be led to a secret corner of the property, where musicians wait to perform intimate concerts for a handful of people. A violin under the gazebo. A cello in a quiet room. A…

A single musical line, unfolding. In the hands of Timo-Veikko Valve (“Call me Tipi”), the cello becomes storyteller, architect and singer. His playing has been praised for its “burnished tone and expressive depth” and its “clarity and poise.” This program follows the idea of variation across centuries and continents. Older…

Lie down, sit, or stand. However your body wants to listen. Local sound healers Emma and Andrew Heading-Knight lead a relaxing, rejuvenating morning session featuring several festival musicians, who create chamber music from within the moment: instruments responding to breath, stillness and vibration. There is no stage, only sound moving…

Aura Go and Timo-Veikko Valve love playing Beethoven together. Critics say their performances bring “extraordinary life and colour” (Limelight) to his works for cello and piano. In this program they assemble a “new” Beethoven sonata from their favourite movements, then frame it with luminous miniatures: the lyrical stillness of Helvi Leiviskä, the delicate…

Be transported to the glittering salons of Belle Époque Paris, a world of artistic innovation, poetry, and elegance. This enchanting program celebrates the era's creative spirit, placing two brilliant female composers alongside a celebrated master. Experience the perfumed, exotic dreamscape of Mel Bonis’ Suite Orientale, the effortless charm and passion…

Join Chimera Ensemble for Clarinet Trios by Mendelssohn, Hartmann, & D'Indy, with clarinettist Geoff Bourgault, cellist Melinda Forsythe & pianist Tommaso Pollio in the beautiful St Mary's Church, South Perth. Program: Mendelssohn: Concert pieces Emily Hartmann: Serenade in A major op 20 D’Indy: Trio in B-flat major op 29 Light…

Maurice Ravel’s shimmering Three Mallarmé Songs brings together Sara Macliver and the extended family of festival artists. Timo-Veikko Valve joins in vivid duos: Derek Bermel’s Coming Together and Jessie Montgomery’s energetic Duo for violin and cello. Then Mozart’s radiant Exsultate, Jubilate closes the festival in music of pure joy—sending everyone out singing.