• Editor's Choice Trio Isimsiz

    Musica Viva Australia: Trio Isimsiz

    Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, 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…
    Asher Fisch Conducts Dvořák 9

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Asher Fisch Conducts Dvořák 9

    Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
    Zoltán Kodály’s colourful Variations on a Hungarian Folksong sets the tone for this folk-inspired program. WASO’s own Principal Viola, Daniel Schmitt, takes centre stage for Bartók’s Viola Concerto, his final, elegiac work, full of the folk-music influences which so fascinated him. The sheer number of unforgettable melodies that fill Dvořák’s…
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    Adelaide Guitar Festival: Australian Guitar Quartet

    Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre 10 Watson Terrace, Mount Gambier, SA
    Curated by Artistic Director Slava Grigoryan, this year’s festival highlights include John Butler’s Prism tour, a double bill featuring Catalan virtuoso Lau Noah and Lior, a world-premiere extravaganza celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti with the Southern Cross Symphony Orchestra, and an evening of storytelling by Barkindji songwoman Nancy…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Lior + Eclective

    St John's Anglican Church, Port Fairy 21 Regent St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
    Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
    Brahms Before and After

    Tempo Rubato: Brahms Before and After

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    This piano solo recital program by Daniel Herscovitch revolves around the music of Johannes Brahms, beginning with the delightful Sonata in B major D.575 by Franz Schubert, who had a big influence on Brahms. It is followed by one of Brahms’s earliest big masterpieces, the dramatic Sonata in F sharp…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Heirlooms

    Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
    Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Iberian Icons

    Lecture Hall, Port Fairy Sackville Street, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
    Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Apparitions

    Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
    Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Ancient Fragments

    St John's Anglican Church, Port Fairy 21 Regent St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
    Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
    Opera’s Bad Girl

    Hume Conservatorium: Opera’s Bad Girl

    Hume Conservatorium 160 Bourke St, Goulburn NSW 2580, Goulburn, NSW
    Original diva Anna Bishop, a daring contemporary of Queen Victoria, shattered expectations and redefined independence when she left her famous composer husband to forge her own artistic path. Bravely defying the social norms of the time — and forced to leave her beloved children behind — she toured the globe…

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre: The Estivo Trio

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre 30 Eton St, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
    The Estivo Trio is quickly establishing itself as one of Australia’s premiere young trios. The ensemble brings together three outstanding young musicians of remarkable talent, passion and experience.”