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    • Melbourne Recital Centre: ZÖJ – May the Devil’s Ear Be Deaf

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A powerful cross-cultural journey through deep listening, improvisation, and Persian poetry. ZÖJ returns with their captivating fusion of neo-classical Persian music and experimental rhythms. Launching their third album, May The Devil's Ear Be Deaf, recorded live at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada, ZÖJ invite listeners into…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Sonorous XIV: Jaslyn Robertson & Rama Parwata

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Step into an expanded universe of sound. A liberation of sonics from the shackles of stereo, Sonorous welcomes audiences to go beyond a traditional listening experience into an expanded sonic universe. Marking the fourteenth edition of its Sonorous series, Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) invites multidisciplinary composer Jaslyn Robertson and…

    • DuskLit

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: DuskLit

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Known for her expressive depth and brilliant technique — as well as her warm presence on ABC’s The Piano — Andrea Lam brings Mozart’s beloved Piano Concerto No 21 to life with elegance and joy. Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched Italian Symphony also shines, along with the premiere of a moving new work by Miriama Young, created…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Michelle Nicolle & Hugh Stuckey

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Where moments shape the music. Natural born storyteller Michelle Nicolle, with her powerful take on the jazz vocal tradition, returns to Melbourne Recital Centre alongside guitarist Hugh Stuckey. In Hugh, she finds a partner who matches her fluency in jazz. In this Friday night performance, Michelle and Hugh chart their…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Sonya Lifschitz – Duet for One

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A visually and sonically breathtaking duet across time and place. Duet for One is a collaboration between virtuoso pianist Sonya Lifschitz, composer/media artist Damian Barbeler and pioneering interactive media artist Tim Gruchy. Pairing spectacular imagery of the Australian landscape with Barbeler's colouristic and inventive score, this immersive work is a…
    DuskLit

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: DuskLit

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Known for her expressive depth and brilliant technique — as well as her warm presence on ABC’s The Piano — Andrea Lam brings Mozart’s beloved Piano Concerto No 21 to life with elegance and joy. Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched Italian Symphony also shines, along with the premiere of a moving new work by Miriama Young, created…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Siobhan Stagg + Quatuor Agate + Jonathan Ware

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Through Eve’s eyes. Australia's luminous soprano Siobhan Stagg returns home with an exploration that reframes creation through feminine eyes. In this Melbourne exclusive, Stagg joins pianist Jonathan Ware and Quatuor Agate to trace feminine creation from medieval mysticism to contemporary awakening. At the evening's heart lies Gabriel Fauré's ambitious Chanson…
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    Melbourne Recital Centre: Isata Kanneh-Mason

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The eldest of the Kanneh-Mason siblings and an Elton John Scholar at London’s Royal Academy of Music, Isata Kanneh-Mason makes her Australian debut performing Beethoven’s Moonlight and Waldstein Sonatas alongside Dobrinka Tabakova’s Nocturne and Halo. The program centrepiece, Ravel’s 1908 Gaspard de la nuit, draws on three poems by Aloysius…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Tamara Murphy & Stephen Magnusson

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The uniting sounds of resonant bass and lyrical guitar. Having crossed paths on countless stages over the years, Tamara Murphy and Stephen Magnusson step out as a duo, performing their own compositions alongside selected covers. Double bass and guitar move as one, using textures drawn from years of improvisatory playing.…
    Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Katie Yap

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Timeless Bach with one of Australia’s great modern violists. Brisbane-born, Melbourne-based violist Katie Yap brings her signature warmth to a morning of Bach in The Peter and Ruth McMullin Beacon. The flowing arpeggios of J.S Bach’s Cello Suite No.1, reimagined for viola, give way to the quiet familiarity of Bach's…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Schumann and Faure Piano Quartets

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Two iconic masterpieces for the piano quartet. Witness Schumann and Fauré in the hands of Kristian Chong and three of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's principal musicians, Associate Concertmaster Tair Khisambeev, Associate Principal Cello Elina Faskhi, and Principal Viola Christopher Moore. Schumann's glorious Piano Quartet is one of the joys of…