• Newcastle Music Festival: Weavers of Song | Miriam Allan & Erin Helyard

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Miriam Allan and Erin Helyard – a unique musical pairing of two great artists, appearing together for the first time outside of a capital city at Newcastle Music Festival 2026. You will remember this concert forever.
    Evolving Perspectives

    Phoenix Central Park: Hanuelle Lovell x Reuben Tsang

    Phoenix Central Park 37-49 O'Connor St,, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Haneulle Lovell and Reuben Tsang have worked together in many diverse settings since beginning their tertiary studies in 2022. First collaborating as first-year students at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, they have since worked together on multiple occasions as a duo, winning the Basil Jones Sonata Prize in 2024 for…

    Live At Yours: Live At Adelaide

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Hailed by Ruhr Nachrichten as "one of the absolute shooting stars of the international opera scene", superstar sopranista Maayan Licht makes his Australian debut as Live at Yours arrives in Adelaide for the first time. Imagine Farinelli meets Freddie Mercury. Joined by acclaimed keyboardist Neal Peres Da Costa and a…
    Editor's Choice Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Legacy

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Paris-based American violinist Augusta McKay Lodge makes her Australian debut as Guest Director in an intimate program dedicated to Venetian orphanage virtuoso Anna Maria della Pietà. With ABO Artistic Director Paul Dyer on harpsichord, the program explores Baroque chamber works, revealing a rare portrait of this overlooked multi-instrumentalist who inspired music…

    Adele Ohki: Mozart and Brahms – Tenderness and Torment

    Hayes Street Studio 11 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
    Two works, two moods, one unforgettable evening of chamber music. Mozart's D Minor String Quartet is among his most turbulent creations, a work of shadow and intensity. Paired against it, Brahms's Horn Trio moves into warmer territory, its famous finale bursting into a joyous hunting-call rondo. Together, they trace a…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jaime conducts Mahler 6

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Mahler’s Sixth Symphony is a spectacle. The percussionist will flex their muscles, raise a massive hammer in the air, and blow it down with full force inside the concert hall! It’s a climactic point in the symphony that explores philosophical themes of fate and existential angst. Mahler composed it before…
    Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Musica Viva Australia: Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    In the intricate weave of sounds that make up a baroque ensemble, the lute is central. It’s fitting, then, that French-American lutenist Thomas Dunford is at the centre of some of the most exciting early music making of the moment. A regular collaborator with everyone from Les Arts Florissants to…
    Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival 2026

    South Australian Clarinets and Saxophones: Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival 2026

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    The Adelaide Clarinet & Saxophone Festival is a celebration of South Australia’s single-reed community, bringing together students, educators, community musicians, and professionals for a weekend of performance, learning, and connection. Held at Elder Hall on 15-16 August 2026, the festival features gala concerts, masterclasses with leading Australian artists, hands-on workshops,…
    Strings and Voices

    City of Boroondara: Invenio and Harpedelique

    Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
    Amplified harps shimmer, pulse and swell in this immersive sonic experience, which will feature a set from Harpedelique Ensemble and vocal ensemble Invenio. Invenio singers will offer a special preview performance of their third album, Fight Eyes, with the repertoire by founder and award-winning vocalist Gian Slater. Blending classical refinement…
    Editor's Choice The Merry Widow

    Opera Australia: The Merry Widow

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Graeme Murphy’s production of Lehár’s evergreen operetta receives a welcome revival. As Pontevedro teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, its ambassador will do whatever it takes to prevent the wealthy widow Hanna Glavari from marrying a foreigner. When her old flame Count Danilo refuses to marry for money, the result is…
    The Sacrifice of Farinelli

    Subverse Theatre: The Sacrifice of Farinelli

    Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray, VIC, Australia
    Created with the support of the Maribyrnong City Council through their Artist in Residence program, this winter Subverse Theatre proudly present the premiere season of The Sacrifice of Farinelli. An original Australian work, this compelling production is a fictional interpretation of history inspired by real figures from the 1700s, Riccardo…
    Orchestral Dances with Håkan Hardenberger

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Dances with Håkan Hardenberger

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    No stranger to the spotlight, Hardenberger takes centre stage for Aerial, a work written with and for him by Austrian composer HK Gruber. Described by the Chicago Tribune as ‘a weird, wondrous, exhilarating tour de force”, it’s a repertoire-expanding piece full of extended techniques and prismatic colours. Believe us when…