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Adelaide Guitar Festival: Australian Guitar Quartet

Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre 10 Watson Terrace, Mount Gambier, SA
Curated by Artistic Director Slava Grigoryan, this year’s festival highlights include John Butler’s Prism tour, a double bill featuring Catalan virtuoso Lau Noah and Lior, a world-premiere extravaganza celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti with the Southern Cross Symphony Orchestra, and an evening of storytelling by Barkindji songwoman Nancy…
Reflections on Gubaidulina

Ronan Apcar: Reflections on Gubaidulina

Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025) emerged from the Soviet Union as an innovative composer to keep an eye on. She proved herself to be one of the most foremost composers not just from Russia but internationally. Gubaidulina was a composer who fully committed herself to music of emotional intensity. To step into…

The Wedge: Inventi’s Cinderella

The Wedge 100 Foster Street, Sale, VIC, Australia
Step into a magical realm where Prokofiev’s Cinderella dances with new life. Let Inventi Ensemble sweep you off your feet with their enchanting performance, weaving together the timeless tale with Sally Whitwell’s captivating composition. Like Cinderella’s transformation at the stroke of midnight, experience a symphonic metamorphosis that transports you through every…
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Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Lior + Eclective

St John's Anglican Church, Port Fairy 21 Regent St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
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Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Heirlooms

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
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Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Ancient Fragments

St John's Anglican Church, Port Fairy 21 Regent St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre: The Estivo Trio

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre 30 Eton St, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
The Estivo Trio is quickly establishing itself as one of Australia’s premiere young trios. The ensemble brings together three outstanding young musicians of remarkable talent, passion and experience.”
From Vienna With Love

Trio Anima Mundi: From Vienna With Love – Melbourne

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, East Melbourne 193 Hotham St, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia
From Vienna With Love - has at its core one of Franz Schubert's last compositions, the Piano Trio No.2. Like his other trio (No.1) this work is grand in composition and structure. First performed in early 1828, the work was published later that year, just before the composer's death. The…

Southern Cross Soloists: Wonder

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Felix Mendelssohn’s four simple, yet magical chords (I-V-iv-I) are a portal to a musical wonderland of elves, fairies, lovers, and a donkey. Mendelssohn stood on the conductor’s podium when the 16-year-old wonderchild composer-performer Clara Wieck premiered her own piano concerto. Her concerto would inspire and influence the concerti of her…

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