• Australian National Academy of Music: Lutosławski Quartet – Leaves of an Unwritten Diary

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    In their final concert at ANAM, the Lutosławski Quartet unites with ANAM’s string cohort for a whirlwind of Polish works – from the legendary Lutosławski and Krzysztof Penderecki to contemporary voices Paweł Mykietyn and Marcin Markowicz. This performance crowns a week of masterclasses, concerts and deep engagement with the breadth…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Lutosławski Quartet – Polish Violin

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    The Lutosławski Quartet's Melbourne debut brings the world-renowned Polish ensemble to the Abbotsford Convent for a week of intensive music-making. Taking its name from 20th-century master Witold Lutosławski, the ensemble was founded in 2007 and is now one of Poland’s leading string quartets. Renowned for its focus on 20th and…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Masterclass – Lutosławski Quartet

    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 and pedagogues, 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…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Masterclass: Lucas Debargue (piano)

    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 and pedagogues, 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…
  • Australian National Academy of Music: Homecomings

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Known for their deep commitment to new Australian music, Arcadia Winds have spent the past decade touring nationally and internationally, working with composers including Elliott Gyger, Natalie Williams, Lachlan Skipworth and Elizabeth Younan. Now celebrating their 13th year, they reunite with ANAM musicians in a program that looks both back…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Recital: Miriam Niessl

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Recital: Elizabeth Dawson

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Recital: Max Gregg

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Recital: Karen Chen

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Emica Taylor

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Recital: Angus Pace

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at the Convent – Millennium Canticles

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    ANAM alumna Kaylie Melville, Artistic Director of Speak Percussion and Co-Artistic Director of Rubiks Collective, returns to direct ANAM’s percussionists in Missy Mazzoli’s Millennium Canticles — a post-apocalyptic song cycle that reimagines ritual in a fractured world. Written in 2022 for the Chicago ensemble Third Coast Percussion, the work blends…