• Garden of Earthly Delights

    Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

    Wollongong Art Gallery 46 Burelli St, Wollongong NSW 2500, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch’s 500-year-old triptych “De tuin der lusten”. Baffling his Dutch contemporaries and the casual tourists in Madrid’s Prado in equal measure (not to mention generations of art critics) Bosch’s Garden of…
    Editor's Choice

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Composition Project

    State Theatre Centre of WA Perth, WA, Australia
    Following a series of individual lessons, workshops and rehearsals with Artistic Director James Ledger and WASO Composer-in-Residence Olivia Davies, the participants in this year’s Composition Project will have their works premiered by a 14-piece chamber ensemble. The 2025 cohort includes Somayeh Heidarvand, Domenic Lamattina, Darcy Lewis and Lucas Tomkins, one…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Masterclass with Jaime Martín

    Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Before turning to conducting full time in 2013, MSO's Chief Conductor Jaime Martín spent many years as a highly regarded flautist. This masterclass for wind musicians is a unique opportunity to hear Jaime's insights from his experience both in the orchestra and on the podium.
    Garden of Earthly Delights

    Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch’s 500-year-old triptych “De tuin der lusten”. Baffling his Dutch contemporaries and the casual tourists in Madrid’s Prado in equal measure (not to mention generations of art critics) Bosch’s Garden of…
    Editor's Choice ACO Unleashed

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: ACO Unleashed

    Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Following the withdrawal of Patricia Kopatchinskaja due to injury, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti has come up with a brand-new program showcasing the ACO’s wealth of talent. Jointly directed by Satu Vänskä, who performs Ravel’s explosive Tzigane, and Helena Rathbone, who joins her and ACO newcomer Anna da Silva Chen in JS Bach’s Triple…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Mostly Mozart: Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    With musical jokes and surprising turns, Haydn’s String Quartet op. 33 no. 6 perfectly showcases how the great composer earned the title the ‘father of the string quartet.’ Overflowing with joy and wit, this genre-establishing piece has delighted audiences since its premiere in 1781. Written as a tribute to Haydn,…
    Mozart’s Clarinet

    Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: Mozart’s Sister screening

    St Luke's Performance Centre 4 Mezger St, Kalkie, QLD, Australia
    Join ARCO as we present community screenings of this award-winning Australian documentary! A stunning film investigating just what happened to Maria Anna Mozart, who toured with her famous little brother until she was forced to retire at 16 because she was a woman. PLUS: live post-film Q&A with ARCO co-director…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Lang Lang in Recital

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the pure brilliance of the most adored pianist of our time in this special solo recital. Lang Lang performs works by Chopin including an assortment of Mazurkas— traditional Polish folk dances which Chopin defined as a piano genre—alongside gems by Fauré and Schumann.
    Editor's Choice ACO Unleashed

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: ACO Unleashed

    Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
    Following the withdrawal of Patricia Kopatchinskaja due to injury, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti has come up with a brand-new program showcasing the ACO’s wealth of talent. Jointly directed by Satu Vänskä, who performs Ravel’s explosive Tzigane, and Helena Rathbone, who joins her and ACO newcomer Anna da Silva Chen in JS Bach’s Triple…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Schools Concert: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Start a journey of musical discovery where your students can learn and experience the fun sounds of the Orchestra, aligned with the NSW Curriculum. Benjamin Britten’s famous Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra explores how musicians play instruments and the sounds each instrument makes. It’s an exciting journey from the highest notes…
    Mozart’s Clarinet

    Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: Mozart’s Clarinet

    St Luke's Performance Centre 4 Mezger St, Kalkie, QLD, Australia
    Dancing strings, lilting clarinet – the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra returns to regional QLD with sparkling chamber music from three brilliant composers. Mozart’s Clarinet soars from joyful Schubert to the freshness of female composer Emilie Mayer and one of music’s best-loved pieces: Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, played on a rare historical…
    Chamber Masterpieces

    Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra: Chamber Masterpieces

    Opera Queensland Studio South Bank, QLD, Australia
    In an historic 11th year in residence with Camerata, the ARIA-nominated Orava Quartet returns with three epic masterpieces of chamber music by three of the great composers: Beethoven, Schumann and Shostakovich. Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 heralded the beginning of what would become one of the greatest cycles of music…

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