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Clifton School of Arts: Soundscapes – Cedar Newman

Clifton School of Arts 338 Lawrence Hargrave Dr,, Clifton, NSW, Australia
Join Cedar at the historic Clifton School of Arts, nestled between the Pacific Ocean and Illawarra Escarpment. You will hear echoes of folk tunes and dance rhythms, beautiful melodies and moving harmonies. Like the night sky, there will be darkness and light.

Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM with Pride

Victorian Pride Centre 79/81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
“We are thrilled to continue this partnership and present a concert at the Victorian Pride Centre in 2025, as their mission represents so much of what is good and necessary in our society today. At ANAM we want to be making music in a way that reflects everyone’s needs and beliefs…
Northern Lights

Musica Viva Australia: Northern Lights

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Fearless Norwegian violin virtuoso Johan Dalene makes his Australian debut with much-loved pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith, playing Ravel, Grieg, Rautavaara and a new commission from dynamic young composer Jack Frerer. Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene grabbed the world’s attention when he won the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2019, and he…
Editor's Choice The Fairy Queen

Pinchgut Opera: The Fairy Queen

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Pinchgut brings magic to Sydney’s Roslyn Packer stage for performances of Purcell’s spectacular semi-opera, The Fairy Queen. An adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it was first performed in 1692 and was the 32-year-old composer’s most ambitious stage work to date, full of scenic transformations, fairies and frivolity. Purcell sets a…
A Reflection in Time

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: A Reflection in Time

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The twentieth century produced some of the most passionate and dramatic music ever written. MSO Principal Conductor Benjamin Northey joins forces with Australian violin wunderkind Christian Li to deliver this riveting program of symphonic powerhouses.
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Australian National Academy of Music: Louise Turnbull

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Ernst, Bhat, Pärt, Korngold “The program begins with Ernst’s Polyphonic Etude No. 6, titled The Last Rose of Summer — a work that is both incredibly technically demanding and deeply musically rewarding. I’m also excited to explore Aditya Bhat’s Translation Machine for amplified solo violin, which is full of vibrant…
Beethoven & Brahms

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Brahms

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Brahms was fully aware that he lived in Beethoven’s shadow and how could he (or anyone) follow in the footsteps of a legend like Ludwig van Beethoven? One way is to write a concerto that’ll bring down the house – so that’s exactly what Brahms tried to do. It would…

Elder Conservatorium: Autumn Grace

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Acclaimed Scots/Australian fiddler Catherine Fraser is a vibrant and passionate exponent of the music of her heritage, and was the Director of the Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle for eleven years. Steeped in the Scottish fiddle tradition, the Catherine Fraser Trio perform repertoire from the wealth of Scottish…
ANAM Recitals

Australian National Academy of Music: Harrison Steele-Holmes

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Putting the Twah in Courtois “Come check out a trombone recital with something for everyone — Frank Martin’s Ballade brings the drama, Derek Bourgeois’ trombone quartet adds fun and flair, and Albrechtsberger’s Concerto for Alto Trombone wraps things up with some classical charm. I’m loving the challenges each piece presents,…
ANAM Recitals

Australian National Academy of Music: Isaac Davis

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
From Bach to Britten As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to…
Editor's Choice Donald Runnicles conducts Strauss & Beethoven

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Donald Runnicles conducts Strauss & Beethoven

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cinematic in scale, this concert is built around Richard Strauss’s tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) from 1898. Strauss wrote, “While it has no funeral march, it does have lots of horns, horns being quite the thing to express heroism,” so look forward to yet another tour de force from Samuel Jacobs…
A Reflection in Time

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: A Reflection in Time

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The twentieth century produced some of the most passionate and dramatic music ever written. MSO Principal Conductor Benjamin Northey joins forces with Australian violin wunderkind Christian Li to deliver this riveting program of symphonic powerhouses.

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