• Courtenay Cleary, Connor D’Netto: Reminiscence

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Violinist Courtenay Cleary performs works from her debut album "Reminiscence", joined by Connor D’Netto on synth/electronics. Featuring works by Stephen Chin, Connor D'Netto, Elena Kats-Chernin, Missy Mazzoli, Chris Perren, and Katherine Rawlings.

    Therese Milanovic: Hilary Kleinig and Emily Granger – Alone : Together

    Plant Empire 15/55 Lofter St Tennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    ALONE : TOGETHER is the debut solo album by award-winning cellist / composer, Hilary Kleinig. Hilary Kleinig's album explores the sonic possibilities of the cello - bowed, plucked, harmonic and percussive - played alone but together with looping layers and echoes of self. Fusing influences of folk, classical, EDM and…

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: 1001 Nights!

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    Step into a world of magic, adventure and mystery as Scheherazade begins her incredible tales from the 1001 Nights. Inventi Ensemble brings these famous stories to life with dazzling music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arranged especially for their six instruments. From brave heroes and clever princesses to sea voyages and secret treasures, each piece…

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Musical Offering

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    Musical Offering was the lasting outcome of a visit by Bach to the court of Frederick II of Prussia, subsequently known as Frederick the Great. During the visit the king gave Bach a theme and asked him to improvise upon it. Upon his return home, Bach decided to write a series…

    Tempo Rubato: Anna da Silva Chen – Obsession

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Mostly unknown yet strangely familiar gems from three centuries of solo violin music, featuring composers whose voices are too singular to be ignored. Works by Nicola Matteis Jr, Thomas Green, Max Reger, Johann Georg Pisendel and Eugène Ysaÿe. Anna da Silva Chen is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most…

    Therese Milanovic: Hilary Kleinig and Emily Granger – Alone : Together

    Plant Empire 15/55 Lofter St Tennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    ALONE : TOGETHER is the debut solo album by award-winning cellist / composer, Hilary Kleinig. Hilary Kleinig's album explores the sonic possibilities of the cello - bowed, plucked, harmonic and percussive - played alone but together with looping layers and echoes of self. Fusing influences of folk, classical, EDM and…

    Apeiron Baroque: Afternoon Hours

    Wesley Uniting Church Forrest ACT 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT
    The Afternoon Hours evoke memories of calm, reflection, and nostalgia… a bridge between the active daytime and the quieter evening. On 7th of June, Apeiron is going to spend one (or tiny little bit more than one…) of these hours exploring music for Traverso (flute) and Baroque ensemble! Join us…

    Ensemble Q: Dances of Peril

    Mrs J Rabbits, Electric Ave 23 Logan Road, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
    Glenn Christensen and Doretta Balkizas are the newest violin superstar couple in Brisbane and we've invited them to join us for this special concert, featuring works by Prokofiev, Cohen, Mozart, Dean and Bach.

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: UpLIFT

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    The program title is a play on the title of a work by American-Japanese composer and cellist Paul Wiancko (b.1983). Affinity Quartet premières Wiancko in Australia with LIFT, his 2016 string quartet. National Public Radio wrote, ‘If Haydn were alive to write a string quartet today, it may sound something like…

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Variations and Remembrance

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    Seraphim Trio commissioned nine Australian composers to each write a variation on a Schubert Waltz. For this concert, they have selected four variations: from the lyrical variation from Calvin Bowman, to a mini playful one by Elena Kats-Chernin, a jazzy number by Andrea Keller, and a return of Elena with…

    Musica Viva Australia: Partridge String Quartet

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Welcome back Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers, the Partridge String Quartet, when it performs an irresistible program featuring Debussy's eloquent String Quartet and the Australian premiere of Holly Harrison's small but powerful Fluro Electric.

    Australian National Academy of Music: Lutosławski Quartet – Leaves of an Unwritten Diary

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    In their final concert at ANAM, the Lutosławski Quartet unites with ANAM’s string cohort for a whirlwind of Polish works – from the legendary Lutosławski and Krzysztof Penderecki to contemporary voices Paweł Mykietyn and Marcin Markowicz. This performance crowns a week of masterclasses, concerts and deep engagement with the breadth…