Review: Nightingale (Melbourne Chamber Orchestra)
"Hidden gems" and a Shakespeare-inspired world premiere make for a joyful experience from beginning to end.
"Hidden gems" and a Shakespeare-inspired world premiere make for a joyful experience from beginning to end.
A 1920s parlour game inspires an ear-opening, mind-bending experience.
The MCO’s 2026 season includes five major orchestral concerts, a touring chamber series and three world-premiere works by Australian composers.
With a theme of freedom hard-won, and an emphasis on Finnish and Australian Indigenous music, Fantasia is a taste of the Festival in its entirety.
MCO's season opening concert featured an inspired and compelling combination of works, with something for everyone.
The MCO's 2025 season is heralded with a new work by inspired by the physical and metaphorical power of a sunrise.
What do our small to medium ensembles have on offer in the year ahead?
The MCO and the Recital Centre's acoustics endow a stripped-back Messiah with the gravitas of a much bigger production.
Eugene Ughetti's first year as CIMF's Artistic Director is all about "new experiences, new ways of listening".
Five performances, four world premieres, and esteemed guest artists; the MCO explores the "poetry of music" in 2025.
A note perfect performance of works exploring the hidden awe of daily life and the changing of seasons.
Cellist Timo-Veikko Valve plots the soundlines of his native and adoptive countries in a dynamic and rousing concert.
The latest arts appointments and departures.