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    • Tempo Rubato: In Celebration of Phillip Miechel

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    To celebrate Phillip Miechel's incredible influence on clarinettists throughout Australia, International clarinettist and (past student of Phillip) Marc Naylor is joining Australian clarinettist/composer Brigid Burke and pianist Victoria Bilogan to perform works by: J.Albrechtsberger (arr. Phillip Miechel): Scherzo Franz Danzi: Sonata in B flat Major F.X. Sussmayr (realised by Marc Naylor):…

    • Tempo Rubato: The King’s Cello

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Clare Juan and Nicholas Kennedy share a unique musical background: both were trained jointly as cellists and pianists, before pursuing specialised studies on their current primary instruments in Australia and the UK. Together they bring world-class performance to their home cities, performed on the cello that belonged to two British…

    Tempo Rubato: Lee Dionne Solo Piano Recital: States of the Soul

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    In 1898 Scriabin composed his Third Sonata depicting a soul’s journey, “” With successive works, his spiritual explorations reached new heights, culminating in his ‘Insect’ Sonata (No. 10), which he imbued with the “ceaseless activity, fluttering, illumination, and seduction” of insects, imagining them as potent symbols of enlightenment. In this…

    • Tempo Rubato: Australian Harp Fest: Mark 2

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Australian Harp Fest: Mark 2... the celebration continues! Harpists and composers Natalia Mann (Queensland), Paul Nicolaou (NSW) and Katia Mestrovic (VIC), converge at Tempo Rubato, to share an exciting program of new music for harp solo and trio. All of the works are Australian, from Lisa Cheney, Ross Edwards, Nigel…

    • Tempo Rubato: Anna da Silva Chen – Obsession

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Mostly unknown yet strangely familiar gems from three centuries of solo violin music, featuring composers whose voices are too singular to be ignored. Works by Nicola Matteis Jr, Thomas Green, Max Reger, Johann Georg Pisendel and Eugène Ysaÿe. Anna da Silva Chen is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most…

    Tempo Rubato: Ensemble Liber: Schumann, Clarke and Mendelssohn

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    This winter, Ensemble Liber returns to Tempo Rubato for the third time with a captivating program of music for strings and piano. Featuring Rebecca Clarke’s Dumka for violin, viola and piano, Mendelssohn’s Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, and Schumann’s Piano Quartet No. 1. Violist Haram Kim, cellist Josh…

    • Tempo Rubato: Solo Recital

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Now based in Paris, Tasmanian pianist Sarah Cabrol-Douat is returning to perform at Tempo Rubato, Melbourne as part of her Australian tour. The program includes works of Mozart, Schubert and Scriabin

    Tempo Rubato: Khalida De Ridder & Konrad Olszewski

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Copenhagen-based Australian violinist Khalida De Ridder returns to Melbourne in partnership with pianist Konrad Olszewski to perform one of the giants of the violin and piano sonata repertoire: Richard Strauss’s Op.18. Also on the program, Khalida performs with Danish classical guitarist Simon Thielke; works by Filippo Gragnani and Niccolo Paganini.

    Tempo Rubato: Joshua Hyde & Alex Waite

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Following a 2025 tour in Japan, pianist Alex Waite and saxophonist Joshua Hyde return to Australia for a rare program devoted to French chamber music and the classical saxophone repertoire. Best known for their work with the Elision Ensemble and performances of contemporary music internationally, this concert presents the duo…

    • Evolving Perspectives

    Tempo Rubato: Haneulle Lovell and Reuben Tsang

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Haneulle is a violinist and musical collaborator whose sensitive and intuitive touch has garnered her a diverse performance portfolio as an emerging Australian performer. Having successfully completed the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Academy in 2024, Haneulle appears regularly with the orchestra as a casual violinist and looks forward to being on…