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    Canberra International Music Festival: Songs Beyond Twilight

    Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Gassenhauer

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Inheritance and Invention

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Wagner Lieder

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Spirit of the Violin: Gold Coast

    HOTA Home of the Arts 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
    Beauty, brilliance, and music that dances Led by conductor Jessica Gethin and featuring Principal First Violin Johnny van Gend, this concert is a celebration of elegance and remarkable virtuosity. Waxman’s Carmen Fantasie and Tchaikovsky’s sparkling Valse-Scherzo offer thrilling moments for solo violin, before Glazunov’s Scènes de ballet closes the concert…

    Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Crumb’s Lyre

    The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Renowned pianist Sonya Lifschitz and vocalist and performance artist Christine Johnston come together for a bold reinterpretation of George Crumb’s Makrokosmos, Book 1. Blending recital, cabaret and performance art, this critically acclaimed work places Crumb’s zodiac inspired pieces within an imaginative Antipodean sound world. As Lifschitz conjures extraordinary sounds from…

    Ensemble Mania: String Quartet #1 Project | Series 4

    Peacock Theatre 77 Salamanca Place, Nipaluna/Hobart, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
    This concert, featuring Melbourne's Cedar Collective, is the fourth in the String Quartet #1 Project which aims to showcase first string quartets from Australian composers. This instalment in the series will explore the multitudinous connotations in the music of Tasmanian convict composer Alexander Laing (1792-1868), with performances of Laing's fiddle…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Interwoven

    Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 30 Parkes Pl E, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Folías de España

    Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 30 Parkes Pl E, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…

    Austral Harmony: 10th Remember Bachfest

    New England Conservatorium of Music Faulkner St, Armidale, NSW, Australia
    Austral Harmony's 10th Remember Bachfest takes place in Armidale opening with a Dance with Bach concert highlighting Johann Sebastian Bach’s encapsulation of the essential features of various baroque dance types found in his iconic works for instrumental solo.

    Austral Harmony: 10th Remember Bachfest

    New England Conservatorium of Music Faulkner St, Armidale, NSW, Australia
    Austral Harmony host a Diversity of the Dance in-depth music workshop exploring the individual character and expression of popular C18th dances of different nationalities and styles. Tutors offer guidance on how to perform the music for various dance types, treating melody, rhythm, movement and metre from an historically inspired perspective.

    Big Deal Touring: Daniel Verstappen: The Cinematic Piano Experience

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Belgian-international pianist-composer Daniel Verstappen returns to the Sydney Opera House following his acclaimed 2024 debut as part of his Reconnection album tour. Known for blending classical elegance with cinematic sounds, Daniel performs alongside Melbourne-based violinist Yena Choi, one of Australia’s most versatile and in-demand musicians. This unique concert features Daniel’s…