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    • Australian National Academy of Music: Mostly Mozart – Piano Concerto No.21

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Mozart's most beloved concerto. Under the direction of pianist and ANAM alum Stefan Cassomenos and the baton of Philip Arkinstall (Associate Principal Clarinet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) present the final Mostly Mozart of 2026, centred on Mozart's much loved Piano Concerto No.21.…

    • Melbourne Recital Centre: Lamia Yared and Efrén López

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Lebanese-born singer Lamia Yared and Spanish multi-instrumentalist Efrén López perform music from the Arab world and medieval Iberia. Lebanese-born singer and oud player Lamia Yared unveils her third album, From Minho to Euphrates, a sweeping musical journey that interlaces sacred and secular traditions from Iberia to Mesopotamia. Joined by acclaimed…
    Nat Bartsch – Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Nat Bartsch – Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A powerful musical response to our climate crisis. Celebrate the release of award-winning pianist and composer Nat Bartsch's tenth album, Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender, a powerful musical response to our climate crisis. Inspired by conversations with eight climate scientists, hear their voices embedded in Nat’s evocative works, along with…
    Nat Bartsch – Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Nat Bartsch – Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A powerful musical response to our climate crisis. Celebrate the release of award-winning pianist and composer Nat Bartsch's tenth album, Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender, a powerful musical response to our climate crisis. Inspired by conversations with eight climate scientists, hear their voices embedded in Nat’s evocative works, along with…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Australian String Quartet x Parvyn

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A genre-defying performance where contemporary Punjabi music meets the string quartet. The Australian String Quartet teams up with award-winning singer Parvyn and multi-instrumentalist Josh Bennett for a concert that blends the sounds of contemporary Punjabi music with the string quartet. Hear Parvyn’s vocals soar in a set of her own…

    Changing Wilds Ensemble: 85 Seconds to Midnight

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A space for contemplation and agency at a time when every second counts. On January 27, 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to the symbolic threshold of global catastrophe. This unprecedented setting reflects a…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Kee’ahn

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the lush melodies and rich vocals of Kee’ahn. Kee’ahn is an award-winning Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal, Torres Strait Islander songwriter from North Queensland. Gifted their name ‘kee’an,’ a Wik word meaning to dance and to play, Kee’ahn has been performing since childhood, deeply loving the sounds of soul, R&B, and…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Andrea Keller & Stephen Magnusson

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Two of Australia’s finest jazz artists unite. Andrea Keller is one of Australia’s most influential voices in improvised jazz and art music. A multi-award-winning pianist and composer, she has released over 20 albums, forging a distinct sound defined by fearless creativity and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Acclaimed musician Stephen Magnusson is known…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Yasamin Shahhosseini

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    New poetics for the oud. Yasamin Shahhosseini is an Iranian artist who aspires to redefine the cultural and stylistic possibilities of the oud for a new generation. Steeped in the traditions of Persian classical music, she brings an intuitive, exploratory spirit to a form often bound by convention. Yasamin's playing…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Michelle Nicolle & David McEvoy

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The spontaneity of song. Natural born storyteller Michelle Nicolle, with her sumptuous, formidable take on the jazz vocal tradition returns to Melbourne Recital Centre. In pianist David McEvoy she finds a collaborator who matches her musical instincts and love of genre. Together, this celebrated duo draws the audience straight into…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Zoë Black, Caroline Henbest and Molly Kadarauch

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    One of J.S. Bach’s great works; reimagined for string trio. Watch as three of Australia's most experienced chamber musicians – violinist Zoë Black, violist Caroline Henbest and cellist Molly Kadarauch – reunite as a trio. This Beacon Bach morning is devoted entirely to one work: Dimitri Sitkovetsky's arrangement of the…

    • Melbourne Recital Centre: KIN – Lotte Betts-Dean and Joseph Havlat

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Folksong reimagined across generations, borders, and eras. After forging a close musical bond in contemporary repertoire, Lotte Betts-Dean and Joseph Havlat turn to a tradition that is anything but fixed. KIN explores folksong as a living, evolving art, melodies and stories passed between generations, reshaped by memory, place, and imagination.…