Australia’s leading chamber musicians will join international masters in Far North Queensland in July 2026 for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s first full program in its new home of Cairns-Gimuy.

AFCM Artistic Director Jack Liebeck has programmed a nine-day festival running from 24 July to 1 August, promising world-class performances set against the backdrop of the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest.

Tickets go on sale to AFCM Friends on 2 February, with general public sales opening on 2 March.

Charlotte Miles. Photo © Brian Cassey

The 2026 program brings together leading international artists including Berlin Philharmonic Principal Horn Stefan Dohr, French cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca, Irish tenor Robin Tritschler and German pianist Alexander Krichel.

They are joined by Australian pianist and former AFCM Artistic Director Piers Lane, alongside the acclaimed Sitkovetsky Trio in what will be its Festival debut.

Australian musicians are strongly represented across the program, with performers drawn from every corner of the country. Among them are Perth violinist Emmalena Huning, Melbourne oboist Emmanuel Cassimatis, Sydney flautist Joshua Batty and cellist Julian Smiles, guitarist Karin Schaupp, violist Stefanie Farrands and clarinettist Lloyd Van’t Hoff.

Melbourne-born cellist Charlotte Miles, now based in...