• Australian National Academy of Music: In Conversation with Claire Edwardes

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Claire Edwardes OAM — described as Australia’s “sorceress of percussion” (City News, Canberra) — is the only artist to have received the APRA Art Music Luminary Award four times. A charismatic percussion virtuoso, Claire moves fluidly between her roles as Artistic Director of Ensemble Offspring (Australia’s leading new music ensemble),…

    Australian National Academy of Music: A Journey Through Our Time with Ensemble Offspring

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Ensemble Offspring joins ANAM musicians for a program curated by Artistic Director, Claire Edwardes OAM. A Journey Through Our Time brings together music written by composers from different corners of the world, many of whom have worked closely with the ensemble. From Nardi Simpson’s Wilga’s Last Dance, based on the…
  • Australian National Academy of Music: Shared Memories with Paavali Jumpannen

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    For his final concert as ANAM Artistic Director, Paavali Jumppanen brings together four composers united by their fascination with Finnish and Hungarian folk music. Shared Memories traces how these traditions have shaped some of the most distinctive voices of the 20th and 21st centuries. The program opens with Béla Bartók’s…

    Australian National Academy of Music: A Matter of the World – 2026 ANAM Chamber Music Festival

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Join us for the final Chamber Music Festival curated by Paavali Jumppanen, ANAM's Artistic Director. The festival begins where biology meets sound. In Bree van Reyk's How We Fell and Augusta Read Thomas's life force from Helix Spirals, music becomes a living, breathing thing. From there, the program moves into…

    Australian National Academy of Music: A Matter of the World – 2026 ANAM Chamber Music Festival

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Join us for the final Chamber Music Festival curated by Paavali Jumppanen, ANAM's Artistic Director. The festival begins where biology meets sound. In Bree van Reyk's How We Fell and Augusta Read Thomas's life force from Helix Spirals, music becomes a living, breathing thing. From there, the program moves into…

    Australian National Academy of Music: A Matter of the World – 2026 ANAM Chamber Music Festival

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Join us for the final Chamber Music Festival curated by Paavali Jumppanen, ANAM's Artistic Director. The festival begins where biology meets sound. In Bree van Reyk's How We Fell and Augusta Read Thomas's life force from Helix Spirals, music becomes a living, breathing thing. From there, the program moves into…

    Australian National Academy of Music: A Matter of the World – 2026 ANAM Chamber Music Festival

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Join us for the final Chamber Music Festival curated by Paavali Jumppanen, ANAM's Artistic Director. The festival begins where biology meets sound. In Bree van Reyk's How We Fell and Augusta Read Thomas's life force from Helix Spirals, music becomes a living, breathing thing. From there, the program moves into…

    Australian National Academy of Music: A Matter of the World – 2026 ANAM Chamber Music Festival

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Join us for the final Chamber Music Festival curated by Paavali Jumppanen, ANAM's Artistic Director. The festival begins where biology meets sound. In Bree van Reyk's How We Fell and Augusta Read Thomas's life force from Helix Spirals, music becomes a living, breathing thing. From there, the program moves into…