• 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…
    Editor's Choice Baroque Unleashed

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Baroque Unleashed

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Promising an “adrenaline-charged ride”, this program features thrilling new takes on Baroque hits and hidden gems by the ABO’s period musicians. Concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen delivers a fiery reading of Locatelli, Robert Nairn tackles Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto on violone, Baroque oboist Adam Masters interprets Albinoni and Artistic Director Paul Dyer bends…
    Music on Tubowgule

    Sydney Opera House: Music on Tubowgule

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The best of First Nations contemporary classical music Join us for an evening that celebrates First Nations composers’ unique contribution to classical music in Australia. The first half of the evening will feature Eric Avery, Kabi Marrawuy Mumbulla. Eric is a violinist, vocalist dancer and composer of Ngiyampaa, Yuin and…
    Life on Land’s Edge

    Bowerbird Collective: Life on Land’s Edge

    Cygnet Town Hall 14 Mary Street (Channel Highway), Cygnet, TAS, Australia
    Life on Land's Edge is a magnificent concert tribute to migratory birds by the Bowerbird Collective. From the creators of Where Song Began (***** Limelight Magazine) & Songs of Disappearance (#2 on the ARIA Charts), this performance will take you on an epic journey alongside migratory birds as they connect…
    Danceworks

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Danceworks

    Studio Underground 178 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    A post-minimalist jukebox celebrating the legacy of Louis Andriessen, whose propulsive, genre-crossing music profoundly transformed the global music scene and influenced generations of composers. Enjoy the bright, pop-driven sound of Michael Torke, the subtle dramatic turbulence of Andriessen’s Dances, the quirky individuality of Martijn Padding, and Steve Martland’s swaggering muscularity.

    Tempo Rubato: Ensemble Accord – The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Ensemble Accord is an emerging collective of clarinettist Lily Tamir-Regev and string quartet players Sarah Wang, Yona Su, Willard Zhong and Lizzy Scarlett. After a debut for the Jewish Museum’s exhibition ’Strike a Chord’, Accord is brimming with potential and enjoys the nostalgic and warm colour of the string quartet…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: MSO Mornings: Pictures at an Exhibition

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience Mussorgsky’s vivid musical translation of watercolours and drawings by the composer’s friend, Viktor Hartmann. Mussorgsky’s work was later orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, who added a vast palette of symphonic colour when he orchestrated the suite, further adding to the evocative depictions of Parisian gardens, Roman catacombs and the majestic…

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