Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2024 season, featuring four programs with a series of Australian and international soloists and a world premiere arrangement of newfound Australian cultural cornerstone Ngapa William Cooper. 

The conductorless chamber orchestra has revealed that it will perform with Queensland Ballet as its Live Music Partner for two of its 2024 productions – Liam Scarlett’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Coco Chanel: the Life of a Fashion Icon. It will also host a recital series, with details to be announced at a later date. 

With its mainstage programs to be performed in Brisbane’s QPAC and Toowoomba’s Empire Theatre, Camerata also offers its annual tour across regional Queensland across May and June 2024.

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra. Photo supplied

To open the season, Camerata enlists young pianist Alex Raineri and wind, brass and percussion performers for a program delving into the virtuosic works of Beethoven. Raineri features in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with...