• Ensemble Mania: PICKETT

    Meat Market Stables 2 Wreckyn St, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Ensemble Mania presents PICKETT: Chamber music from the here and now, featuring pieces by living Australian composers, including premieres of newly commissioned works by Jaslyn Robertson and David William Murray, and the 2025 Continuo Commission recipient Dominic Flynn. Presented with support from the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.

    Orchestra Victoria: In Full Flight – Southbank Series 2

    Hanson Dyer Hall, University of Melbourne 33-43 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
    Stravinsky’s airborne neoclassical dances; the soaring flute lines of Nielsen’s concerto; Stanhope’s wind octet, a tribute to space exploration; Beethoven’s first ascent to the symphonic stratosphere: this propulsive program draws together eclectic styles across three centuries under the heartfelt leadership of Maestro Umberto Clerici. Igor Stravinsky’s Dances Concertantes (1941–42), written after…

    Elder Conservatorium: Opera Gala

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    The Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra joins forces with classical voice students and a special guest soloist for an evening of operatic favourites. From beloved arias to stirring choruses, this gala concert celebrates the drama, passion, and vocal brilliance of the operatic tradition under the baton of Dane Lam.

    SIMA: Comfortable – Hamed Sadeghi

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Hamed Sadeghi presents Comfortable, a new work for an 8-piece ensemble of tar, woodwinds, brass, double bass and percussions that weave together ancient Middle Eastern resonance and contemporary jazz. This is music that fills a room with something hard to name but impossible to ignore. Described by Sydney Morning Herald as "one of…
    Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Selby & Friends: Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Concordia College Chapel 45 Cheltenham Street,\, Highgate, SA
    Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly. This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday…

    Sydney Opera House: Thomas Dunford

    Sydney Opera House - The Utzon Room
    Dubbed “the Eric Clapton of the lute” by BBC Music Magazine, dynamic young French virtuoso Thomas Dunford is the leading lutenist of his generation. Dunford has performed with many acclaimed ensembles, including Les Arts Florissants, The English Consort, La Serenissima and Les Siècles, and has released a series of award-winning recordings. With…
    All-Star Circus

    Sydney Fringe Festival: All-Star Circus

    Fools Paradise Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Victoria Square, Adelaide, Kaurna, Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    Back by popular demand, All-Star Circus is the big-feats showcase that kids and parents will love. Get ready to be amazed by towering human pyramids, massive spinning wheels and acrobatic moves that will have your whole family in a spin. Brought to you by cast of award-winning acrobats and comedians…

    Sydney Opera House: OMCA: Anniversary X

    Sydney Opera House - Concert Hall
    The Russian Orthodox Male Choir of Australia (ROMCA) marks its 10th anniversary with a momentous concert in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall – a milestone event for the ensemble and the wider Slavic community in Australia. Over the past decade, ROMCA has inspired audiences across continents, earning international acclaim…
    Where Song Began

    Bowerbird Collective: Where Song Began

    Hobart Town Hall 50 Macquarie St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Described as 'spectacular' by Limelight Magazine in a 5-star review, Where Song Began is an iconic celebration of songbirds. The mesmerising program of music spans 300 years, from Bach and Schmelzer to Arvo Pärt and new commissions, enhanced by a film of evocative visual projections and immersive soundscapes. Performed more…
    Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Selby & Friends: Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly. This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Stephen Layton

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Previously Director of Music at Trinity College, Cambridge for nearly twenty years, Stephen Layton is one of the world’s most celebrated conductors of English music – especially choral music. In this special open rehearsal, listen as he breathes new life into this exquisite program, which spans 400 years of English…

    Flinders Quartet: New Light

    St Johns Southgate 20 City Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The final concert of the year shines a “new light” on the quartet tradition. Beethoven’s String Quartet in E-flat major, Op.127 - the first of his groundbreaking late quartets - opens the program with majestic chords and profound emotional range. Completing the program is a world premiere by Naomi Dodd,…