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Event Series Esmé Quartet

Musica Viva Australia: Esmé Quartet

Perth Concert Hall 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
Eloquent. Spellbinding. Monumental. Exquisite. How else can we describe the Esmé Quartet? Based in Germany, this ensemble launched its international career by winning first prize at the 2018 International String Quartet Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall. The ensemble then embarked on a whirlwind year of concerts in North America, Hong…
Editor's Choice Event Series Canberra International Music Festival

Canberra International Music Festival: Verity Solo Session 1

Verity Lane Market 50 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra, ACT, Australia
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…
Event Series Whiskey Bar Series

Ensemble Q: Bach at the Bar

Mrs J Rabbits, Electric Ave 23 Logan Road, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
​We welcome the extraordinary violinist Sophie Rowell to Ensemble Q this year and this is your chance to get to know her and hear her incredible playing up close, in duo with Trish Dean. Currently the Concertmaster of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Sophie has held positions as leader of the Australian String Quartet and Concertmaster of the…

Editor's Choice Event Series Canberra International Music Festival

Canberra International Music Festival: Alive

Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture 15 Blackall St, Barton, ACT, Australia
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…
Editor's Choice Event Series Canberra International Music Festival

Canberra International Music Festival: Verity Solo Session 2

Verity Lane Market 50 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra, ACT, Australia
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…
Event Series Esmé Quartet

Musica Viva Australia: Esmé Quartet

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Eloquent. Spellbinding. Monumental. Exquisite. How else can we describe the Esmé Quartet? Based in Germany, this ensemble launched its international career by winning first prize at the 2018 International String Quartet Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall. The ensemble then embarked on a whirlwind year of concerts in North America, Hong…
Editor's Choice Event Series Canberra International Music Festival

Canberra International Music Festival: Opening Gala – Compassion

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, ACT, Australia
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…
Editor's Choice Event Series Canberra International Music Festival

Canberra International Music Festival: Trio Karénine

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…
Editor's Choice Event Series Canberra International Music Festival

Canberra International Music Festival: Dudok Quartet

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…
Event Series A Musical Tempest with John Bell

bell: A Musical Tempest with John Bell

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Conductor Umberto Clerici has curated this special performance with music by these great composers, presented alongside excepts from Shakespeare’s play performed by one of Australia’s greatest-ever actors, John Bell. Just as Prospero cast his spells on the inhabitants of his desert island, so too will John Bell and the Sydney…

The Early Music Collective: The Inspired JS Bach – Return from Lübeck

St Brigid's, Marrickville 392 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
The highlight of the evening will be Bach's poignant Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ BWV 106, also known as Actus Tragicus, a profoundly moving composition that will transport the audience to the heart of the Baroque period. The program will also include the delightful recorder duets of Telemann,…

Orchestra Victoria: The Eight Seasons

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Join the musicians of Orchestra Victoria as they explore two extraordinary interpretations of nature’s beauty and the seasons that shape our world. Play-directed by one of Australia’s most remarkable violinists, Sulki Yu (Concertmaster), The Eight Seasons intertwines two works of unparalleled charisma, journeying audiences throughout the world and around the…

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