• How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon 2 is that rare sequel that’s a worthy successor to the original. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, the acclaimed adventure continues featuring ground-breaking animation, brilliant storytelling and stirring emotion. When Hiccup and…
    Editor's Choice Symphonic Stories

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Music on Sundays 4: Symphonic Stories

    QPAC - Concert Hall
    Enjoy the artistry of Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti in the QSO’s final concert for August, presented by Ed Le Brocq. Copland’s Clarinet Concerto – featuring QSO Section Principal Irit Silver – anchors a program including Bacewicz’s Overture, Gershwin’s Promenade (Walking the Dog; The Real McCoy), Bernstein’s Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free, Mozart’s…
    How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon 2 is that rare sequel that’s a worthy successor to the original. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, the acclaimed adventure continues featuring ground-breaking animation, brilliant storytelling and stirring emotion. When Hiccup and…

    The Anglican Parish of Parkside: Something Old, Something New

    St Oswald's Anglican Church 5 St Anns Pl,, Parkside, SA, Australia
    Discover how composers have drawn inspiration from the past. Benjamin Britten's exhilarating Lachrymae takes inspiration from John Dowland, while Shostakovich's powerful final work, the Viola Sonata Op. 147, contains echoes of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. The program also features Caroline Shaw's In manas tuas, inspired by Thomas Tallis, and Rebecca Clarke's…

    Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra: Spirited Away Movie and Gaming Music

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    A highly anticipated “Spirited Away” concert by Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra. ‘Spirited Away’, the animated film from 2001 was directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli and the music scored by Joe Hisaishi. The movie was a landmark in animated cinema with a story about a 10-yr old girl,…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Lucas & Arthur Jussen in Recital

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It’s not often you get to hear music written for two pianos – or rarer still, four hands playing the same piano. You need two musicians totally in synch, so deeply connected that they know each other’s every thought and gesture. Lucas and Arthur Jussen literally have that connection in…
  • Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Jubilation

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    When Felix Mendelssohn was writing his Violin Concerto, he told a friend he couldn’t get the music out of his head – and you’ll hear why when Tianyou Ma plays the dramatic and vigorous opening notes. Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No.3 boldly follows, a richly textured piece that tells the story…
    Organ Gala

    Melbourne Town Hall: Organ Gala

    Join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as we return to our roots in the Melbourne Town Hall during the year of our 120th anniversary. A Midsummer Night’s Dream was one of the first works we performed in this venue over a century ago, and we’re revisiting its elegant Nocturne for the…

    Orchestra Victoria: Meet @ the Market 2026: Session 2

    Meat Market - Blackwood Box
    It opens with Stravinsky’s Danses Concertantes: music that feels like a witty, abstract ballet, full of twists, playful rhythms and bursts of colour. It’s lean, stylish and packs a punch. Next comes Nielsen’s Flute Concerto, a piece that feels both charming and mischievous. It’s music that sings, sparkles and teases,…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Duruflé’s Requiem

    Melbourne Town Hall 90-130 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    When you have access to one of Australia’s most popular choral conductors and the best organist in the country, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to experience them both in the same concert. Head to Melbourne Town Hall where you’ll listen to Joseph Nolan play an organ as tall…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Maestro 6: La Mer

    QPAC - Concert Hall
    From gentle tides to stormy swells, this concert captures the ever-shifting moods of the sea. Opening with a delightful Debussy favourite, Petite Suite, Australian pianist Stefan Cassomenos then brings warmth and wit in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.2, a personal gift to his son that shows his more playful side. Australian composer Paul Stanhope offers a contemporary response to the…
    Organ Gala

    Melbourne Town Hall: Organ Gala

    Join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as we return to our roots in the Melbourne Town Hall during the year of our 120th anniversary. A Midsummer Night’s Dream was one of the first works we performed in this venue over a century ago, and we’re revisiting its elegant Nocturne for the…