Sydney Opera House: Genevieve Lacey & James Crabb

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Recorder and accordion are a rare combination. Strictly speaking, there’s only a tiny amount of music specifically written for these unassuming instruments. Yet they carry many connotations: the lilt of a folk melody, where simple, repeating harmonies hold sway, the sophisticated voices of a polished concert hall, or new galaxies…

Four Winds: Kristin Winther and Brieley Cutting

Four Winds Barragga Bay, NSW, Australia
The first half features French composers: Debussy’s shimmering Violin and Piano Sonata, followed by Lili Boulanger’s delicate Two Pieces, and Messiaen’s lyrical Theme and Variations, built on a floating, tender melody. The second half shifts to Australia with Dulcie Holland’s In Tribute, a work filled with melodic optimism and sunny charm. Finally, the program…
Chamber Players

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Chamber Players 2: Mozart and Wagner

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Studio Cnr Grey and Russell Streets, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Experience the pure bliss of QSO’s Chamber Players concerts. Enjoy hand-picked repertoire by a small group of our musicians as they introduce and discuss each piece while you relax into a delightful Sunday afternoon concert.

Melbourne Recital Centre: Baroque Competition 2025

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Formerly known as Melbourne Recital Centre’s Bach Competition, this event’s recent expansion to encompass repertoire from the entire Baroque period lets young artists explore the works of hundreds of composers. Come and listen to an array of budding young performers battle it out on stage and enjoy an afternoon of…
Mozart’s Salzburg and Linz

Australian Haydn Ensemble: Mozart’s Salzburg and Linz

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
The ensemble’s dear friend Erin Helyard returns to lead this beautiful all-Mozart program. As composer and performer, Wolfgang was shaped by two Austrian cities: his birthplace, Salzburg, with which he had a love-hate relationship, and his chosen home of Vienna. Between the two, the picturesque town (now city) of Linz…
La Fête de la Musique

Arafura Music Collective: La Fête de la Musique

Northern Territory Supreme Court State Square, Darwin, NT, Australia
An evening of French elegance with internationally renowned harpist Marshall McGuire at Browns Mart. Join Arafura Music Collective in collaboration with Alliance Française de Darwin for a celebration of French music. Step into a world of shimmering harmonies and graceful melodies as we celebrate La Fête de la Musique with…
Northern Lights

Musica Viva Australia: Northern Lights

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, 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…
Editor's Choice ACO Unleashed

Australian Chamber Orchestra: ACO Unleashed

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Following the withdrawal of Patricia Kopatchinskaja due to injury, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti has come up with a brand-new program showcasing the ACO’s wealth of talent. Jointly directed by Satu Vänskä, who performs Ravel’s explosive Tzigane, and Helena Rathbone, who joins her and ACO newcomer Anna da Silva Chen in JS Bach’s Triple…
Garden of Earthly Delights

Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

Wollongong Art Gallery 46 Burelli St, Wollongong NSW 2500, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch’s 500-year-old triptych “De tuin der lusten”. Baffling his Dutch contemporaries and the casual tourists in Madrid’s Prado in equal measure (not to mention generations of art critics) Bosch’s Garden of…
Editor's Choice

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Composition Project

State Theatre Centre of WA Perth, WA, Australia
Following a series of individual lessons, workshops and rehearsals with Artistic Director James Ledger and WASO Composer-in-Residence Olivia Davies, the participants in this year’s Composition Project will have their works premiered by a 14-piece chamber ensemble. The 2025 cohort includes Somayeh Heidarvand, Domenic Lamattina, Darcy Lewis and Lucas Tomkins, one…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Masterclass with Jaime Martín

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Before turning to conducting full time in 2013, MSO's Chief Conductor Jaime Martín spent many years as a highly regarded flautist. This masterclass for wind musicians is a unique opportunity to hear Jaime's insights from his experience both in the orchestra and on the podium.
Garden of Earthly Delights

Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch’s 500-year-old triptych “De tuin der lusten”. Baffling his Dutch contemporaries and the casual tourists in Madrid’s Prado in equal measure (not to mention generations of art critics) Bosch’s Garden of…

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