Lyrebird Festival: Life on Land’s Edge

Megalong Community Hall Megalong Road, Megalong Valley, NSW, Australia
This performance will take you on an epic journey alongside migratory birds as they connect continents and cultures. A cinematic concert experience, Life on Land’s Edge draws on art, science, and music from across the ages. Spectacular footage and soundscapes set the scene for two of Australia's most adventurous musicians.…

Australian National Academy of Music: The Innovative Spirit of George Crumb 1

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
The end of year Chamber Music Festival pays tribute to one of music’s most original innovators, American George Crumb. ANAM musicians perform Crumb’s masterworks Makrokosmos, Black Angels, and Vox Balaenae, alongside music by composers including Messiaen, Duckworth, Sculthorpe, and Henderson. Experience a program guided by these visionary composers’ shared pantheistic curiosity and unbound imagination.

Bach Akademie Australia: Music in the Castle of Heaven

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hybrid Hybrid Event
2023 brings us an opportunity to celebrate one of the greatest events in musical history, J.S. Bach’s appointment as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. As a result, a new era in music history began. For the next 27 years, the requirements of his appointment combined with his deep faith and desire to…

RAZ Music: Grigoryan Brothers – This is Us

QVMAG Launceston, TAS, Australia
Acclaimed guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan have created a suite of music inspired by 18 objects personally selected from the National Museum of Australia’s vast collection, which traces our diverse and complex history. This Is Us takes audiences on a journey from the deep past of early Indigenous Australians to…
Event Series Living Green

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Living Green

Llewellyn Hall, ANU Canberra, ACT, Australia
The rhythms of the natural world have long been a source of inspiration and solace. This program ventures into the heart of the forest, wandering unhurried through verdant, expansive landscapes. We begin In Nature’s Realm, where Dvořák frequently withdrew for restful solitude. Originally part of a set titled Nature, Life and Love,…
Event Series Of People and Song

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Of People and Song

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
For as long as there have been people, there has been song. Song is at the heart of rich musical traditions that bind people together, and attest to the spirit of time and place. Eliding ideas of East and West, high and low, past and present, the music of renowned…

Oberon Chamber Music Festival: Community Free Concert

Malachi Gilmore Hall 124 Oberon St, Oberon, NSW, Australia
All are welcome to a free outdoor concert on the upper lawn at The Oberon Common. Bring your own picnic, rugs and cushions and settle down to some exquisite classical music! Oberon Chamber Music Festival is thrilled to bring this beautiful performance to the pretty setting of the The Oberon…

Bleeemo Music: ZÖJ – FIL O FENJOON Album Launch

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Experience the captivating fusion of neo-classical Persian music and experimental rhythms as musical duo ZÖJ launch their highly anticipated debut album FIL O FENJOON. Comprised of Gelareh Pour and Brian O’Dwyer, witness what Nick Cave has praised as ‘the consistently exquisite genius of Pour’, as she showcases her mastery of…

Comites WA: Viaggio in Italia – Journey to Italy

UWA Social Science Lecture Theatre 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, Australia
LISA HARPER-BROWN - Soprano TIM CHAPMAN - Piano A musical journey to Italy and its composers including a wonderful selection of works from Puccini, Rossini, Mascagni to Morricone and many more.

Melbourne Recital Centre: Claire Patti Trio with Tony Gould – Dreams & Imaginings

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Claire Patti is a celebrated and award-winning musician known for her ability to intertwine musical styles and traditions. Her sparkling artistry as harpist and her sublime voice have anaffinity with traditional Celtic music and jazz. It is in this space that she meets the sensitive poignant genius of pianist Tony…

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