• Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Questions & Answers

    Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
    Two American and two central European composers combine to ask and answer questions in equal measure. Perhaps the first great American composer, Charles Ives understandably wonders what music and life are all about. Copland suggests that we should be grateful for open skies and hopeful horizons whilst Dvořák thinks that…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: MSO in Your Neighbourhood – Narre Warren

    Bunjil Place 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren, VIC, Australia
    The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra returns to Bunjil Place with a powerful program of contemporary Australian music – alive with stories of land, water, memory and identity. Program James Howard Nyirrimar Ngamatyata | To lose yourself at sea Aaron Wyatt The Things Which are Most Important Don’t Always Scream the Loudest…

    Live At Yours: Live at Brisbane: Lucas Debargue – L’Enigme Française

    The Great Synagogue 187 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Live at Yours celebrates its Brisbane debut with the enigmatic French pianist Lucas Debargue — an artist of rare imagination, whose performances feel less like recitals and more like encounters. A virtuoso of electrifying control and deep poetic instinct, Debargue moves effortlessly between worlds: classical and contemporary, refined elegance and fearless risk.…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: William Barton & the Sydney Symphony

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Whether he’s writing for voice, yiḏaki and guitar or the full force of a symphony orchestra, William Barton creates music that feels grounded and expansive. Described by ABC Arts as a ‘master of his craft and a deeply compelling performer’, Barton’s music moves through scenes of land and light: expansive, shaped by…

    St George’s Cathedral: Sir Francis Burt Memorial Concert – Trumpet & Organ

    St George's Cathedral, Perth 38 Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
    This much-loved annual concert returns with a superb program for trumpet and organ performed by two outstanding Australian musicians. WASO Principal Trumpet Jenna Smith joins Dr Joseph Nolan for an evening that celebrates the expressive beauty and grandeur of this distinguished pairing. Presented in honour of the memory of Sir…
    Editor's Choice The Oracle

    Ensemble Offspring: The Oracle

    The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Conducted by Clark Rundell, Ensemble Offspring showcases its commitment to expanding the repertoire with four Australian premiere co-commissions including Tobias Broström’s Dream Variations, Tansy Davies’ Lost Science and two works by Kate Moore – Rose of roses, flower of flowers, first heard in New York in 2025 and now presented for co-commissioner…

    Hayes Street Studio: Lee Dionne – States of the Soul

    Hayes Street Studio 11 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
    Pianist Lee Dionne brings together works by Schumann and Scriabin -- composers marked by their creative imaginations -- in a two-part series. Hear remarkable works for solo piano up close and personal at the iconic Hayes Street Studio.

    Australian National Academy of Music: Lutosławski Quartet – Polish Violin

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    The Lutosławski Quartet's Melbourne debut brings the world-renowned Polish ensemble to the Abbotsford Convent for a week of intensive music-making. Taking its name from 20th-century master Witold Lutosławski, the ensemble was founded in 2007 and is now one of Poland’s leading string quartets. Renowned for its focus on 20th and…
    Queer Nights at Nightingale

    Coady Green: Voice, Body, Witness – Queer Nights at Nightingale #1

    Nightingale Gallery 909A High St, Armadale, VIC, Australia
    Opening the festival, pianist Coady Green presents a program tracing a journey from creation to voice, and from stillness to urgent expression. With evocative works by Inti Figgis-Vizueta and Nico Muhly, and sublime meditations by John Cage, the program also features Bryn Renard’s queer being, queer being, a deeply personal…
    Nature Untamed

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Nature Untamed

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Britten’s feather-light arrangement of music by Mahler tantalisingly captures the fleeting beauty of nature. And Dvořák’s pastoral and triumphant Symphony No.8 reflects on the delicate balance between nature and humanity. In between, Shostakovich’s razor-sharp Cello Concerto No.1 asks what the balance should be between an individual and society, and we…

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: The Marriage Game

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    The Highly Strung Players, an absurdist troupe founded by author Peter Rose, returns to the Woodend Winter Arts Festival with three short plays from Rose’s six-part series The Ones. In these rehearsed readings we meet two married publishers at different stages in their long, brittle relationship. An evening of witty, irreverent…

    Queensland Youth Orchestras: Queensland Youth Orchestras’ 60th anniversary celebrations

    The Old Museum 480 Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
    The Queensland Youth Orchestras (QYO) train the state's best young orchestral musicians, aged 8 to 25 years. On Saturday 6 June, the QYO turns 60 and it's inviting all of Brisbane to come join the party at The Old Museum, Bowen Hills. Brisbane music lovers will be welcomed into the…