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    • Melbourne Recital Centre: Kee’ahn

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the lush melodies and rich vocals of Kee’ahn. Kee’ahn is an award-winning Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal, Torres Strait Islander songwriter from North Queensland. Gifted their name ‘kee’an,’ a Wik word meaning to dance and to play, Kee’ahn has been performing since childhood, deeply loving the sounds of soul, R&B, and…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Andrea Keller & Stephen Magnusson

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Two of Australia’s finest jazz artists unite. Andrea Keller is one of Australia’s most influential voices in improvised jazz and art music. A multi-award-winning pianist and composer, she has released over 20 albums, forging a distinct sound defined by fearless creativity and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Acclaimed musician Stephen Magnusson is known…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Timor-Leste – Ita Nia Lian, Ita Nia Istoria – Our Voices, Our Stories

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A landmark concert celebrating Timor-Leste’s most exciting voices. Timor-Leste - Ita Nia Lian, Ita Nia Istoria - Our Voices Our Stories spotlights the vibrant new wave of Timorese music led by Hamoris Lian Timor, a creative movement dedicated to nurturing young artists, preserving cultural memory, and amplifying Timor-Leste's stories on…
    Editor's Choice Beethoven’s Pastoral

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven’s Pastoral

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Bringing the 2026 National Concert Season to a close, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti directs an all-Beethoven program that opens with the Coriolan Overture. He then plays violin alongside ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve and pianist Konstantin Shamray in the Triple Concerto, before the expanded ACO performs the Sixth Symphony, Pastoral,…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Yasamin Shahhosseini

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    New poetics for the oud. Yasamin Shahhosseini is an Iranian artist who aspires to redefine the cultural and stylistic possibilities of the oud for a new generation. Steeped in the traditions of Persian classical music, she brings an intuitive, exploratory spirit to a form often bound by convention. Yasamin's playing…
    Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the world premiere of Alice Humphries’ deeply moving Cello Concerto, written especially for celebrated MCO cellist Blair Harris. Known for his emotional depth and fearless artistry, Harris brings this new work to life in a performance that highlights his long-standing collaboration with the composer. The program also features Respighi’s…

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the world premiere of Alice Humphries’ deeply moving Cello Concerto, written especially for celebrated MCO cellist Blair Harris. Known for his emotional depth and fearless artistry, Harris brings this new work to life in a performance that highlights his long-standing collaboration with the composer. The program also features Respighi’s…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Michelle Nicolle & David McEvoy

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The spontaneity of song. Natural born storyteller Michelle Nicolle, with her sumptuous, formidable take on the jazz vocal tradition returns to Melbourne Recital Centre. In pianist David McEvoy she finds a collaborator who matches her musical instincts and love of genre. Together, this celebrated duo draws the audience straight into…
    Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the world premiere of Alice Humphries’ deeply moving Cello Concerto, written especially for celebrated MCO cellist Blair Harris. Known for his emotional depth and fearless artistry, Harris brings this new work to life in a performance that highlights his long-standing collaboration with the composer. The program also features Respighi’s…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Zoë Black, Caroline Henbest and Molly Kadarauch

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    One of J.S. Bach’s great works; reimagined for string trio. Watch as three of Australia's most experienced chamber musicians – violinist Zoë Black, violist Caroline Henbest and cellist Molly Kadarauch – reunite as a trio. This Beacon Bach morning is devoted entirely to one work: Dimitri Sitkovetsky's arrangement of the…

    • Melbourne Recital Centre: KIN – Lotte Betts-Dean and Joseph Havlat

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Folksong reimagined across generations, borders, and eras. After forging a close musical bond in contemporary repertoire, Lotte Betts-Dean and Joseph Havlat turn to a tradition that is anything but fixed. KIN explores folksong as a living, evolving art, melodies and stories passed between generations, reshaped by memory, place, and imagination.…
    Editor's Choice Noël! Noël

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    ABO’s beloved Christmas concert returns, brimming with festive joy, angelic voices and a denser continuo section – that means more theorbos plus Baroque and Classical guitars galore! Paul Dyer conducts a program of timeless carols, rare festive works and contemporary classics, bringing together the Brandenburg Choir, Argentinian mezzo-soprano María Eugenia…