Boulez Rules!

Australian National Academy of Music: Boulez Rules!

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Boulez’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of the traditional concert experience and his fierce advocacy for the avant-garde marked him as a pivotal figure in the 20th-century music scene. He was never content with the status quo, always seeking to explore new territory, and in doing so, he left an indelible mark on music…

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Bassoon Romance

Woolmers Estate 658 Woolmers Ln, Longford, TAS, Australia
Take a scenic drive to Woolmers Estate and be rewarded with world-class quality chamber music. Our series of intimate concerts in this picturesque heritage venue is fast becoming a tradition for Tasmania’s classical music lovers. We open our 2025 series with Elgar’s Romance for bassoon and string quartet. This majestic…
Origins

Kelsy De Prada: Origins

Hut Gallery 157 Underwood Rd, Ferntree Gully, VIC, Australia
In the first concert of their intimate 2025 Gallery Series, the Blind Creek Ensemble presents Origins, an exciting program of influential works for the flute quartet. Founded in 2024, The Blind Creek Ensemble is a collective of musicians in Victoria’s south-east. The group is named after the Blind Creek, which…
Joyeux Anniversaire

Selby & Friends: Joyeux Anniversaire

Bowral Memorial Hall 16-24 Bendooley St,, Bowral, NSW
The 2025 Season begins in tribute to the great French composer Ravel for the 150th anniversary of his birth in 2025 with his atmospheric piano trio along with two famous trios of subtle maturity and soaring passion by two vastly different Austrian masters in the Classical Mozart and the Romantic…
Eastertide

Adelaide Baroque: Eastertide: Passions and Sorrows

Pilgrim Uniting Church, Adelaide 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Adelaide Baroque visit again the rich collection of music inspired by the Passion of Christ as a start to our 2025 Orchestral series. This time with the powerful artistry of U.S. Tenor Kyle Stegall and music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Biber & Buxtehude.
Editor's Choice Abel Selaocoe

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Abel Selaocoe

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Making his Australian debut, South African cellist Abel Selaocoe directs the world premiere of Nigel Westlake’s Ascension, commissioned by the ACO, and the Australian premiere of Giovanni Sollima’s When We Were Trees, for which he is joined by Timo-Veikko Valve. The program also includes Platti’s Cello Concerto in D major,…
Lumen Machine

Ensemble Offspring: Lumen Machine

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
Lumen Machine will take you to the bleeding edge of musical technology. In a thrilling collaboration with London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga, we’ve commissioned four new chamber concertos that combine musical analogues with a microtonal keyboard, motion-sensor ring, voice-controlled electronics and an old-school synthesizer. This virtuoso dance with the…

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Water and Spirit

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
Free-flowing music for flute, piano and cello, inspired by water, breath, spirit and song. Debussy’s Syrinx takes its name from ancient Greek lore. Pursued by Pan, god of the wild, the nymph Syrinx is transformed into river reeds – from which we fashion ‘pan’ pipes. Water mythology also permeates Amy Beach’s ‘Water-Sprites’ Pastorale, which ripples with opalescent textures. Pan was…
Origins

Blind Creek Ensemble: Origins

Sherbrooke Art Gallery 62 Monbulk Rd, Belgrave, VIC, Australia
In the first concert of their intimate 2025 Gallery Series, the Blind Creek Ensemble presents Origins, an exciting program of influential works for the flute quartet. Founded in 2024, The Blind Creek Ensemble is a collective of musicians in Victoria’s south-east. The group is named after the Blind Creek, which…
Joyeux Anniversaire

Selby & Friends: Joyeux Anniversaire

Turramurra Uniting Church 10 Turramurra Ave, Turramurra, NSW, Australia
The 2025 Season begins in tribute to the great French composer Ravel for the 150th anniversary of his birth in 2025 with his atmospheric piano trio along with two famous trios of subtle maturity and soaring passion by two vastly different Austrian masters in the Classical Mozart and the Romantic…
Editor's Choice Abel Selaocoe

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Abel Selaocoe

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Making his Australian debut, South African cellist Abel Selaocoe directs the world premiere of Nigel Westlake’s Ascension, commissioned by the ACO, and the Australian premiere of Giovanni Sollima’s When We Were Trees, for which he is joined by Timo-Veikko Valve. The program also includes Platti’s Cello Concerto in D major,…

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