Event Series ANAM at the Convent

Australian National Academy of Music: Arithmetic of Sound

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
This exquisitely curated program is like a conversation with modernism. What does ‘modern’ music sound like? What makes it sound ‘modern’? How widely did its influence reach across the planet? At the head of the table is Debussy, and 13 of his keyboard preludes. You can hear the world of…
Event Series ANAM Masterclass

Australian National Academy of Music: Masterclass – Christoffer Sundqvist

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Each year, ANAM presents a series of masterclasses by some of the world’s leading classical instrumentalists, given as part of their work with our musicians on repertoire, technique and performance. These are up-close, 'open lesson' style masterclasses open to a public audience, offering priceless insights into the secrets that lie…
Event Series ANAM at the Convent

Australian National Academy of Music: Warm Winds

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
‘Every instrument is like a person sleeping, whom I must wake to life,’ Nielsen once said, and there is something enchanted about the opening of his Wind Quintet, in which the bassoon seems to bring the other instruments joyfully to life. Nielsen’s radiant work is joined by another classic of…

Event Series ANAM Masterclass

Australian National Academy of Music: Masterclass: Kirill Gerstein

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Each year, ANAM presents a series of masterclasses by some of the world’s leading classical instrumentalists, given as part of their work with our musicians on repertoire, technique and performance. These are up-close, 'open lesson' style masterclasses open to a public audience, offering priceless insights into the secrets that lie…

Australian National Academy of Music: Masterclass – Jakub Jakowicz

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Each year, ANAM presents a series of masterclasses by some of the world’s leading classical instrumentalists, given as part of their work with our musicians on repertoire, technique and performance. These are up-close, 'open lesson' style masterclasses open to a public audience, offering priceless insights into the secrets that lie…
Event Series ANAM at the Convent

Australian National Academy of Music: Sublime String Quartets

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
How to explain Schubert’s genius when his music reveals it so readily? His string quintet is an epic of the chamber music world – visionary, long-breathed, novelistic – yet it’s also often serenely songful. It may be built to a grand design, but it can also sound miraculously spontaneous. Schubert’s…
Event Series ANAM at the Convent

Australian National Academy of Music: The Black of the Star

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Science, sound and art converge in Gerard Grisey’s epic percussion masterwork Le Noir de l’Étoile. Gerard Grisey has to be one of the most intriguing composers of the last century. With works that explore time, death and the transitory nature of art and sound, his music stands as some of…
Event Series ANAM at the Convent

Australian National Academy of Music: The Black of the Star

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Science, sound and art converge in Gerard Grisey’s epic percussion masterwork Le Noir de l’Étoile. Gerard Grisey has to be one of the most intriguing composers of the last century. With works that explore time, death and the transitory nature of art and sound, his music stands as some of…

Australian National Academy of Music: Masterclass – Katy Woolley

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Appointed Principal Horn of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra when she was just 22, Katy Woolley has been Professor of Horn at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2019, she became Principal Horn of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Each year, ANAM presents a series of masterclasses by some of the world’s leading…