• Simone Young & Sheku Kanneh-Mason

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Simone Young & Sheku Kanneh-Mason

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Sheku Kanneh-Mason catapulted to stardom after his performance at the royal wedding of Harry and Meghan. But it’s his superb musicianship that has led him to work with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, including our own Chief Conductor Simone Young. Now it is Sydney’s turn to experience this young…
    Editor's Choice Sibelius’ Second

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius’ Second

    Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
    Kristian Sallinen leads a Nordic program centred on Sibelius’s Second Symphony, composed in 1901–02 and later embraced as a symbol of Finnish identity, its quiet opening unfolding into a triumphant finale. It is bookended by Leevi Madetoja’s rarely heard Kullervo from 1913, a symphonic poem drawn from Finnish legend and…
    Strings and Voices

    City of Boroondara: Lior with String Quartet

    Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
    Acclaimed singer-songwriter Lior opens the series with an intimate salon-style performance accompanied by a string quartet led by legendary composer and conductor Nigel Westlake. Renowned for his luminous songwriting and emotionally resonant live performances, Lior revisits works from across his celebrated catalogue, presenting a concert of warmth, closeness and quiet…
    Editor's Choice Rigoletto

    Opera Australia: Rigoletto

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Verdi’s embittered jester makes a welcome return in Elijah Moshinsky’s typically insightful production. Celebrated Czech baritone Dalibor Jenis dons the twisted clown greasepaint as he reprises the title role, with Korean-Australian soprano Gemma Nha making her OA debut as his daughter Gilda and Australian-Chinese tenor Kang Wang as the dissolute…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Music on Sundays 3: Fanfare & Flight

    QPAC - Concert Hall
    Led by conductor Tianyi Lu, this concert opens with two commanding fanfares: Copland’s iconic tribute to the common man, and Joan Tower’s powerful counterpoint for the uncommon woman. Chausson’s Poème follows unfolding in a single arc of introspective beauty, showcasing the expressive talent of Associate Concertmaster Glenn Christensen. From there, we enter the rich world of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.…

    UKARIA: Attacca Quartet

    Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
    Two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Attacca Quartet is one of the most fearless and opinionated young quartets at work today. They make their UKARIA debut with a recital that exemplifies the ensemble’s unique character and programming style. Renowned in the US and Europe for the deft blending of old and new compositional…

    The Joan: Beethoven & Shostakovich – Masterpieces

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    A sublimely lyrical masterpiece, Beethoven’s only violin concerto premiered in 1806 before fading into relative obscurity. It took a performance nearly forty years later in 1844, by none other than the then twelve-year-old Joseph Joachim to popularise the work, propelling it into the standard repertoire as we know it today.…
    Sibelius Violin Concerto

    Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: Sibelius Violin Concerto with Ellie Malonzo

    Perth Modern School Beasley Hall 90 Roberts Rd, Subiaco WA, Western Australia, Australia
    Fremantle Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Wright, presents Albicastro: Concerto a quattro & basso continuo in C, a lost Baroque jewel, Haydn’s uplifting Symphony 94 “Surprise” and Sibelius’s sublime Violin Concerto, the height of Romanticism, featuring fabulous 16-year-old violinist Ellie Malonzo. Ellie Malonzo has won 11 first prizes at international…

    Snow Concert Hall: Sitkovetsky Trio

    Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Formed at the Yehudi Menuhin School, the trio has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading piano trios, performing in the most prestigious concert halls around the globe. Recent winners of the BBC Music Magazine Chamber Music Award, their acclaimed Beethoven album was named one of The Times’…
    Editor's Choice From Winter’s Stillness

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: From Winter’s Stillness

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Promising a soul-stirring evocation of frozen landscapes and Northern light, this concert sees the ACO join forces with vocal ensemble Trio Mediæval and trumpeter Arve Henriksen under Richard Tognetti. Drawing on ancient hymns from Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Estonia, the program also features works by Terry Riley, Alfred Schnittke and Tõnu…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Masterclass with Sheku Kanneh-Mason

    Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s mission is to make music accessible to all, whether that's performing for children in a school hall, at an underground club, or in the world’s leading concert venues. Sheku is a graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Hannah Roberts and in May…
    Editor's Choice The Merry Widow

    Opera Australia: The Merry Widow

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Graeme Murphy’s production of Lehár’s evergreen operetta receives a welcome revival. As Pontevedro teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, its ambassador will do whatever it takes to prevent the wealthy widow Hanna Glavari from marrying a foreigner. When her old flame Count Danilo refuses to marry for money, the result is…