• Australia Baroque: Extravagant Mozart

    Government House Ballroom, Perth 13 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
    Join us in the elegant Ballroom of Government House for an all-Mozart program played on period instruments. Mozart’s spectacular and rarely heard concerto for three fortepianos round off this dazzling program, with fortepiano soloists Dr Geoffrey Lancaster AO, James Huntingford and Jake Smith.  
    Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri – Songs of Light and Sky

    Opera Queensland: Leanne Kenneally & Alex Raineri – Songs of Light and Sky

    Opera Queensland Studio South Bank, QLD, Australia
    A radiant evening of soaring voices and timeless melodies, celebrating the elegance and emotional power of the world’s greatest lyric sopranos. One of Australia’s and Brisbane’s very own great lyric soprano, Leanne Kenneally, explores the beauty of the human voice and the music of the skies, with unforgettable songs of…
    The Flute Revamped

    Melanie Walters: The Flute Revamped

    Gasworks Arts Park 21 Graham Street, Albert Park, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    "The flute as you don’t usually hear it!" Join flautist Melanie Walters for this concert of vibrant music inspired by television, pop music, children's literature, and other popular culture. The program includes music by Jacob TV, Azeem Ward, Anne La Berge and Ian Clarke. ★★★★★ "An hour better spent is…
    The Tallis Scholars

    QPAC: The Tallis Scholars – Chant

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Acclaimed vocal ensemble The Tallis Scholars return to QPAC this October with a superbly curated program inspired by Gregorian chant. Featuring works across eight centuries, from medieval composer and visionary Hildegard von Bingen, to one of today’s most popular living composers, Arvo Pärt, audiences will be transported to an exquisite…

    Music at the Basilica: Then, Now

    Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    An immersion of soul and space, from 12th century chant to recent Australian works. Featuring Miranda Brockman (cello), Vicki Hallett (clarinet), Tom Healey (baritone), Philip Healey  (violin), Brighid Mantelli (flute), Laura Tanata (harp) and Frank De Rosso (organ).
    Manon

    The Australian Ballet: Manon

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel, Manon is a tragic romance unlike any other in ballet. From the echelons of high society 18th-century Paris to the gritty streets of New Orleans, Manon tells a story of a young girl desperate to rise above her lowly origins, seduced…
    Fate

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Fate

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4 bursts into life with the thunderous power of brass, setting a dramatic stage for the composer’s exploration of fate. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 offers a charming counterpoint, as Benjamin Grosvenor’s virtuosity infuses the playful and expressive dialogue between piano and orchestra. The concert begins with Akimenko’s celestial…
    Asher Fisch Conducts Dvořák 9

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Asher Fisch Conducts Dvořák 9

    Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
    Zoltán Kodály’s colourful Variations on a Hungarian Folksong sets the tone for this folk-inspired program. WASO’s own Principal Viola, Daniel Schmitt, takes centre stage for Bartók’s Viola Concerto, his final, elegiac work, full of the folk-music influences which so fascinated him. The sheer number of unforgettable melodies that fill Dvořák’s…
    Reflections on Gubaidulina

    Ronan Apcar: Reflections on Gubaidulina

    Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest (Wesley Music Centre) 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025) emerged from the Soviet Union as an innovative composer to keep an eye on. She proved herself to be one of the most foremost composers not just from Russia but internationally. Gubaidulina was a composer who fully committed herself to music of emotional intensity. To step into…
    Editor's Choice

    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Kawai Opening Gala – Mosaic

    Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
    Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
    Editor's Choice

    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Chronology

    Lecture Hall, Port Fairy Sackville Street, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
    Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…