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    • Featured Editor's Choice Rapture

    Australian String Quartet: Rapture

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    ASQ lifts the lid on our deepest fears and desires, from the unrequited love expressed in Janáček’s Intimate Letters to Osvaldo Golijov’s juxtaposition of pain and beauty in Tenebrae and Beethoven’s triumph over adversity in Serioso. The program also includes the world premiere of Vanessa Perica’s No Feeling is Final, which…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Dark Full Ride

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    "Take a wild ride on the highway of American percussion music, all the way from LA to New York City! Danny Elfman – famous for his many award winning scores for Hollywood (including Batman) – shines in a beautiful mallet quartet and Julia Wolfe  translates the pulse of down-town Manhattan into…
    Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A heartfelt program of soul-nourishing compositions explores love in both human and divine forms. Following a sold-out Melbourne Recital Centre debut in 2024, Genesis Baroque return to the Primrose Potter Salon for a collaboration with one of Australia’s favourite sopranos, Sara Macliver. Believed to have been composed as a celebration…
    Distant World

    Omega Ensemble: Distant World

    The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
    One of the most celebrated composers of the past century, Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel is a meditative and deeply moving masterwork, with each meticulously measured note inviting performer and listener to interpret its profound emotional depth. This delicate work leads a performance of reflection and emotional gravitas, including Latvian composer…
    Paavali

    Flinders Quartet: Paavali

    St John's Anglican Church, Flinders 50 Barker St, Flinders, VIC, Australia
    “Usually, our programs come about because we want to play the music of specific composers but in the case of this program, it was a performer that was the catalyst. Melbourne has been lucky to have extraordinary pianist, Paavali Jumppanen, in our musical community as Artistic Director at ANAM and…
    Avant Gardens – Double Symmetry

    Ensemble Offspring: Avant Gardens – Double Symmetry

    Private Home in Glebe Glebe, NSW, Australia
    In this intimate salon concert, Véronique Serret and Blair Harris show how a violin and a cello can create the richness and power of a string quartet – synergy and symmetry in action. Their program of duets and solos is a microcosm of human emotion, playing on dramatic contrasts: light…
    Bronzewing

    Bundanon: Bronzewing

    Bundanon Homestead Illaroo Rd, Illaroo, NSW, Australia
    Bronzewing weaves old and new together in a spectacular, raucous combination. Donald Nicolson (harpsichord and synths) and Katie Yap (baroque viola and vocals) are two of Australia’s foremost period musicians, and together they catapult their ancient instruments into modern soundworlds. Their music draws on influences from Hildegard von Bingen, JS…
    Featured This Mirror Has Three Faces

    Selby & Friends: This Mirror Has Three Faces

    Bowral Memorial Hall 16-24 Bendooley St,, Bowral, NSW
    A breathtaking concert program which begins in stunning fashion with the second piano trio by important Soviet-born Austrian-American classical composer, conductor and concert pianist Lera Auerbach. One of today’s most sought-after and exciting creative voices, her performances and music are featured on the world’s leading stages – from Vienna’s Musikverein…
    fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival

    fortyfivedownstairs: Beethovens 5th and 6th Symphonies for Piano Four Hands

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Begin your Beethoven odyssey with two of his most beloved symphonies – the stormy, fate-driven 5th and the pastoral, sun-drenched 6th – in the dazzlingly virtuosic four-hand arrangements by Beethoven’s own student, Carl Czerny. A thrilling and intimate way to experience these masterpieces, this matinee concert (performed by Coady Green & Ricardo…

    Kammerklang: Out of the Shadows

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Out of the Shadows is curated and performed by Melbourne violist Phoebe Green. Featuring diverse musical voices from across Australia, this one-hour solo concert invites the audience in for deep listening and contemplation of the unknown, unseen, and unheard. Phoebe Green performs Out of the Shadows at the Motley Bauhaus…
    Distant World

    Omega Ensemble: Distant World

    The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
    One of the most celebrated composers of the past century, Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel is a meditative and deeply moving masterwork, with each meticulously measured note inviting performer and listener to interpret its profound emotional depth. This delicate work leads a performance of reflection and emotional gravitas, including Latvian composer…
    Theremin & Beyond

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Bach to the Beach Boys and Beyond

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The theremin is utterly unique. It’s a sound you’ve definitely heard, even if you’ve never heard of it. Following the success of our sold-out tour of A Clockwork Orange & Beyond comes this series showcasing the range and power of the world’s first electronic instrument. Richard Tognetti directs an eclectic…

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