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…
Melode D’ Amore

Pacific Chamber Players: Trio Sole presents Melode D’ Amore

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Hall 115 Eumundi Road, Noosaville, Queensland, Australia
Fall in love with opera’s most beloved arias and Neapolitan favourites as Trio Sole makes its debut with Melodie D’Amore — a concert series celebrating the passion, elegance, and emotional power of classical voice and piano. Trio Sole features soprano Vanessa West, Neapolitan tenor Raffaele Pierno, and pianist Janet Brewer.…

Music at the Basilica: Four Saxophones – A Harmonious Journey through Time

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Delight in the development of the saxophone quartet from the earliest composition in America to the lively streets of Paris and mysterious nightclubs of Buenos Aires. Founded in 2018, AXES Quartet is an international renowned saxophone quartet instigated by saxophonist Niels Bijl. Their initial performance was a collaboration with Dutch…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Melbourne Ensemble: Lux Aeterna

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Please note: the time of this performance has been rescheduled to 5pm. This adjustment aims to minimise the impact of expected road closures due to the Nike Melbourne Marathon scheduled for earlier in the day. Additionally, MSO Associate Principal Cello Rachael Tobin is unable to perform. We are pleased to…
Editor's Choice Trio Isimsiz

Musica Viva Australia: Trio Isimsiz

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Trio Isimsiz (‘anonymous’ in Turkish) was formed in 2008 by pianist Erdem Mısırlıoğlu, violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí and cellist Edvard Pogossian after meeting at the Guildhall School in London. Celebrated from the Aldeburgh Festival to Copenhagen’s Tivoli Concert Hall, they now embark on their first national tour with Schubert’s Piano Trio…

Ensemble Offspring: Ngarra-Burria

Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC
Each year, Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers – our award-winning collaborative First Nations artist development program – brings exciting new artistic voices into the spotlight - you can discover them for yourself in this free concert at the Eugene Goossens Hall (Sydney) and The Street (Canberra). Hear new instrumental works from…

Melbourne Recital Centre: Alma Moodie Quartet play Haydn and Brahms

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Experience the transcendent beauty of chamber music as the acclaimed Alma Moodie Quartet presents two undisputed masterpieces. Opening with pristine elegance, Haydn's ‘Emperor’ Quartet’s true splendour comes alive in the second movement – a set of variations on the melody he composed for Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, which later became…

Snow Concert Hall: Benjamin Grosvenor

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Cres, Red Hill ACT 2603, Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Britain’s superstar pianist comes to Snow Concert Hall with some of the greatest works ever written for piano. Regarded as one of the most important pianists to emerge in several decades, Gramophone recently acknowledged him as one of the top 50 pianists ever on record!
Bleak Squad

Melbourne Recital Centre: Bleak Squad

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bleak Squad is a new Melbourne four-piece comprised of true Australian art-rock royalty. Featuring Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting), the unlikely quartet unite for the first time on…
Classical Music Club

Hermit Arts: Classical Music Club

Leederville Town Hall 84 Cambridge St, West Leederville, WA
A morning concert series featuring local classical musicians perform a beautiful one hour long recital. Each performance features famous classical tunes that are well known and easy to listen to. Classical Music Club concerts are at the Leederville Town Hall from 10-11am on the third Friday of each month in…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – The Ringtone Cycle

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
This 2010 commission from the Seraphim Trio has a libretto from the Australian author Peter Goldsworthy. Subtitled a ‘cabaret quintet for soprano, violin, cello, piano and iPhone’, it is a mini-operetta that tells of a love affair starring a modern-day Brünnhilde and her phone. Koehne’s continuous flow of music recalls…

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