• Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…

    The Concourse: Sydney Mozart Society – Selby & Friends

    The Concourse Lounge
    Kathryn Selby AM, one of Australia’s highly acclaimed chamber musicians, closes our season at the end of her first year as Patron of the Society. Alexandra Osborne (violin) and Simon Cobcroft (cello) make up the trio. Both are relatively recently appointed to the Sydney S­­ymphony Orchestra and also known as skilled, experienced…

    ZOKI Presents: Alexander Gavrylyuk &a Richard Tognetti in Recital

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Two of the most compelling musical minds of our time come together for an evening of extraordinary chamber music. Acclaimed Ukrainian-Australian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk and visionary violinist and artistic director Richard Tognetti share the City Recital Hall stage in a recital of breathtaking range and emotional depth. The programme opens…
    Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…
    Beethoven & Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of the most famous in the violin repertoire, breath-taking whether you’re hearing it for the first time or the hundredth. The thrilling climax of the first movement, where the soloist’s runs are picked up by the orchestra, feels like a fire catching. In her Sydney…
    Beethoven & Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of the most famous in the violin repertoire, breath-taking whether you’re hearing it for the first time or the hundredth. The thrilling climax of the first movement, where the soloist’s runs are picked up by the orchestra, feels like a fire catching. In her Sydney…
    Clara & Robert

    Australian National Academy of Music: Clara & Robert

    The Good Shepherd Chapel 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Perhaps one of the most iconic couples in the realm of classical music, Robert and Clara Schumann were both celebrated musicians in their own right – admired in their lifetime and revered in the present. Clara’s public career was more as a pianist and Robert’s a composer but within the…
    Clara & Robert

    Australian National Academy of Music: Clara & Robert

    The Good Shepherd Chapel 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Perhaps one of the most iconic couples in the realm of classical music, Robert and Clara Schumann were both celebrated musicians in their own right – admired in their lifetime and revered in the present. Clara’s public career was more as a pianist and Robert’s a composer but within the…
    Paul Lewis – Mozart+

    Musica Viva Australia: Paul Lewis – Mozart+

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Acclaimed British concert pianist Paul Lewis is celebrated for his interpretations of the great piano works of Beethoven and Schubert. He now turns his laser-like focus and insightful musicianship to Mozart. When Paul Lewis puts Mozart under the microscope he discovers within the details an expansive universe of wonders. Explore with…
    Hope & Bravery

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Hope & Bravery – Shostakovich & Tomasi

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The two works on this program were written during the 1940s, during some of the most significant years and events in modern world history. One composer wrote their music during the height of wartime, and the other composer wrote looking back. Shostakovich wrote Symphony No.7 during the Siege of Leningrad.…
    Beethoven & Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Tchaikovsky

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of the most famous in the violin repertoire, breath-taking whether you’re hearing it for the first time or the hundredth. The thrilling climax of the first movement, where the soloist’s runs are picked up by the orchestra, feels like a fire catching. In her Sydney…

    Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: Britten’s War Requiem

    Sydney Opera House - Concert Hall
    We wish Britten’s War Requiem didn’t feel so relevant.  This music emerged from a world that was rebuilding after the harrowing trauma of World War II.  Today’s world is still torn by conflict and cruelty.  It’s easy to feel powerless, to feel numb in the face of suffering.  But Britten has…