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    • Newcastle Music Festival: Four Hands | One Piano | Duo Mimesi

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Founded in 2022, Duo Mimesi is a dynamic Italian piano duo formed by Federico Bucaioni and Gioia Barbera. Combining virtuosity, expressive depth, and refined ensemble playing, the duo captivates audiences with performances marked by brilliance, precision, and strong artistic intensity. Both pianists graduated with highest honors and distinction from leading…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Hands, Feet & Animals

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Delight in dance and music with Dave Brubeck’s Points on Jazz and Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals featuring duo pianists Erin Sweetman and Greg Smith. The accompanying poems by Ogden Nash will be narrated by Barry Shepherd, and the concert features accomplished dancers from Newcastle Dance Academy, with musicians from…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Festival Choirs | Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Internationally renowned soloists Meechot Marerro, Elizabeth Cooper, Brad Cooper and Christopher Richardson join Italian piano Duo Mimesi and the annually formed Festival Choir, with Festival Voices Newcastle, led by Christopher Allan, in a dazzling work by Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle. The performance will be conducted by musical director Aleta King.…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Festival Choirs | Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Internationally renowned soloists Meechot Marerro, Elizabeth Cooper, Brad Cooper and Christopher Richardson join Italian piano Duo Mimesi and the Festival Choirs in a dazzling work by Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

    Newcastle Music Festival: Opera Cocktails

    Stanley Park 77 Fullerton Cove Road, Fullerton Cove, NSW, Australia
    Newcastle Music Festival's annual Opera Cocktails soiree at The Barn at Stanley Park is always a glittering event. Your ticket includes a delicious finger food supper and Tamburlaine Organic Wines. Bookings are essential. This event showcases both emerging and acclaimed stars of Australian opera and has been proud to feature…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Scenes from Childhood | Linda Barcan & Coady Green

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    A concert for the true lovers of music - lyric mezzo-soprano Linda Barcan with Coady Green, pianist, will perform Mahler’s song cycle Kindertotenlieder with themes of mortality and the persistence of nature, as well as works by Rosenthal and Fiddes. Coady Green will perform Robert Schumann's glorious Kinderszenen, a series…

    Newcastle Music Festival: Weavers of Song | Miriam Allan & Erin Helyard

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Miriam Allan and Erin Helyard – a unique musical pairing of two great artists, appearing together for the first time outside of a capital city at Newcastle Music Festival 2026. You will remember this concert forever.

    Newcastle Music Festival: Al Andalus | Paco Lara & Friends

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Flamenco dance, Spanish guitar – an evening of dazzling excitement in the penultimate event of the 2026 Newcastle Music Festival, as brilliant guitarist Paco Lara is joined by three flamenco dancers led by the wonderful Deya Giner. The world premiere of Al Andalus is a highlight of this great concert.

    Christ Church Camerata: Mahler #1

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    From one of the most original voices in the history of orchestral music, Mahler’s first symphony remains one of his most popular. Ranging from the tenderest moments to passages of earth-shattering drama, this symphony was his Mahler’s first mark on the world of music, daring to build on the tradition…