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Hannah Ferguson

FANE: Hannah Ferguson

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Abyssal political divides, global conflict, a worm in the White House, the desperate need to have a laugh. Wading into the mess of our world, Hannah Ferguson returns with CHEEK LIVE: Everything is F*cked. Armed with analysis, opinions, a moral compass and microphone, with some very special guests and the…
Melodies of the Vast Minority

Tarab Ensemble: Melodies of the Vast Minority

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
In time of division and fear, we are the vast minority that do not make it to everyday news. Unveiling the treasures of the music of the Arab world, 'Melodies of The Vast Minority' is a 70-minute concert of a variety of Arabic music styles as an artistic response to…

Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Linda May Han Oh

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Invisible Threads is a daring new work from jazz powerhouse and GRAMMY-winning bassist-composer Linda May Han Oh, featuring trailblazing vocalist and media artist Pamela Z (USA). This unmissable Melbourne International Jazz Festival commission explores the unseen forces that connect us - memory, emotion and shared experience - through an electrifying…
Melodies of the Vast Minority

Tarab Ensemble: Melodies of the Vast Minority

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
In time of division and fear, we are the vast minority that do not make it to everyday news. Unveiling the treasures of the music of the Arab world, 'Melodies of The Vast Minority' is a 70-minute concert of a variety of Arabic music styles as an artistic response to…

Melbourne Opera: 101st Herald Sun Aria

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Founded in 1924, the Aria is proudly the oldest and most prestigious competition in Australia for emerging classical singers. Join compère Mairi Nicolson from ABC Classic FM, guest artists from Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, and of course the finalists for a memorable afternoon of music making.
Featured Editor's Choice Convergence

Australian String Quartet: Convergence

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, 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…

Art Etc Collective: The Taxithi Project – The Past is a Place

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
It might be 1978 in Prahran, 1964 in Footscray, or 1956 in Collingwood: whichever the year, Greek families arrive in their thousands, seeking a better life in Australia. In the backstreets of inner-city suburbs, memories and music drift from open windows and flyscreen doors. Greek records crossed oceans, carrying songs…

FANE: Dr Stacy Sims in conversation with Sarah Grynberg

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
What happens when cutting-edge science meets a quest for inner greatness? Join world-renowned exercise physiologist and author of ROAR and Next Level, Dr. Stacy Sims, in conversation with Sarah Grynberg-mindset coach and host of the top-rated podcast A Life of Greatness, for an enlightening evening that explores the synergy between…
Australia Fair?

Flinders Quartet: Australia Fair?

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
“As we celebrate our 25th anniversary we are reflecting on our identity as an Australian chamber ensemble. In this program we have chosen three works in which the composers were likely pondering similar questions. It is a joy to return to the powerful and evocative work, Bungaree, which the quartet…
Bleak Squad

Melbourne Recital Centre: Bleak Squad

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bleak Squad is a new Melbourne four-piece comprised of true Australian art-rock royalty. Featuring Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting), the unlikely quartet unite for the first time on…

Melbourne Recital Centre: The Cloud Maker

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Taking to the stage like a revelation, The Cloud Maker—five extraordinary female musicians—conjure something culturally transcendent. Born on the snow-capped peaks of Canada and refined in the Adelaide Hills, The Cloud Maker's music reimagines powerful goddess mythologies through an intoxicating instrumental palette: Te Kahureremoa Taumata's ancestral Maori Tāonga Pūoro (including…

Melbourne Recital Centre: Tangles

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
TANGLES – Explorations in new modular music unites some of Melbourne/Naarm's most compelling and innovative musicians for one night of modular synthesis exploration. Internationally acclaimed audiovisual artist and Melbourne Recital Centre's Artist in Residence for 2025, Robin Fox, presents a rare sound-only performance alongside modular mind-bender Mat Watson, supersonic explorer…