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Eliza Shephard: The Melba Collective: Still Life

St Silas Anglican Church, Albert Park 99 Bridport Street, Albert Park, VIC, Australia
Proudly supported by Creative Australia and The Australian Government, The Melba Collective bring a stunning performance to the recently restored Parish of the Parks Albert Park. Comprising of Eliza Shephard (flutes), Judith Dodsworth (soprano), Briana Leaman (oboe), and Yasmin Rowe (piano), The Melba Collective are known for their diversity and…
Northern Lights

Musica Viva Australia: Northern Lights

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, 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…
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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Blaze

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
ASO Principal Tuba Stanley McDonald (see Playing Up on page 64) plays Vaughan Williams’ Tuba Concerto, written for Philip Catelinet who helped shape the work before its premiere in 1954 as part of the London Symphony Orchestra’s 50th jubilee at the Royal Festival Hall. Here it is bookended by Miriam Hyde’s…
The Ten Tenors

Mellen Events: The Ten Tenors

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors return to Adelaide in May 2025 for their 30th Anniversary Tour. What started as a one-off performance in 1995 has become a live concert phenomenon. The TEN Tenors are known for their iconic performances; from the best in classical opera through to some…
The Ten Tenors

Mellen Events: The Ten Tenors

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors return to Adelaide in May 2025 for their 30th Anniversary Tour. What started as a one-off performance in 1995 has become a live concert phenomenon. The TEN Tenors are known for their iconic performances; from the best in classical opera through to some…
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…
ANAM Recitals

Australian National Academy of Music: Po Goh

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
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 communicate? How does their…
ANAM Recitals

Australian National Academy of Music: Lydia Sawires

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
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 communicate? How does their…
ANAM Recitals

Australian National Academy of Music: Daniel You

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
“I’m very excited to present this recital. It opens with J.S. Bach’s Suite in C Minor, a work that takes us on a journey through a French Overture, fugue, and a series of dance movements. This suite utilises scordatura — an alternative tuning of the viola — allowing for the…
Editor's Choice Young Mannheim Symphonists 2025

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: Young Mannheim Symphonists 2025 QLD State Academy Concert

St Peters Lutheran College Performing Arts Centre 66 Harts Road, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia
Fresh from a tour of regional Queensland in Mozart’s Clarinet, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra holds its first Young Mannheim Symphonists Academies for 2025. Coached in Historically Informed Performance by the orchestra’s players, this year’s cohort will perform Haydn's Drumroll Symphony from 1795 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1, first…

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…

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