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Australian String Quartet: Convergence

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
“The sublime meets the sensational” in a program that showcases the lyricism, innovation and emotional intensity of three legendary composers. Opening with Mozart’s lyrical Prussian Quartet, also known as The Violet and written for amateur cellist King Friedrich Wilhelm II, it then embarks on a kaleidoscopic exploration of otherworldly textures…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – The Ringtone Cycle

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
This 2010 commission from the Seraphim Trio has a libretto from the Australian author Peter Goldsworthy. Subtitled a ‘cabaret quintet for soprano, violin, cello, piano and iPhone’, it is a mini-operetta that tells of a love affair starring a modern-day Brünnhilde and her phone. Koehne’s continuous flow of music recalls…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – The Trout

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
This special collaboration sees three of our faculty members team up with two very distinguished colleagues from overseas. Described by the Los Angeles Times as an ‘extraordinary musician’, Mark Menzies is a member of the LA Philharmonic, and is currently violin and viola professor at the Californian Institute of Arts. The German-born,…
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Elder Conservatorium: A Birthday Celebration – Charles Bodman Rae

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Konstantin Shamray - piano Mark Gaydon - bassoon Joe Chindamo OAM - piano Madeline Melrose - violin Katherine Moorhead - flute Charles Bodman Rae - piano This concert marks the 70th birthday of our seventh Sir Thomas Elder Professor of Music, Charles Bodman Rae. The program features several of his…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – Orchestral Pianos

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
The unique sonic alchemy of two pianos has long served as one of the most reliable vehicles through which to faithfully reproduce orchestral sonorities and textures. Liszt, Brahms, Ravel and Rachmaninoff (to name only a few celebrated examples) all initially turned to four hands as the medium for a composition…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – Cycles of Life

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Professor Anna Goldsworthy (Director of the Elder Conservatorium) and Andrew Haveron (Concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra) both possess that rare quality necessary for all enduring artistic partnerships: an irrepressible energy that becomes atomic in one another’s company. Their previous Adelaide performances have all been defined by a scintillating intensity,…
After Hours Concert

Elder Conservatorium: Radiance

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
In its third concert for 2025, Ensemble Lumen draws the audience into a dance of light and shadow, where three remarkable works shimmer with their own unique brilliance. Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds opens, glowing with graceful interplay and crystalline elegance. Carl Vine’s Flute Sonata follows, a beacon of…

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Romance

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Find comfort and calm in Vaughan Williams’ deeply atmospheric Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, where a Renaissance melody is beautifully reimagined for strings in this transportive work. Then venture into the sound world of Dvořák’s Romance in which solo violinist Elizabeth Layton will enchant you with ravishing melody. The concert concludes…
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Selby & Friends: Songs Without Words

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
What a delightful way to introduce the true song masters – Mendelssohn (both Fanny and Felix), Chopin and Schubert! Australian composer Anne Cawrse composed her lovely work as a special commission by the ABC and it reflects on the special relationship between the Mendelssohn siblings. Chopin’s beautiful and only piano…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – Pictures and Dances

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Spanish-born Australian pianist Simón Pazos Quintana – a recent doctoral graduate of the Elder Conservatorium – is rapidly building a reputation as one of South Australia’s busiest musicians, appearing regularly as a collaborative pianist, chamber musician, recitalist, and concerto soloist. In his debut solo recital in our Elder Hall series,…
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Adelaide Guitar Festival: Adelaide International Classical Guitar Competition

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Curated by Artistic Director Slava Grigoryan, this year’s festival highlights include John Butler’s Prism tour, a double bill featuring Catalan virtuoso Lau Noah and Lior, a world-premiere extravaganza celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti with the Southern Cross Symphony Orchestra, and an evening of storytelling by Barkindji songwoman Nancy…
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Adelaide Guitar Festival: Duo Siqueira Lima and Young Taek Jo

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Curated by Artistic Director Slava Grigoryan, this year’s festival highlights include John Butler’s Prism tour, a double bill featuring Catalan virtuoso Lau Noah and Lior, a world-premiere extravaganza celebrating the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti with the Southern Cross Symphony Orchestra, and an evening of storytelling by Barkindji songwoman Nancy…