• Laurence Jackson Plays Mozart

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Laurence Jackson Plays Mozart

    Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre 2 Blair Street, Bunbury, WA, Australia
    WASO Concertmaster Laurence Jackson begins the 2026 season with Mozart’s radiant Violin Concerto No. 4, composed in 1775 at the age of 19. Highlighting both the composer’s youthful inventiveness and early maturity, it is one of only five violin concertos he wrote, all created in a remarkably short period of time.…
    The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight

    Festival Of The Dead: The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight

    Geelong Arts Centre 81 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    Prepare for a spellbinding 90-minute spectacle that infuses iconic Rock & Metal anthems with a hauntingly beautiful energy. In ethereal candlelit settings, this band of 13 classical musicians unleash effortlessly enchanting melodies alongside powerful walls of distortion. Witness the unexpected union of Classical music and Metal. The Rock Orchestra is…
    Editor's Choice Sidney Myer Free Concerts

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Celebration

    Sidney Myer Music Bowl Kings Domain Gardens, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Since 1929, Sidney Myer Free Concerts have been a Melbourne tradition, with the MSO presenting at the Music Bowl from 1959 onwards. In 2026, the orchestra returns for the first time in 13 years with four concerts including its 120th-anniversary celebration, pairing Beethoven’s Fifth with Holly Harrison’s Hellbent and the world…
    Editor's Choice Sidney Myer Free Concerts

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Australian Youth Orchestra

    Sidney Myer Music Bowl Kings Domain Gardens, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Since 1929, Sidney Myer Free Concerts have been a Melbourne tradition, with the MSO presenting at the Music Bowl from 1959 onwards. In 2026, the orchestra returns for the first time in 13 years with four concerts including its 120th-anniversary celebration, pairing Beethoven’s Fifth with Holly Harrison’s Hellbent and the world…
    The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

    Festival Of The Dead: The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    After entertaining 700,000 guests across the UK, USA and Europe, The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight is kicking off their first ever tour of Australia. Prepare for a spellbinding 90-minute spectacle that infuses iconic Rock & Metal anthems with a hauntingly beautiful energy. In ethereal candlelit settings, this band of 13…
    Editor's Choice Baroque Masters

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Baroque Masters

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Led from the harpsichord by Artistic Director Paul Dyer, the Brandenburg begins the year with a tribute to composers central to its identity. The program features Pachelbel’s Canon, composed around 1680 and a model of counterpoint; Vivaldi’s virtuosic La Folia from Violin Sonata RV 63; Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, written between 1717…

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Echoes Through Time

    St Mary's Cathedral 25 Victoria Ave, Karboordup, WA, Australia
    Riley Skevington leads WASO musicians in an evocative program that journeys across centuries of sound. Melody Eötvös’ Meraki brims with vitality and soul, while Purcell’s The Fairy Queen enchants with its theatrical spirit. Kilar’s Orawa bursts with raw, folk energy before the stillness of Pärt and Britten casts a spell of reflection. The concert culminates in…
    The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

    Festival Of The Dead: The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    After entertaining 700,000 guests across the UK, USA and Europe, The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight is kicking off their first ever tour of Australia. Prepare for a spellbinding 90-minute spectacle that infuses iconic Rock & Metal anthems with a hauntingly beautiful energy. In ethereal candlelit settings, this band of 13…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Lunchtime Classics with the Sydney Symphony

    Sydney Town Hall 483 George St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The Sydney Town Hall Organ roars to terrifying life in Bach’s Toccata & Fugue – dark, dramatic and instantly recognisable. And Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice is musical mischief in motion, tiptoeing winds, glinting glockenspiel and sudden brass jolts. And in an iconic moment from cinema, Bernard Herrmann shows it only takes a few…

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Brass in St David’s

    St David's Cathedral 120 Macquarie Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Let the TSO Brass and Percussion take you to church, at Brass in St David’s. Each year, two concerts fill Hobart’s Gothic-style Cathedral with glorious sound. Built in 1868, the space amplifies the brilliance of brass and percussion, from trumpets cutting through the stone to timpani resonating in your chest.…
    Editor's Choice Sidney Myer Free Concerts

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: MSO x Find Your Voice Collective – SONDER

    Sidney Myer Music Bowl Kings Domain Gardens, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Since 1929, Sidney Myer Free Concerts have been a Melbourne tradition, with the MSO presenting at the Music Bowl from 1959 onwards. In 2026, the orchestra returns for the first time in 13 years with four concerts including its 120th-anniversary celebration, pairing Beethoven’s Fifth with Holly Harrison’s Hellbent and the world…
    Editor's Choice Jupiter

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Jupiter

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Marking its 90th anniversary, the ASO’s first concert for 2026 is one of luminous contrasts and bold premieres. Conductor Douglas Boyd and pianist Konstantin Shamray return for Rachmaninov’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2, a hallmark of late-Romantic expression. The concert also features the Australian premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Go For It, an…