Pianists collide Fearless pianistic daredevils Raineri and Cassomenos embark on a supercharged two-piano trajectory of explosive fusion. Musical fragments are hurled back and forth like subatomic particles through plasma in Adams’ Hallelujah Junction; Rachmaninov ’s second suite then strides in Alla Marcia with regimented precision, giving way to the breathtaking…

Viola and percussion traverse cyberspace Pioneering visionaries Aaron Wyatt and Speak Percussion unveil an immersion in transformed sounds, messages and meanings, displaced by time and space. Melodic viola fragments are transmitted to five locations around Australia, then beamed back to the concert where they resonate percussion instruments, blending into the…

Come along and watch Festival artists present masterclasses throughout the weekend. South West Victorian music students are invited to sign up for this opportunity to work closely with renowned musicians in a relaxed and friendly setting. Festival Friends and visitors welcome. Presented with the generous support of Moyne Shire, and…

Goldsworthy & Curro in conversation Join award-winning pianist, writer and festival director Anna Goldsworthy in a lunchtime conversation with violinist and Festival Co-Artistic Director Monica Curro, celebrating Anna’s many musical, intellectual and directorial achievements — taking a deep dive into her June Quarterly Essay 102 The God We Made: The…

The birds and the Beethoven Inspired by Henry Kendall’s 1869 poem Bell Birds, Emma Jayakumar’s atmospheric work conjures sounds and feelings of the Australian bush, containing compositional elements that mimic songs of Bell Birds, Golden Whip Birds, Djidi Djidi or Willy Wagtails, Currawongs and Bar Shouldered Doves. The Darlingtons spread…

Madame de Pompadour’s intimate parlour Ensemble Pompadour invite you into their Parisian salon as they explore charming but little-heard repertoire, once played in private apartments on the most fashionable instruments of their day — the viola da gamba, theorbo, and the baroque musette, a tiny, bijou bagpipe made for playing…

Our 2026 Closing Gala strikes at the glowing core of what causes our human nature to gravitate to the superhuman. From the birth of the expression of our shared humanity – in the Baroque worlds of Jean-Féry Rebel & Jean-Philippe Rameau, and in the awe-inspiring expression of millennia of culture…