The Canberra International Music Festival has announced its 2023 program, with 28 concerts, 150 international and Australian artists, and five premieres to grace the Australian capital in the midst of autumn. Artistic Director Roland Peelman highlighted the wonder and magic found at the heart of the Festival, which runs from 28 April to 7 May and centres around the heritage Fitter’s Workshop in Kingston.

“The Child Within, Listening to a New World is the festival’s theme for 2023, celebrating the enchanted forest of our children’s imagination. Through the magic of music, it seeks to find the child inside all of us,” said Peelman.

Following the success of The Creation in 2022, the Opening Night Gala will see the Australian Haydn Ensemble perform The Mozarts, the Haydns & the Bear, a playful program that celebrates the bond between friends and families intertwined through music. Tenor Andrew Goodwin and soprano Chloe Lankshear join as soloists.