• Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Chamber Music Dining

    Narkoojee Winery 220 Francis Road, Glengarry North, VIC, Australia
    Join us in Glengarry, around two hours east of Melbourne, for a wonderful afternoon including a glass of Sparkling Harriet on arrival, gorgeous music, and lunch with matched Narkoojee wines. A coach service will be offered between Melbourne and Glengarry.

    Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – Timeless Strings

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    This 2010 commission from the Seraphim Trio has a libretto from the Australian author Peter Goldsworthy. Subtitled a ‘cabaret quintet for soprano, violin, cello, piano and iPhone’, it is a mini-operetta that tells of a love affair starring a modern-day Brünnhilde and her phone. Koehne’s continuous flow of music recalls…
    Mozart, Salieri & Pleyel

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Mozart, Salieri & Pleyel

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Experience the full force of the Brandenburg in a dramatic and large-scale Classical concert that pairs familiar brilliance with rediscovered treasure. Anchored by Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 — one of his most majestic and emotionally charged works — this program features the Australian premiere of a cracking Sinfonia by Antonio…
    Opera’s Bad Girl

    Canta Viva: Opera’s Bad Girl

    Ballarat Mechanics Institute 117-119 Sturt St, Ballarat Central, VIC
    Original diva Anna Bishop, a daring contemporary of Queen Victoria, shattered expectations and redefined independence when she left her famous composer husband to forge her own artistic path. Bravely defying the social norms of the time — and forced to leave her beloved children behind — she toured the globe…

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Notes & Notes

    Grainger Studio Adelaide, SA, Australia
    An intimate evening where fine wine meets exquisite music. Indulge in a tasting flight with a difference, as wines from Hentley Farm are specially matched with live performances by ASO musicians in a guided tasting experience. This exclusive collaboration offers a unique sensory immersion, exploring how music can transform the…
    Mozart, Salieri & Pleyel

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Mozart, Salieri & Pleyel

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Experience the full force of the Brandenburg in a dramatic and large-scale Classical concert that pairs familiar brilliance with rediscovered treasure. Anchored by Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 — one of his most majestic and emotionally charged works — this program features the Australian premiere of a cracking Sinfonia by Antonio…
    Voice, Rejoice!

    Salut! Baroque: Voice, Rejoice! (Canberra)

    Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest (Wesley Music Centre) 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    The versatility of the voice has fascinated composers through the ages, from its purest form to its most virtuosic. This concert presents music of extraordinary variety and exquisite beauty – from the rhythms and colours of Spanish song, the majesty of the German choral tradition, the refinement of French opera,…
    Editor's Choice Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

    Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne’s intrepid Lyric Opera presents the Australian premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar. Set to a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the chamber opera tells the story of Isabelle Eberhardt, a Swiss-Algerian explorer, writer and mystic. Born in 1877, Eberhardt travelled to North Africa where she lived an adventurous, defiant…

    Fernleigh Orchestral and Arts Network: A Springtime Celebration by Fernleigh Young Musicians Orchestra

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Join us in celebrating the season with a fantastic program of orchestral music, featuring the Fernleigh Young Musicians Orchestra, conducted by Dr Ian Cook. We are excited to present Weber’s striking 'Clarinet Concerto No. 2', featuring soloist Zachary Donoghoe, along with 'Symphony No. 40' by Mozart and Elgar’s 'String Serenade'.…
    Editor's Choice Roméo et Juliette

    State Opera South Australia: Roméo et Juliette

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Gounod’s operatic take on Shakespeare’s tale gets a new staging in this co-production by SOSA, West Australian Opera and Irish National Opera. The French composer sticks pretty close to the play with a sparkling score that includes Juliette’s famous waltz song, Ah! Je veux vivre, four love duets and a…

    Tempo Rubato: Işın Çakmakçıoğlu & Akemi Schubert

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Following their recent performance in Japan, violinist Işın Çakmakçıoğlu and pianist Akemi Schubert present Melbourne audiences an evening of dazzling sonatas by Bach, Beethoven and Prokofiev. The artists have been praised for their sensitivity and warmth, and appeared together in recitals, live to air broadcasts and various chamber music concerts.
    Editor's Choice Out West Piano Fest

    Piano+: A Night at the Opera

    Blackdown Farm 90 Eleven Mile Drive, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
    Held at artist Tim Storrier’s former home, this year’s festival has been curated by Mark Coughlan and features fellow pianists Jeonghwan Kim, Reuben Tsang and Wynona Wang. Together, they will perform repertoire from Mozart to Greg Anderson. Soprano Rachelle Durkin joins them in Richard Strauss’s Morgen! and Bishop’s Lo, here…