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    • Melbourne Recital Centre: Niggunim – Music of the Jewish Soul

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Step into a sound world that evokes memory, longing, and imagination. Solo Piano and Cantorial Voice Recital. Niggunim from the Jewish High Holy Day Tradition. Yitzhak Yedid’s solo piano performances draw listeners into an immersive world of textures, colours, and emotion. Deceptively simple, his music reaches deep, touching a place…
    Editor's Choice Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Paris-based American violinist Augusta McKay Lodge makes her Australian debut as Guest Director in an intimate program dedicated to Venetian orphanage virtuoso Anna Maria della Pietà. With ABO Artistic Director Paul Dyer on harpsichord, the program explores Baroque chamber works, revealing a rare portrait of this overlooked multi-instrumentalist who inspired music…
    Africubismo

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Africubismo

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A reimagining of the shared musical lineage between West Africa and Cuba. Africubismo is an immersive musical journey across the Atlantic, mapping the shared rhythmic DNA between West Africa and Cuba through virtuosic performances and deep listening. Presented by Stani Goma (PBS' Flight 1067 to Africa), experience the intricate interplay…
    Africubismo

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Africubismo

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A reimagining of the shared musical lineage between West Africa and Cuba. Africubismo is an immersive musical journey across the Atlantic, mapping the shared rhythmic DNA between West Africa and Cuba through virtuosic performances and deep listening. Presented by Stani Goma (PBS' Flight 1067 to Africa), experience the intricate interplay…
    Editor's Choice Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Paris-based American violinist Augusta McKay Lodge makes her Australian debut as Guest Director in an intimate program dedicated to Venetian orphanage virtuoso Anna Maria della Pietà. With ABO Artistic Director Paul Dyer on harpsichord, the program explores Baroque chamber works, revealing a rare portrait of this overlooked multi-instrumentalist who inspired music…

    Ensemble Q: Ensemble Q play Bartok & Brahms

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    From Bartók’s dazzling Contrasts and Margaret Sutherland’s shimmering Nocturne to the passionate drama of Brahms’ Piano Quartet in C minor, Ensemble Q weaves a program of striking contrasts — music of energy, intimacy and emotional depth from three unique voices across continents and eras.
    Editor's Choice Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Paris-based American violinist Augusta McKay Lodge makes her Australian debut as Guest Director in an intimate program dedicated to Venetian orphanage virtuoso Anna Maria della Pietà. With ABO Artistic Director Paul Dyer on harpsichord, the program explores Baroque chamber works, revealing a rare portrait of this overlooked multi-instrumentalist who inspired music…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Lucas and Arthur Jussen

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Two minds, one unforgettable evening. Known for possessing something musically rare, the Jussen brothers share a telepathy that transforms two pianists into one extraordinary voice. Creating a singular musical consciousness that has captivated audiences worldwide, these Dutch brothers don't just play together. They breathe, phrase, and dream as one, delivering…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Rubiks Collective and Jane Sheldon

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The nested problems of being human. Experience an evening of music that is intimate and unexpectedly moving. Praised for her ‘mesmerising emotional truth’ (The Australian), acclaimed vocalist Jane Sheldon and Rubiks Collective explore what it means to love, hope, and navigate an increasingly complex world. Featuring three bold works by…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Liam Byrne and Laura Vaughan

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Two of the world's finest viola da gamba players unite for a rare and captivating collaboration. Step into a resonant sound world as two of the world's finest viola da gamba players unite for a rare and captivating collaboration. Presenting Liquid Threads, Liam Byrne (Berlin) and Laura Vaughan (Melbourne) explore…

    Musica Viva Australia: Strike a Chord 2026

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Cheer on your state finalists at the Strike A Chord National Final at MRC. Watch as twelve brilliant young ensembles from around the country showcase the future of chamber music. Following outstanding entries in our first round of the Championship Section, twelve of Australia's most exciting school-age chamber ensembles have…

    • Melbourne Recital Centre: nyilamum song cycles

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    nyilamum song cycles is a concert experience featuring string quartet and voice that intertwines ancient stories and a celebration of language with contemporary reflections on land, identity, and resilience showcasing music from Yorta Yorta Dja Dja Wurrung Dr Lou Bennett AM, and Paul Stanhope. Two works composed and performed by…