• Claire Edwardes

    Bowerbird Collective: Claire Edwardes

    Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
    Dubbed “the sorceress of percussion,” Claire Edwardes OAM has been a defining force in Australian new music for three decades. Since 2006 she has led Ensemble Offspring as Artistic Director, commissioning more than 80 new solo works and collaborating with leading composers worldwide. She maintains a busy solo career presenting…
    FCO with Ellie Malonzo

    Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: FCO with Ellie Malonzo

    PHC Synagogue 28 Freedman Road, Menora, WA, Australia
    Corelli’s Concerto Grosso 11 is the happy opener followed by late Renaissance Gesualdo with daring harmonies 400 years ahead of his time. The Adagio of Mozart’s Divertimento 10 builds the bridge to Svendsen’s Romance featuring fabulous violinist, Ellie Malonzo (16). Ellie has won 11 first prizes at international competitions and…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Gran Partita

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Fall in love with one of the most lyrical families in the orchestra. Our woodwind players will soar through melodies from Strauss and Mozart, bringing you up close and personal to the sounds of these mellow and expressive instruments. MSO Principal Oboe Johannes Grosso and Principal Clarinet David Thomas will…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Recital: Angus Pace

    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? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Recital: Karen Chen

    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? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Flinders Quartet: Voices Between World

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    This landmark program sees Flinders Quartet join forces with Eric Avery - Ngiyampaa, Yuin, Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr artist - in a through-composed work integrating violin, voice, dance and quartet, exploring connection to land, identity and resilience. Avery’s artistry embodies the healing and transformative power of music, bridging cultural knowledge with…
    Editor's Choice Interwoven

    Australian String Quartet: Interwoven

    Conservatorium Theatre Queensland
    This program of vivid contrasts is anchored by Elizabeth Younan’s Interwoven, a recent work exploring connection and expression. Haydn’s String Quartet in A major – part of his revolutionary Sun series – brings wit and invention, while Prokofiev’s wartime Second Quartet in F major draws on Caucasian folk idioms. Clara Schumann’s Variations,…
    Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Schubert composed like an oil painter, drawing from a rich palette of melodic and harmonic colours. With a divine lyricism at its heart, his music is imbued with an intimacy and intensity that taps into the full range of human emotion. Richard Tognetti’s affinity for Schubert is evident in every…

    Musica Viva Australia: Reimagining Schubert

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Historically informed performance specialists Anna Fraser and Neal Peres Da Costa take us into the world of Schubert's last song cycle Schwanengesang and uncover the songs of contemporaneous German music publisher and Mozart scholar Johann Anton André.
    Editor's Choice Interwoven

    Australian String Quartet: Interwoven

    The Neilson, ACO on the Pier Pier 2/3 13 Hickson Road Dawes Point, Dawes Point, New South Wales, Australia
    This program of vivid contrasts is anchored by Elizabeth Younan’s Interwoven, a recent work exploring connection and expression. Haydn’s String Quartet in A major – part of his revolutionary Sun series – brings wit and invention, while Prokofiev’s wartime Second Quartet in F major draws on Caucasian folk idioms. Clara Schumann’s Variations,…
    Dancing Shadows

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Dancing Shadows

    Stawell Entertainment Centre 59-69 Main Street, STAWELL, VIC, Philippines
    In this dynamic concert, much-loved MCO core members take centre stage in a program three centuries in the making. Mozart’s Divertimento brims with youthful charm and elegance, while Andrew Ford’s Sad Jigs offers a poignant, whimsical take on dance forms through a contemporary Australian lens. The program culminates in Dvořák’s…