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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 better? Hear what the next generation of virtuosi have to say, and how, in…

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? What do they want to communicate? Hear what the…