• Windfire Music Festival

    Music at the Basilica: Laughter and Tears

    St Pauls Anglican Church La Trobe Terrace, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    ”I can’t say whether one should laugh or cry. Perhaps both at the same time”, Debussy wrote in a letter about his Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp. This major work was written in the later stages of his life, while he was struggling with terminal cancer during World War…

    Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: YMS 2026 VIC State Academy Concert

    Camberwell Grammar School 55 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury, VIC, Australia
    The Young Mannheim Symphonists youth orchestra program is a unique and exciting program offered by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, giving secondary and tertiary students and emerging musicians the opportunity to discover the magic of approaching music with historical performance (HIP) style. At the Young Mannheim Symphonists 2026 VIC…

    The Leading Partnership Pty Ltd: Northern Lands

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Effortlessly blending elements of jazz, Nordic folk lyricism and classical music, the much-awarded Norwegian pianist, Jan Gunnar Hoff, creates spacious soundscapes of intense depth, poetry, and virtuosic brilliance. Appearing for the first time in Australia, Norwegian pianist, composer and band leader, Jan Gunnar Hoff, is one of the leading lights…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Sonya Lifschitz – Duet for One

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A visually and sonically breathtaking duet across time and place. Duet for One is a collaboration between virtuoso pianist Sonya Lifschitz, composer/media artist Damian Barbeler and pioneering interactive media artist Tim Gruchy. Pairing spectacular imagery of the Australian landscape with Barbeler's colouristic and inventive score, this immersive work is a…
    Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…
    Elder After Hours

    Elder Conservatorium: Across the Centuries

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Fresh from winning two Championship Trophies at the World Choir Games in Auckland, a sold-out Adelaide Cabaret Festival performance at the Dunstan Playhouse, and headline appearances at South Korea's Youngnak International Sacred Choral Festival and Gyeongnam International Choral Festival, Festival Statesmen present a diverse program showcasing male voice a cappella…
    DuskLit

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: DuskLit

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Known for her expressive depth and brilliant technique — as well as her warm presence on ABC’s The Piano — Andrea Lam brings Mozart’s beloved Piano Concerto No 21 to life with elegance and joy. Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched Italian Symphony also shines, along with the premiere of a moving new work by Miriama Young, created…

    Sydney Opera House: Za Górami

    Sydney Opera House - The Utzon Room
    Connected to the jazz world but inhabiting her own distinctive realm, singer, violinist and composer Alice Zawadzki draws on an intricate tapestry of influences from ancient melodies, folk, chamber music and jazz in a stunning collaboration with Fred Thomas on piano and drums and Misha Mollov-Abbado on double bass. The trio’s…
    Windfire Music Festival

    Music at the Basilica: Legends, Lovers and Lieder

    Keith Humble Auditorium, The Geelong College 85 Aphrasia St, Newtown, VIC, Australia
    A luminous afternoon of song tracing the passion, poetry and power of the late romantic masters, Puccini, Strauss, Grainger and Wagner. Geelong soprano Lee Abrahmsen and pianist Kevin Tamanini bring these masterpieces to life at the Keith Humble Centre Auditorium, Geelong College.