Ensemble Q has announced an ambitious 2026 season designed to expand the chamber ensemble’s national profile and cement its Brisbane base, with new touring programs, significant premieres and a major multidisciplinary commission.

The season marks what the group calls a “defining step” in its evolution as it moves beyond a venue-based identity towards a nationwide presence.

Central to that shift is phase one of a new national touring program, taking EQ to major venues in Sydney and Melbourne as well as an extensive regional circuit.

Ensemble Q’s Paul Dean and Ed Le Brocq. Photo © Trish Dean

In Brisbane, EQ will continue and build on its popular Sundays by the Lake series with a four-concert mainstage program at the GHD Auditorium at the University of Queensland, which is admired by audiences for its intimacy and acoustic clarity. The series commences with a concert devoted to the Mendelssohn siblings on 8 March.

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