• Australian National Academy of Music: Shefali Pryor

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Shefali Pryor’s career has spanned global stages, and her exceptional artistry has won her accolades and a leadership role in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Vanguard program. As both a performer and director, she brings a keen sense of how music can transcend entertainment to connect with the springs of humanity,…

    BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre): East of West ‘Pastorale’ Album Launch

    Queensland Multicultural Centre 102 Main St, Kangaroo Point, QLD, Australia
    Over the seven years of their collaboration, East of West have developed an intuitive musical relationship, flourishing through their dynamic interplays, virtuosic unison melodies and expressive soloing. Gajić’s compositions explore gentle melodic motifs nested in uptempo passages set to Balkan-influenced rhythms, interspersed with moments of mesmerising musical sparseness. “When composing…

    Artists for Peace: The Art of Tango

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The artists will indulge your senses with songs and dances of the world famous Argentine Tango, Milonga, a few surprises and of course, Gardel and Piazzolla… History of Tango culture is only complete with its wonderfully diverse styles of music and dance. The rich contributions of indigenous music styles, combined…

    Concerts for All: 18th Young Maestros Community Concert

    Master Music Studio Unit 6, 80 Wentworth Park Rd, Glebe, NSW, Australia
    Join Concerts for All for an enchanting hour of chamber music at our 18th Young Maestros Community Concert, this time celebrating the art of the ensemble. This special edition features exceptional young musicians performing together in ensembles! Experience the unique dialogue between instruments as our performers present a captivating program…
    Elevator Music

    Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Legendary UK clarinettist Michael Collins mixes the classics with the common man in this side-winding and heart-racing performance. Celebrated as a “composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods” (The New York Times), Grammy-nominated composer Anna Clyne's Stride takes fragments of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata, refracting the work's adored lyricism in a captivating…
    Takács Quartet & Angie Milliken

    Musica Viva Australia: Takács Quartet & Angie Milliken

    Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Formed in 1975 by four students of the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, the much-loved Takács Quartet has remade itself artistically, geographically and personally across five decades on the classical stage. Now, in its 50th year, the Quartet returns to Australia with undimmed brilliance to present a major new work…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    An evening of romantic and dramatic chamber music. Witness three of Australia’s most compelling musicians unite for an evening of richly romantic and dramatic piano trios. Acclaimed pianist Kristian Chong returns to the Primrose Potter Salon alongside leading Australian musicians Dale Barltrop (violin) and Richard Narroway (cello) in an unmissable…
    Editor's Choice Gershwin & Shostakovich

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

    Wollongong Town Hall Crown St &, Kembla St,, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Celebrating the indomitable voice of the individual, Ukrainian-born pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk makes his ACO debut performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, in which he is joined by trumpeter David Elton. Both composers affirm the right to self-expression – Gershwin through exuberant freedom, Shostakovich in defiance of…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Festival Finale – The Four Seasons

    Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle 52 Church Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Brilliant violinist Madeleine Easton (Director of Bach Akademie, Australia) joins us as the Christ Church Camerata with conductor David Banney closes the Newcastle Music Festival, with the brilliance and colour of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.  Vivaldi shares the bill with two contrasting works – Strauss’s effervescent Blue Danube and Something From Nothing, an evocative work of the…

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Muse

    McClelland 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin, VIC, Australia
    Invented in the parlours of 1920s Paris, “Exquisite Corpse” is a game where each artist depicts a section of a work, revealing only the last portion as a clue for the next. This game has been reimagined for the string quartet, resulting in three new whimsical works capturing the fantasy…
    ANAM Recitals

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Recital – Jack Overall

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? How does their art help them understand the world…

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