• 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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Ruth Roshan – Salon Noir

    St Patrick's Hall, Port Fairy 9/11 William 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…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Resonant Artifacts

    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…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Vendestiny

    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…
    Garden of Earthly Delights

    Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

    Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Bundanoon 3 Railway Ave, Bundanoon, 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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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Harmonic Artisans

    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…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Antique Shards

    St John's Anglican Church, Port Fairy 21 Regent 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…