Editor's Choice Event Series Canberra International Music Festival

Canberra International Music Festival: Festival Finale – Mulanggari

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, ACT, Australia
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…

Salut! Baroque: The Influencers

Verbrugghen Hall Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Expectations were high for salaried composers during the Baroque period. Constant demands for new repertoire required inspiration and creativity as well as talent. Influence ebbed and flowed between composers, nations, styles and beliefs. Bach was inspired by his devoutness and his vast collection of other composers’ works; Handel reinvented himself…
Event Series Esmé Quartet

Musica Viva Australia: Esmé Quartet

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Eloquent. Spellbinding. Monumental. Exquisite. How else can we describe the Esmé Quartet? Based in Germany, this ensemble launched its international career by winning first prize at the 2018 International String Quartet Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall. The ensemble then embarked on a whirlwind year of concerts in North America, Hong…
Event Series Esmé Quartet

Musica Viva Australia: Esmé Quartet

Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Eloquent. Spellbinding. Monumental. Exquisite. How else can we describe the Esmé Quartet? Based in Germany, this ensemble launched its international career by winning first prize at the 2018 International String Quartet Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall. The ensemble then embarked on a whirlwind year of concerts in North America, Hong…

Australian Chamber Orchestra: ACO Collective – The Lark Ascending

The Capital Bendigo, VIC, Australia
With its soaring melodies and joyful trills, Ralph Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending creates a radiant portrait of a lark in flight, trailing a silver chain of sound as it rises. ACO Collective performs this eternal favourite as the centrepiece of this uplifting program directed by ACO Principal Violin Helena…
Event Series Esmé Quartet

Musica Viva Australia: Esmé Quartet

Llewellyn Hall, ANU Canberra, ACT, Australia
Eloquent. Spellbinding. Monumental. Exquisite. How else can we describe the Esmé Quartet? Based in Germany, this ensemble launched its international career by winning first prize at the 2018 International String Quartet Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall. The ensemble then embarked on a whirlwind year of concerts in North America, Hong…
Event Series Perspetives

Chamber Music Adelaide: Perspectives

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Chamber Music Adelaide and the City of Adelaide present Perspectives: four brand new chamber works by South Australian composers Anne Cawrse, Jodie O'Regan, Glyn Lehmann, Nathan May and Julian Ferraretto, written especially for South Australian ensembles. The four Perspectives premieres will be presented across two evening concerts on 10th and…
Editor's Choice Event Series Joyce Yang

Piano+: Joyce Yang

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang joins the SSO under Kevin John Edusei for two performances of Grieg’s iconic piano concerto alongside Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us and Dvořák’s New World Symphony. A solo recital in Sydney follows with selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons and Rachmaninov’s Preludes, as well as Agosti’s arrangement…
Event Series Dancing Queen

Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir: Dancing Queen

Stella Maris Performance Centre McKenzie Drive, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia
The Sunshine Coast’s premiere vocal group, Oriana Choir, presents Dancing Queen, an exciting and energetic tribute show featuring the best of ABBA and Queen May 11 at Stella Maris Catholic School Performance Venue and May 18 at The J in Noosa, with a matinee and evening concert at each location.…
Event Series Perspetives

Chamber Music Adelaide: Perspectives

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Chamber Music Adelaide and the City of Adelaide present Perspectives: four brand new chamber works by South Australian composers Anne Cawrse, Jodie O'Regan, Glyn Lehmann, Nathan May and Julian Ferraretto, written especially for South Australian ensembles. The four Perspectives premieres will be presented across two evening concerts on 10th and…
Event Series Dancing Queen

Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir: Dancing Queen

Stella Maris Performance Centre McKenzie Drive, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia
The Sunshine Coast’s premiere vocal group, Oriana Choir, presents Dancing Queen, an exciting and energetic tribute show featuring the best of ABBA and Queen May 11 at Stella Maris Catholic School Performance Venue and May 18 at The J in Noosa, with a matinee and evening concert at each location.…

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