• Brisbane Chamber Project: Wind Song

    All Saints Anglican Church Brisbane 32 Wickham Terrace Spring Hill, Brisbane (Corner of Ann and Wharf), Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    Windsong bursts to life with the luminous colours of the wind quintet—flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and French horn—celebrating Australian creativity and the excitement of new music. At its centre is the world premiere of Tomasz Holownia’s ‘The Enchanted Horse”, a vivid, imaginative work that sweeps listeners into a world of…
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    Blackheath Chamber Music Festival: Terra Mater Aestiva

    Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath, NSW, Australia
    The Blue Mountains’ summit plays host to some of our finest performers, with John Bell joining Elysian Fields for the world premiere of The Passionate Pilgrim, which features new works by Jennifer Eriksson and Matt McMahon, alongside pieces inspired by Shakespeare and Wyatt. Lloyd Van’t Hoff joins the Chroma Quartet for Brahms’…

    Finch St Concerts: String Quartet Concert | A Musical Conversation

    St John's Anglican Church, Malvern 5-7 Finch St, Malvern East, VIC, Australia
    Cedar Collective invites you to an evening where past and present meet through sound. Presented as a special Melbourne preview before performing in Hobart, this program brings together a striking collection of Australian voices, each offering a distinct perspective on the string quartet. From the vivid, high-energy gestures of Jaslyn…

    Austral Harmony: Pauls Steeple

    St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Music for baroque oboe, recorder & baroque 'cello from C18th London including an 'hoboy' solo and 'Rinaldo curiosly contriv'd for a Flute' by Handel, and Scots tunes by Geminiani.
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Songs Beyond Twilight

    Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Gassenhauer

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Inheritance and Invention

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Wagner Lieder

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Spirit of the Violin: Gold Coast

    HOTA Home of the Arts 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
    Beauty, brilliance, and music that dances Led by conductor Jessica Gethin and featuring Principal First Violin Johnny van Gend, this concert is a celebration of elegance and remarkable virtuosity. Waxman’s Carmen Fantasie and Tchaikovsky’s sparkling Valse-Scherzo offer thrilling moments for solo violin, before Glazunov’s Scènes de ballet closes the concert…

    Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Crumb’s Lyre

    The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Renowned pianist Sonya Lifschitz and vocalist and performance artist Christine Johnston come together for a bold reinterpretation of George Crumb’s Makrokosmos, Book 1. Blending recital, cabaret and performance art, this critically acclaimed work places Crumb’s zodiac inspired pieces within an imaginative Antipodean sound world. As Lifschitz conjures extraordinary sounds from…

    Ensemble Mania: String Quartet #1 Project | Series 4

    Peacock Theatre 77 Salamanca Place, Nipaluna/Hobart, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
    This concert, featuring Melbourne's Cedar Collective, is the fourth in the String Quartet #1 Project which aims to showcase first string quartets from Australian composers. This instalment in the series will explore the multitudinous connotations in the music of Tasmanian convict composer Alexander Laing (1792-1868), with performances of Laing's fiddle…

    Coady Green: Meta Cohen and Olivier Messiaen – Prophecy and Eternity

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    What does it mean to hear a prophecy and not be believed? This striking program brings together two visionary sound worlds across time. At its centre is Olivier Messiaen’s monumental 'Visions de l’Amen', performed by Coady Green and Marc Peloquin on two pianos, a vast, ecstatic meditation on creation, love,…