• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Spring Gala – Brahms’ German Requiem

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Sir Bryn Terfel opens our Spring Gala with a selection of spiritual works to set the scene for the transcendant choral work to come. Then, the Brahms Festival culminates with one of the most moving tributes to grief and remembrance, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. Brahms called it Ein Deutsches Requiem…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Shared Memories with Paavali Jumpannen

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    For his final concert as ANAM Artistic Director, Paavali Jumppanen brings together four composers united by their fascination with Finnish and Hungarian folk music. Shared Memories traces how these traditions have shaped some of the most distinctive voices of the 20th and 21st centuries. The program opens with Béla Bartók’s…

    Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: World O World Vox 25th Anniversary

    White Bay Power Station Robert St, Rozelle, NSW, Australia
    In 2001, VOX gave its inaugural concert. Now this virtuoso ensemble is 25 years old – the average age of its members – and we’re celebrating!  Director Elizabeth Scott, celebrating her own 20-year anniversary with VOX, has devised a gorgeous program that revisits the choir’s origins and looks to the future.…

    Ensemble Offspring: Future Classics 2026

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    This Sydney Opera House showcase celebrates the best of a new generation of musical creators, nurtured in Ensemble Offspring’s acclaimed Hatched Academy mentorship for emerging composers. Discover the Future Classics of new Australian art music in a program featuring young trumpeter Arkie Moore, our 2026 Hatched Emerging Performer, alongside the…
    Completely Unfinished

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Completely Unfinished

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Some of the greatest music was never completed. Both Schubert and Mahler died before they finished their final symphonies and yet neither work sounds incomplete. There is nothing short-changed about the two movements that Schubert must have realised were perfect as they stood. And Deryck Cooke’s performing version of Mahler’s…
    Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

    Opera Australia: Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    As his body hit the water, few heard the impact. But the ripple effect of the murderous act defied natural law and swelled to seismic scale. It’s half a century since the infamous drowning of Dr George Ian Ogilvie Duncan; a moment in time that triggered an alleged police cover-up,…
    Beethoven’s Pastoral

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven’s Pastoral

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    To see Richard Tognetti and the ACO perform Beethoven is to experience a ‘magnificent unanimity’* of vision, drama and expressive force. In this majestic and uplifting finale to our 2026 National Concert Season, Richard and an expanded ACO perform an all-Beethoven program that takes audiences on a journey through creation…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Spring Gala – Brahms’ German Requiem

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Sir Bryn Terfel opens our Spring Gala with a selection of spiritual works to set the scene for the transcendant choral work to come. Then, the Brahms Festival culminates with one of the most moving tributes to grief and remembrance, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. Brahms called it Ein Deutsches Requiem…

    Four Winds: Spring Youth Music Festival 2026

    Four Winds Barragga Bay, NSW, Australia
    Curated by David Hewitt, Four Winds’ Create & Inspire Director, the Spring Youth Music Festival extends beyond the festival day to include year-round mentorship and opportunities for youth to learn instruments. Through workshops, tutoring, and in-school programs, Four Winds is dedicated to empowering young people to express their stories through…
    Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

    Opera Australia: Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    As his body hit the water, few heard the impact. But the ripple effect of the murderous act defied natural law and swelled to seismic scale. It’s half a century since the infamous drowning of Dr George Ian Ogilvie Duncan; a moment in time that triggered an alleged police cover-up,…
    Beethoven’s Pastoral

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven’s Pastoral

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    To see Richard Tognetti and the ACO perform Beethoven is to experience a ‘magnificent unanimity’* of vision, drama and expressive force. In this majestic and uplifting finale to our 2026 National Concert Season, Richard and an expanded ACO perform an all-Beethoven program that takes audiences on a journey through creation…