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AFCM Concert Conversations

Australian Festival of Chamber Music: Concert Conversations 3

Townsville Civic Theatre 41 Boundary St, South Townsville, QLD, Australia
AFCM Concert Conversations offer an engaging start to the day, beginning with Artistic Director Jack Liebeck in conversation with visiting Festival musicians, exploring various personal and professional aspects of their lives. This is followed by a 45-minute performance, with tea and coffee served beforehand.
AFCM Concert Conversations

Australian Festival of Chamber Music: Concert Conversations 4

Townsville Civic Theatre 41 Boundary St, South Townsville, QLD, Australia
​AFCM Concert Conversations offer an engaging start to the day, beginning with Artistic Director Jack Liebeck in conversation with visiting Festival musicians, exploring various personal and professional aspects of their lives. This is followed by a 45-minute performance, with tea and coffee served beforehand.

AFCM Illuminates

Australian Festival of Chamber Music: The Ageing Brain

Townsville Civic Theatre 41 Boundary St, South Townsville, QLD, Australia
​​AFCM Illuminates combines insightful lectures and live performance, offering a unique fusion of knowledge and sound. The Ageing Brain - presented in partnership with The Guardian - examines the relationship between neuroscience and music.
Ray Golding Sunset Series

Australian Festival of Chamber Music: The Final Sunset

Townsville Civic Theatre 41 Boundary St, South Townsville, QLD, Australia
​Named in honour of the Festival’s founder, the AFCM Ray Golding Sunset Series offers an excellent introduction for newcomers and a chance for familiar audiences to enjoy beloved favourites and discover new musical gems. The final Sunset concert brings the series to a stunning close.

Australian Festival of Chamber Music: Arcadian Concert on Magnetic Island-Yunbenun

SeaLink Breakwater Terminal 2 Sir Leslie Thiess Dr,, Townsville City, QLD, Australia
Celebrate the grand finale of AFCM 2025 with the Arcadian Concert on Magnetic Island-Yunbenun. Set at the newly remodelled Arcadian Surf Club overlooking Alma Bay, this unforgettable afternoon combines live music from Festival musicians with stunning ocean and sunset views. Enjoy a curated selection of cocktails and delicious canapes as…

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Teaching from the Podium

Grainger Studio Adelaide, SA, Australia
Take your conducting skills to the next level with this workshop led by Luke Dollman, Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music Conducting Master’s program. Perfect for classroom teachers, instrumental tutors, ensemble directors, and students, this full-day session is designed for anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of conducting. Participants will explore conducting…

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: Doomed to an Eternal Present? – Callas’s Studio Recordings

Ian Potter Southbank Centre 43 Sturt Street, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The Melbourne Conservatorium welcomes Professor Giorgio Biancorosso (University of Hong Kong) presenting a Macgeorge Bequest public lecture titled "Doomed to an Eternal Present?: Callas’s Studio Recordings". The release of Warner’s Maria Callas: The Complete Studio Recordings, 1949-1969 (2015) provides a unique opportunity to revisit the oft-cited claim that live performances…

The Physical TV Company: MORE LIES: Book and Audiobook Launch with Richard James Allen and Tug Dumbly

Better Read Than Dead 265 King St, Newtown, NSW, Australia
Join us and Richard James Allen to celebrate the release of 'More Lies', the award-winning Sydney/Gadigal poet's first novel. The event will be hosted by Tug Dumbly, with possible appearances by surprise guests. The latest publication from poet/performer Richard James Allen, 'More Lies' is a meta-fictive tale, unreliably narrated by…

Newcastle Music Festival: The Genius of Antonio Stradivari

Hunter School of The Performing Arts 109 Lambton Rd, Broadmeadow, NSW, Australia
250 years after Antonio Stradivari’s death, his violins and cellos remain the world’s most highly-prized instruments. Loved by great musicians and capable of fetching fabulous sums when sold, their tone and beauty are legendary. Every subsequent violin-maker has tried to match them. Not one has succeeded. How can that be?…
Linda May Han Oh

Helpmann Academy: In Conversation – Linda May Han Oh on Gender Equity in Jazz

Scott Theatre 83 Kintore Ave, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Helpmann Academy and the Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide are thrilled to present an In Conversation with internationally renowned, GRAMMY award-winning bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh. Led by award winning vocalist and Elder Conservatorium of Music Jazz Voice Lecturer Lauren Henderson, Linda and Lauren will…

Australian National Academy of Music: Anna Goldsworthy In Conversation with Nam Le and ANAM Musicians

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Pianist and curator Anna Goldsworthy will mentor ANAM musicians as they create a concert experience that explores the complex history of the Abbotsford Convent. Our musicians will also work in collaboration with Dylan Thomas prize-winning author, and former Convent tenant, Nam Le, who has been commissioned by ANAM to write a…

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