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    • Australian National Academy of Music: Kurtág & Friends

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    “Reducing music to its intense essentials, Mr. Kurtág cultivated a style of precisely controlled intensity.”– The New York Times In 2026, we will be celebrating the centenary of one of the great living composers – György Kurtág. Heard at several ANAM concerts over the years, Kurtág's music can feel like overhearing…
    ANAM at the Convent: Kurtág & Friends

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at the Convent: Kurtág & Friends

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    In 2026, we will be celebrating the centenary of one of the great living composers – György Kurtág. Heard at several ANAM concerts over the years, Kurtág's music can feel like overhearing a whispered confession, a sudden cry, or a fleeting memory. All condensed into crystalline form. Kurtág’s artistic language…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at St Silas – ANAM Brass

    St Silas Anglican Church, Albert Park 99 Bridport Street, Albert Park, VIC, Australia
    ANAM at St. Silas provides golden opportunities for ANAM musicians to curate concert programs reflecting their musical passions. The Anglican Parish of the Parks is a warm, welcoming place with great acoustics for chamber music. Getting there is easy: the church is about a minute's walk from both the No.…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Schubert Octet

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Franz Schubert composed his Octet as a commission from Ferdinand Troyer for whom the clarinet part was written for. One hour, six movements, and eight musicians, the Octet is Schubert’s largest chamber composition. Having undertaken this significant work in 2025, ANAM musicians are proud to present the complete work in…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Beleura 1 – ANAM Pianists

    Beleura House & Garden PO Box 1198, Mornington, VIC, Australia
    Beleura House and Garden is a state-listed 19th Century heritage House on the Mornington Peninsula surrounded by beautiful gardens and intimate performance space with two Wayne Stuart concert grand pianos. Here, ANAM brings you an exceptional chamber music experience, featuring both ANAM musicians and faculty members. After the concert, enjoy a…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Mirrors in Mirror

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Spiegel im Spiegel is one of Arvo Pärt’s most well-known and most performed minimalist works. Evoking the spectacular image of ‘a mirror in a mirror’, allow our ANAM musicians to lull you into a state of meditation and tranquillity to start this evening. Australian composer Kate Moore’s The Art of Levitation presents an…

    • Sacred: Seven Last Words

    Australian National Academy of Music: Sacred: Seven Last Words

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Based in Melbourne, and originally comprising of musicians who all once graced the halls of ANAM, Affinity Quartet have blazed their own trail internationally. They make their return to ANAM after representing Australia at Rheingau Music Festival with acclaimed violist, composer and former ANAM Artistic Director, Brett Dean, where they…
    Sacred: Seven Last Words

    Australian National Academy of Music: Sacred: Seven Last Words

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Based in Melbourne, and originally comprising of musicians who all once graced the halls of ANAM, Affinity Quartet have blazed their own trail internationally. They make their return to ANAM after representing Australia at Rheingau Music Festival with acclaimed violist, composer and former ANAM Artistic Director, Brett Dean, where they…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at the Convent: Scarlatti and the Italian Mavericks

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    From the early Baroque to the edge of the avant-garde, Scarlatti and the Italian Mavericks traces three centuries of Italian keyboard invention. Led by Timothy Young, ANAM’s Head of Piano, this program brings together ANAM pianists performing across four instruments — clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano, and modern piano. We begin with…

    • Australian National Academy of Music: Mostly Mozart: Mozart and the Bach Sons

    Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
    In this Monday morning performance, take a deep dive into the Bach family tree and the family's impact on Mozart. Featuring the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) Orchestra, under the direction of violinist Shaun Lee-Chen (Concertmaster, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra), experience a rare treat of a program featuring the Bach…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Music Matinee 1

    Scots' Church, Melbourne Corner of Collins and Russell Sts, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Each year, ANAM musicians take part in a series of free lunchtime concerts at The Scots’ Church, bringing live classical music to the centre of Melbourne. Presented in partnership with the church’s long-running community music program, these concerts are open to everyone and offer a moment of calm and connection…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at the Convent: Interstellar Call

    The Good Shepherd Chapel 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Messiaen's Appel Interstellaire (Interstellar Call) sits at the heart of this program: a solo horn work that transforms breath and resonance into something vast and otherworldly. Alongside it, music by Dukas, Tomasi, Boulanger, and Bizet reveal how French composers reimagined the brass ensemble as ceremonial and spiritual — capable of…