Avant Gardens – Double Symmetry

Ensemble Offspring: Avant Gardens – Double Symmetry

Private Home in Alexandria Alexandria, NSW, Australia
In this intimate salon concert, Véronique Serret and Blair Harris show how a violin and a cello can create the richness and power of a string quartet – synergy and symmetry in action. Their program of duets and solos is a microcosm of human emotion, playing on dramatic contrasts: light…

Monash University: Sharon & Slava Grigoryan

The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The success of any collaboration is dependent on a myriad of factors, some obvious, others less tangible. Sharon and Slava Grigoryan are an example of such a synergy, resulting in music that connects deeply with the listener. Perhaps it is their union professionally and in life that provides the intangible…

Affinity Quartet: Take Four: Chamber Music For Everyone!

Benalla Art Gallery 97 Bridge St, Benalla, VIC
Affinity Quartet brings their acclaimed chamber music series to Benalla Art Gallery, with special guest Aidan Filshie (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, viola) joining the quartet for Brahms String Quintet no.1 in F Major.
fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival

fortyfivedownstairs: A Gwen Harwood Cycle

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Duo Eclettico (Justin Kenealy) and Coady Green (piano) are joined by the one the Australia’s leading actors, Helen Morse, for the world premiere of Linda Kouvaras’ complete A Gwen Harwood Cycle. Written as a one-woman stage vehicle for Helen Morse and Duo Eclettico, A Gwen Harwood Cycle explores the life and work…
Fractured Fairy Tales

RAVA Productions: Fractured Fairy Tales

The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Classic stories have tipped higgledy-piggledy and favourite characters are all in a twist. Two children, transported to fairyland, navigate its fractured stories, coming across Little Red, haggling with pigs and helping giants, a prince and princesses, pulling their stories back together before midnight. On the way, our heroes learn who…
Fractured Fairy Tales

RAVA Productions: Fractured Fairy Tales

The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Classic stories have tipped higgledy-piggledy and favourite characters are all in a twist. Two children, transported to fairyland, navigate its fractured stories, coming across Little Red, haggling with pigs and helping giants, a prince and princesses, pulling their stories back together before midnight. On the way, our heroes learn who…
Paavali

Flinders Quartet: Paavali

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
“Usually, our programs come about because we want to play the music of specific composers but in the case of this program, it was a performer that was the catalyst. Melbourne has been lucky to have extraordinary pianist, Paavali Jumppanen, in our musical community as Artistic Director at ANAM and…

Ensemble Q: Black Angels & Red Death

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Black Angels & Red Death presents a captivating collection of works that explore themes of remembrance, conflict, fantasy, and deep introspection. Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin pays tribute to the elegance of Baroque music while mourning friends lost in World War I, reimagined here with Paul Dean’s arrangement that highlights…
Theremin & Beyond

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Bach to the Beach Boys and Beyond

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The theremin is utterly unique. It’s a sound you’ve definitely heard, even if you’ve never heard of it. Following the success of our sold-out tour of A Clockwork Orange & Beyond comes this series showcasing the range and power of the world’s first electronic instrument. Richard Tognetti directs an eclectic…

Affinity Quartet: Take Four: Chamber Music For Everyone!

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Affinity Quartet brings their acclaimed chamber music series to Tempo Rubato, with special guest Aidan Filshie (MSO) joining the quartet for two lesser-known string quintets by Mozart and Brahms.

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