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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Lang Lang in Recital

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Experience the pure brilliance of the most adored pianist of our time in this special solo recital. Lang Lang performs works by Chopin including an assortment of Mazurkas— traditional Polish folk dances which Chopin defined as a piano genre—alongside gems by Fauré and Schumann.
Editor's Choice ACO Unleashed

Australian Chamber Orchestra: ACO Unleashed

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, 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…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Schools Concert: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Start a journey of musical discovery where your students can learn and experience the fun sounds of the Orchestra, aligned with the NSW Curriculum. Benjamin Britten’s famous Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra explores how musicians play instruments and the sounds each instrument makes. It’s an exciting journey from the highest notes…
Mozart’s Clarinet

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: Mozart’s Clarinet

St Luke's Performance Centre 4 Mezger St, Kalkie, QLD, Australia
Dancing strings, lilting clarinet – the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra returns to regional QLD with sparkling chamber music from three brilliant composers. Mozart’s Clarinet soars from joyful Schubert to the freshness of female composer Emilie Mayer and one of music’s best-loved pieces: Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, played on a rare historical…
Chamber Masterpieces

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra: Chamber Masterpieces

Opera Queensland Studio South Bank, QLD, Australia
In an historic 11th year in residence with Camerata, the ARIA-nominated Orava Quartet returns with three epic masterpieces of chamber music by three of the great composers: Beethoven, Schumann and Shostakovich. Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 heralded the beginning of what would become one of the greatest cycles of music…
Editor's Choice Baroque Unleashed

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Baroque Unleashed

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Promising an “adrenaline-charged ride”, this program features thrilling new takes on Baroque hits and hidden gems by the ABO’s period musicians. Concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen delivers a fiery reading of Locatelli, Robert Nairn tackles Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto on violone, Baroque oboist Adam Masters interprets Albinoni and Artistic Director Paul Dyer bends…
Music on Tubowgule

Sydney Opera House: Music on Tubowgule

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
The best of First Nations contemporary classical music Join us for an evening that celebrates First Nations composers’ unique contribution to classical music in Australia. The first half of the evening will feature Eric Avery, Kabi Marrawuy Mumbulla. Eric is a violinist, vocalist dancer and composer of Ngiyampaa, Yuin and…
Life on Land’s Edge

Bowerbird Collective: Life on Land’s Edge

Cygnet Town Hall 14 Mary Street (Channel Highway), Cygnet, TAS, Australia
Life on Land's Edge is a magnificent concert tribute to migratory birds by the Bowerbird Collective. From the creators of Where Song Began (***** Limelight Magazine) & Songs of Disappearance (#2 on the ARIA Charts), this performance will take you on an epic journey alongside migratory birds as they connect…
Danceworks

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Danceworks

Studio Underground 178 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
A post-minimalist jukebox celebrating the legacy of Louis Andriessen, whose propulsive, genre-crossing music profoundly transformed the global music scene and influenced generations of composers. Enjoy the bright, pop-driven sound of Michael Torke, the subtle dramatic turbulence of Andriessen’s Dances, the quirky individuality of Martijn Padding, and Steve Martland’s swaggering muscularity.

Tempo Rubato: Ensemble Accord – The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Ensemble Accord is an emerging collective of clarinettist Lily Tamir-Regev and string quartet players Sarah Wang, Yona Su, Willard Zhong and Lizzy Scarlett. After a debut for the Jewish Museum’s exhibition ’Strike a Chord’, Accord is brimming with potential and enjoys the nostalgic and warm colour of the string quartet…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: MSO Mornings: Pictures at an Exhibition

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Experience Mussorgsky’s vivid musical translation of watercolours and drawings by the composer’s friend, Viktor Hartmann. Mussorgsky’s work was later orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, who added a vast palette of symphonic colour when he orchestrated the suite, further adding to the evocative depictions of Parisian gardens, Roman catacombs and the majestic…
Bernstein & Korngold

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Bernstein & Korngold

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Caribbean sounds collide with New York’s jazz scene in music by Gershwin and Bernstein, and Korngold brings the Golden Age of Hollywood to the stage. Australian violinist Christian Li became the youngest winner in the history of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists at age ten, and the…

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