• Opera’s Bad Girl

    Canta Viva: Opera’s Bad Girl

    St Andrew's Anglican Church, Brighton 228 New St, Brighton, VIC, Australia
    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…

    Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: A German Requiem

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A serious young man, torn by the death of his mother and the loss of a mentor, not a believer but finding comfort in the spiritual… This is the Brahms who wrote A German Requiem – a magnificent, heartful work for soloists, chorus and orchestra. This isn’t a Latin requiem for the…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at Elgee Park: Spring

    Elgee Park 310 Wallaces Rd, Dromana, VIC, Australia
    Experience a delightful chamber music concert performed by ANAM musicians, surrounded by beautiful artworks at Elgee Park on the Mornington Peninsula. The artworks, with personal connections to our hosts, the Myer family, span various periods and styles. After the concert, enjoy complimentary afternoon tea, with an opportunity to taste and…
    Impressions of Paris

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Impressions of Paris

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Born without a right hand, Nicholas McCarthy is a champion of left-hand alone repertoire, and joins the MSO to perform Ravel’s unique concerto. Composed by an organist, César Franck’s expansive Symphony explores the full range of orchestral colours and textures in this compelling program of French music conducted by Chloé…
    Australia Fair?

    Flinders Quartet: Australia Fair?

    St Johns Southgate 20 City Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    “As we celebrate our 25th anniversary we are reflecting on our identity as an Australian chamber ensemble. In this program we have chosen three works in which the composers were likely pondering similar questions. It is a joy to return to the powerful and evocative work, Bungaree, which the quartet…
    Editor's Choice Out West Piano Fest

    Piano+: An Afternoon in Vienna

    Blackdown Farm 90 Eleven Mile Drive, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
    Held at artist Tim Storrier’s former home, this year’s festival has been curated by Mark Coughlan and features fellow pianists Jeonghwan Kim, Reuben Tsang and Wynona Wang. Together, they will perform repertoire from Mozart to Greg Anderson. Soprano Rachelle Durkin joins them in Richard Strauss’s Morgen! and Bishop’s Lo, here…

    Geelong Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven and The Enchanted Flute

    Two of Beethoven’s symphonies continues the GSO’s cycle of presenting all nine of the composer’s masterpieces. Guest soloist Sally Walker will premiere a new Flute concerto by young Australian composer Alex Turley. A fitting end to the 2025 Series of the Geelong Symphony Orchestra.
    Melodies of the Vast Minority

    Tarab Ensemble: Melodies of the Vast Minority

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    In time of division and fear, we are the vast minority that do not make it to everyday news. Unveiling the treasures of the music of the Arab world, 'Melodies of The Vast Minority' is a 70-minute concert of a variety of Arabic music styles as an artistic response to…
    Editor's Choice Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

    Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne’s intrepid Lyric Opera presents the Australian premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar. Set to a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the chamber opera tells the story of Isabelle Eberhardt, a Swiss-Algerian explorer, writer and mystic. Born in 1877, Eberhardt travelled to North Africa where she lived an adventurous, defiant…

    The Marais Project: Baroque & Beyond

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre 30 Eton St, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
    Take a fascinating musical trip across the globe – without leaving home – as The Marais Project presents songs and instrumental music from England, France, Italy, Germany, and Sweden. The programme features music by well know giants of the baroque era such as Bach, Monteverdi, and Purcell, alongside works by…
    Penelope – a song cycle by Sarah Kirkland Snider

    Abbotsford Convent: Penelope

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne’s Alta Collective will premiere a world-first choral arrangement of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s acclaimed song cycle Penelope this October, bringing new theatricality and emotional depth to the modern reimagining of Homer’s epic. A soldier returns after twenty years away in an unnamed war. But neither he nor his wife are…