• 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…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Journeys

    Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The MSO Chorus explores the music of Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, famous for his motets, and complementary modern works including Australian composer Joseph Twist’s motet that pays tribute to Victoria himself. Gabriel Jackson’s To The Field of Stars also makes a welcome return, originally co-commissioned and premiered by the MSO…
    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…
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    Adelaide Guitar Festival: Australian Guitar Quartet

    Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre 10 Watson Terrace, Mount Gambier, SA
    Curated by Artistic Director Slava Grigoryan, this year’s festival highlights include John Butler’s Prism tour, a double bill featuring Catalan virtuoso Lau Noah and Lior, a world-premiere extravaganza celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti with the Southern Cross Symphony Orchestra, and an evening of storytelling by Barkindji songwoman Nancy…

    Skunkworks Community Limited: Last Night of the Proms

    Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
    The Last Night of the Proms is a joyful, spirited celebration of music, community, and tradition. Presented by the City of Boroondara, this uplifting evening brings together the Camberwell Chorale, Hawthorn Pipe Band and Glenferrie Brass for a spectacular concert filled with rousing anthems, heart-stirring classics and beloved sing-alongs. Inspired…
    Reflections on Gubaidulina

    Ronan Apcar: Reflections on Gubaidulina

    Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown, NSW, 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…

    Tempo Rubato: Daniel Herscovitch – Brahms: Before and After

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    This program highlights one of Brahms's youthful masterpieces, together with a work by a composer who had a major influence on him, and then a work from a composer upon whom Brahms himself had a major influence.

    The Wedge: Inventi’s Cinderella

    The Wedge 100 Foster Street, Sale, VIC, Australia
    Step into a magical realm where Prokofiev’s Cinderella dances with new life. Let Inventi Ensemble sweep you off your feet with their enchanting performance, weaving together the timeless tale with Sally Whitwell’s captivating composition. Like Cinderella’s transformation at the stroke of midnight, experience a symphonic metamorphosis that transports you through every…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Lior + Eclective

    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…
    Brahms Before and After

    Tempo Rubato: Brahms Before and After

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    This piano solo recital program by Daniel Herscovitch revolves around the music of Johannes Brahms, beginning with the delightful Sonata in B major D.575 by Franz Schubert, who had a big influence on Brahms. It is followed by one of Brahms’s earliest big masterpieces, the dramatic Sonata in F sharp…
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    Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Heirlooms

    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…