The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) has announced its 2023 program with Artistic Director Paavali Jumppanen advising audiences that they should “expect to experience works that both elevate and question our fragile existence”.

Paavali Jumppanen. Photo © Pia Johnson

A series of over 180 concerts, masterclasses and other events will feature a broad range of music from the medieval period up to the present day and see the Academy’s 67 young musicians performing alongside an array of international artists, ensembles and conductors.

“At a time when the world keeps getting more troubled, we musicians and music lovers must ask simple but difficult questions like ‘what is our role?’ and ‘how do we contribute something of value to people?’,” says the Finnish virtuoso, who took up his role at ANAM at the start of 2021. “This year we’ve chosen to find new ways to perform music which has touched people for centuries. We will also present more recent music that reflects not only the physical but the metaphysical world...