• The Drover’s Wife

    Opera Australia: The Drover’s Wife

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    They will say a story ended, those who cannot understand, no-one’s story ends forever, our Dreaming is forever. Molly Johnson is a survivor. Heavily pregnant, she’s left alone to care for her children in a remote Snowy Mountains shanty. Between the snakes, bullocks and hostile travellers on her doorstep, she…
    Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Legacy

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    In this intimate and poetic program, acclaimed Paris-based violinist Augusta McKay Lodge makes her Australian debut as soloist and Guest Director, shining a light on one of Baroque music’s most fascinating and overlooked figures — Anna Maria della Pietà. A virtuoso who lived and performed at the Venetian orphanage where…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Weavers of Song | Miriam Allan & Erin Helyard

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Miriam Allan and Erin Helyard – a unique musical pairing of two great artists, appearing together for the first time outside of a capital city at Newcastle Music Festival 2026. You will remember this concert forever.
    Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Legacy

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    In this intimate and poetic program, acclaimed Paris-based violinist Augusta McKay Lodge makes her Australian debut as soloist and Guest Director, shining a light on one of Baroque music’s most fascinating and overlooked figures — Anna Maria della Pietà. A virtuoso who lived and performed at the Venetian orphanage where…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jaime conducts Mahler 6

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Mahler’s Sixth Symphony is a spectacle. The percussionist will flex their muscles, raise a massive hammer in the air, and blow it down with full force inside the concert hall! It’s a climactic point in the symphony that explores philosophical themes of fate and existential angst. Mahler composed it before…
    Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Musica Viva Australia: Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    In the intricate weave of sounds that make up a baroque ensemble, the lute is central. It’s fitting, then, that French-American lutenist Thomas Dunford is at the centre of some of the most exciting early music making of the moment. A regular collaborator with everyone from Les Arts Florissants to…
    Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival 2026

    South Australian Clarinets and Saxophones: Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival 2026

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    The Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival is a celebration of South Australia’s single-reed community, bringing together students, educators, community musicians, and professionals for a weekend of performance, learning, and connection. Held at Elder Hall on 15-16 August 2026, the festival features gala concerts, masterclasses with leading Australian artists, hands-on workshops,…
    Strings and Voices

    City of Boroondara: Invenio and Harpedelique

    Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
    Amplified harps shimmer, pulse and swell in this immersive sonic experience, which will feature a set from Harpedelique Ensemble and vocal ensemble Invenio. Invenio singers will offer a special preview performance of their third album, Fight Eyes, with the repertoire by founder and award-winning vocalist Gian Slater. Blending classical refinement…
    The Merry Widow

    Opera Australia: The Merry Widow

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Sway, smile and swoon your way through our delicious production of The Merry Widow. It’s an opulent party, all glitz and glamour and Parisian charm. It’s an old-fashioned romance, flirty and funny and fabulous. It’s a Viennese waltz and you know all the steps. The Merry Widow is a “shimmering…
    Orchestral Dances with Håkan Hardenberger

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Dances with Håkan Hardenberger

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    No stranger to the spotlight, Hardenberger takes centre stage for Aerial, a work written with and for him by Austrian composer HK Gruber. Described by the Chicago Tribune as ‘a weird, wondrous, exhilarating tour de force”, it’s a repertoire-expanding piece full of extended techniques and prismatic colours. Believe us when…
    Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival 2026

    South Australian Clarinets and Saxophones: Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival 2026

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    The Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival is a celebration of South Australia’s single-reed community, bringing together students, educators, community musicians, and professionals for a weekend of performance, learning, and connection. Held at Elder Hall on 15-16 August 2026, the festival features gala concerts, masterclasses with leading Australian artists, hands-on workshops,…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Snare Drum Award

    Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Established by MSO percussionist Robert Cossom in 2004, the MSO Snare Drum Award is designed to encourage the pursuit of excellence in snare drum performance in Australia and New Zealand. Join us to see the next generation of percussionists compete! The MSO Snare Drum Award is supported by Cecilie Hall…