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Concerts for All: Young Maestros Encore

Master Music Studio Unit 6, 80 Wentworth Park Rd, Glebe, NSW, Australia
Exceptional young musicians join music educators from Concerts for All in this encore presentation of their captivating storytelling concert for children. Audiences journey through an enchanted forest where classical music mystically restores wildlife voices. Returning by popular demand after a sold-out debut, this concert features carefully selected classical pieces that…
Metropolis Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Composing Australia Night One

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Metropolis kicks off with Holly Harrison’s urban fanfare Hi-Viz in which the neon machine activity of roadworks is re-imagined through electronic dance music, bootscooting and disco! Look up from the city lights and both Ella Macens' lyrical The Space Between Stars and Fiona Hill’s yogic breath of a piece Śūnyatā take our attention to the…
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West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Devotion and Glory

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
St George’s Cathedral Consort and conductor Joseph Nolan join WASO for the West Australian premiere of Mary Finsterer’s Stabat Mater. Featuring soprano Mia Robinson and pre-recorded narration by Mel Gibson, Finsterer’s award-winning setting of the 800-year-old prayer to Mary is preceded by three other prayers – Ave Maria, Sub tuum praesidium…
Beethoven’s World

Australian National Academy of Music: Hero

The Good Shepherd Chapel 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
This concert invites you to step into Beethoven’s world of grand gestures, where music transcends mere entertainment to reveal deeper truths. Beethoven believed music could express the core of human experience, and this performance echoes that very idea. ANAM Musicians, led by Paavali Jumppanen, perform Beethoven's Three Equals for trombones, a compact yet…
Metropolis Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Composing Australia Night Two

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Liza Lim’s Sappho/bioluminescence makes expressive bedfellows of a squid that camouflages itself by glowing like the night sky, Sappho’s poetry and luminous instruments. Peggy Polias’ Arachne references the Greek myth of a weaver woman turned into a spider and there are pages of her score where the music is literally represented by knotted strings.…

Australian Youth Orchestra: Look at the Stars

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Cres, Red Hill ACT 2603, Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Almost 40 years after the Australian Youth Orchestra first performed Ann Carr-Boyd’s Look at the Stars to commemorate the opening of the new Parliament House, the piece returns in a fresh new light. Its melodies echo through the heart of the nation’s capital, weaving together Australia’s past and present in a celebration…

Frontier Touring: Hans Zimmer

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Glenelg St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
A groundbreaking audio and visual show, Zimmer’s upcoming tour marks the Down Under return of the legendary composer, who rocked Coachella in 2017 and sold out over 20 shows across 17 cities across the US and Canada in 2024. With the support of his outstanding 19-piece live band and a…

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Josh Pyke and the ASO

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Josh Pyke is set to mark the 20th Anniversary of his iconic debut release Feeding the Wolves with a spectacular performance alongside the ASO. This extraordinary event will feature songs from the release, as well as reimagined orchestral versions of some old favourites, allowing fans to experience this acclaimed artist like never…

Clarence Valley Orchestra: 80th Anniversary ANZAC Charity Concert

Wiigulga Sports Complex Solitary Islands Way, Woolgoolga, NSW, Australia
The 'Allies of War' performance coincides with 80 years since the end of Australia's involvement in WWII. The concert will include a tribute to the entertainers and radio legends of the ‘Concert Parties’ who performed during WWII and also songs from WWI, in the effort of boosting the troops’ morale.…
The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Spiritworks: The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Southern Cross Symphony will perform the award-winning score by Bruce Rowland live to screen of this iconic film in concert, under the baton of Vanessa Scammell. The Man From Snowy River launched the stellar careers of Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson. The movie, which also starred Jack Thompson and the…
The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Spiritworks: The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Southern Cross Symphony will perform the award-winning score by Bruce Rowland live to screen of this iconic film in concert, under the baton of Vanessa Scammell. The Man From Snowy River launched the stellar careers of Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson. The movie, which also starred Jack Thompson and the…
The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Spiritworks: The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Southern Cross Symphony will perform the award-winning score by Bruce Rowland live to screen of this iconic film in concert, under the baton of Vanessa Scammell. The Man From Snowy River launched the stellar careers of Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson. The movie, which also starred Jack Thompson and the…

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