• Editor's Choice Cocteau’s Circle

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Cocteau’s Circle

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Richard Tognetti and the ACO close their 50th- anniversary season in style, stepping into the surreal world of 1920s Paris. Directed by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz, this concert-cum-cabaret features soprano Chloe Lankshear with drag artist and baritone Le Gateau Chocolat as maître d’. Inspired by Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde circle and the…
    Editor's Choice Piotr Anderszewski

    Musica Viva Australia: Piotr Anderszewski

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Fresh from his triumphant performances at the Edinburgh Festival, pianist Piotr Anderszewski brings his intelligence, restless curiosity and joy to Brahms’ 12 pieces from Opp. 116– 119, selections from JS Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 and Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major. Known for his uncompromising standards – he famously walked out…

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Other Worlds

    National Museum of Australia Lawson Crescent, Acton, ACT, Australia
    In this evocative program, music carries both contemporary interpretations and age-old folktales, populated by mysterious and elusive figures. Canberra composer and pianist Sally Whitwell is widely known for her setting of Byron’s poetry, She Walks in Beauty. Whitwell opens this program with a new commission exploring ghostly stories from the Capital Region. In Miriama Young’s Grey Ghost, live piano melodies…

    Lyrebird Festival: Black Dogs

    The Old Stables 853 Megalong Rd, Megalong Valley, NSW, Australia
    The 2025 Lyrebird Festival in the Megalong Valley opens with a stunning program for string quartet and guitar, featuring award winning Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch, recently returned from a sold out concert tour of the USA. Two evocative Australian guitar quintets, Anne Cawrse's 'Imperfect Fourth' and Iain Grandage’s ‘Black Dogs’,…

    North Adelaide Baroque Hall: Bach & Liszt

    North Adelaide Baroque Hall 104 Tynte St, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Bach - 6 Little Preludes BWV 933-938 - Prelude & Fugue in E flat Book II (BWV 876) - Italian Concerto Interval Liszt - Sposalizio - Petrarch Sonnet 104 (from Annees de Pelerinage No.2). - Les Funerailles Tchaikovsky/Liszt - Polonaise from Eugene Onegin - Hungarian Rhapsodie No.6.

    St George’s Cathedral: Over the Rainbow

    St George's Cathedral, Perth 38 Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
    Prepare for an electrifying evening that blends the timeless elegance of jazz and swing with the irresistible charm of ABBA’s greatest hits! Under the baton of the renowned Joseph Nolan, the St George’s Cathedral Consort and St George’s Cathedral Jazz Consort come together to deliver a concert bursting with energy,…
    Red Dirt Hymns

    Luminescence Chamber Singers: Red Dirt Hymns

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    A living songbook more than four years in the making, Red Dirt Hymns brings together the words of sixteen contemporary Australian writers, poets, essayists, and folksingers. Born in a time of fire, darkness, grief and loss, and then fragile, tender hope, these hymns are songs of awe and praise, not…

    Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – Past and Present

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A lunchtime concert where past and present collide, celebrating the boundless creativity of the next generation of composers alongside one of history’s greats. An evocative new work by emerging composer and Elder Conservatorium student Benjamin Betelli receives its world premiere. Beethoven’s luminous String Quartet No. 2 is a sparkling testament…
    Seckou Keita

    Bowerbird Collective: Seckou Keita

    The Old Stables 853 Megalong Rd, Megalong Valley, NSW, Australia
    Seckou Keita is a renowned Kora virtuoso who stands as a luminary amongst African traditional musicians. Hailing from Southern Senegal, his journey from a gifted child to a globally recognised musician has been nothing short of remarkable. Dubbed as "the Hendrix of the Kora'', with a discography boasting 15 critically-acclaimed…

    St Mary’s Singers: A Concert Tribute to Ted Grantham

    St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney St Marys Road, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    St Mary's Singers is presenting a concert of choral music conducted by Simon Niemiński in the magnificent setting of St Mary's Cathedral, corner of St Mary's Road and College Street, Sydney. The concert will be presented on Friday, 14 November 2025 at 7.00pm and is a tribute to Ted Grantham.…
    Sing the World

    Canticum Chamber Choir: Sing the World

    Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Paddington 369 Given Terrace, Paddington, QLD, Australia
    Enjoy a feast of uplifting, dramatic, and inspiring choral music from around the globe and through the ages. Canticum performs works by Lauridsen, Poulenc, Gibbons, Elgar and others, and features works by Brisbane-based composers Phillip Gearing, and Joseph Twist, whose recently-commissioned "Let me sing the world” written for us, is…

    Brisbane Music Festival: Figaro

    FourthWall Arts Suite 4, 540 Queen St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia
    Revenge, disguise, love, trickery, a wedding … everything you’d find in a modern-day soap opera. In a delightful new reimagining, Bethany Simons plays every single character of ’The Marriage of Figaro’, interspersed with musical moments of Mozart’s masterful score, arranged for piano. Bethany Simons | Actor Alex Raineri | Piano…