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Celestial Choral Baroque

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra: Celestial Choral Baroque

The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Strings and choir unite! In an otherworldly collaboration with one of Australia’s newest choirs, expect to be uplifted with this achingly beautiful music, both old and new. This otherworldly collaboration sees strings and choir unite with one of Australia’s newest choirs, based right here in Brisbane! One Equal Music joins…

Australia Piano World: Piano Recital

Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1 Conservatorium Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Spanish pianist Martin García García makes his highly anticipated debut in Australia this November. Winner of the 3rd Prize at the prestigious Chopin International Piano Competition, Martin has been praised for his expressive depth, technical brilliance, and poetic interpretation. His repertoire spans from Chopin and Liszt to contemporary works, captivating…
Editor's Choice Born in Vienna

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Born in Vienna: Concert 3

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth curates a weekend celebrating Vienna’s role in shaping orchestral music. Concert 1 pairs Mozart’s Symphony No. 1 with Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante and Beethoven’s bold First Symphony. Concert 2 features the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and Mozart’s majestic Jupiter Symphony. The…
Editor's Choice Cocteau’s Circle

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Cocteau’s Circle

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Richard Tognetti and the ACO close their 50th- anniversary season in style, stepping into the surreal world of 1920s Paris. Directed by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz, this concert-cum-cabaret features soprano Chloe Lankshear with drag artist and baritone Le Gateau Chocolat as maître d’. Inspired by Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde circle and the…
Editor's Choice Joyce DiDonato

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Ryman Healthcare Spring Gala: Joyce DiDonato

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato performs Les nuits d’été, a setting of Théophile Gautier’s poems about love and loss. One of the earliest orchestral song cycles, Berlioz initially wrote it for voice and piano in 1840–41, orchestrating the first song two years later and the remaining five in 1856. It is performed alongside…
Editor's Choice Carmen

Opera Australia: Carmen

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Anne-Louise Sarks is at the helm for a new production of Carmen that brings Bizet’s classic bang up to date. An intriguing lineup of talent is headed by Danielle de Niese as Carmen, alternating with Sian Sharp. Mexican-Spanish tenor Abraham Bretón shares the role of Don José with Diego Torre,…

Selby & Friends: Epic Diva

Turramurra Uniting Church 10 Turramurra Ave, Turramurra, NSW, Australia
Our 2025 Season comes to a close with a blockbuster program of big piano quartets filled to the brim with the most gorgeous melodies and boasting two of our most beloved chamber musicians in Liz Layton and Julian Smiles with an introduction to another brilliant young Australian artist, violist Isabella…
Nightingale

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Nightingale

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Baroque and modern treasures in an explosion of colour and energy. Harpsichordist Donald Nicolson brings an infectious enthusiasm and a sparkling musicality to everything he does. This program sees him take centre stage, both as guest director from the keyboard and as the soloist in Bach’s stunning first harpsichord concerto.…

UKARIA: Kristian Winther with Konstantin Shamray

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
For this program – contrary to my own general philosophy of being anti-‘curation’, or in other words, of being against the modern norm of taking multiple historical works of genius and stringing them together in such a way as to unnecessarily impose the curator’s own artistic ‘vision’ of a particular…
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Sydney Opera House: Norwegian Tradition Reimagined

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardinger fiddle is the soul of traditional Norwegian music. Originally a seventeenth-century instrument, similarly sized to the violin, it has eight strings, four of which are ‘sympathetic’, creating extra resonance and possibilities for chordal playing. Benedicte Maurseth is the hardanger fiddle’s great contemporary player. She’s steeped in folkloric traditions, and…

Australia Piano World: Piano Recital

Australia Piano World, Dandenong Virtuoso Hall, 1/200 Princes Hwy, Dandenong, VIC, Australia
Spanish pianist Martin García García makes his highly anticipated debut in Australia this November. Winner of the 3rd Prize at the prestigious Chopin International Piano Competition, Martin has been praised for his expressive depth, technical brilliance, and poetic interpretation. His repertoire spans from Chopin and Liszt to contemporary works, captivating…

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