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    Musica Viva Australia: Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    In the intricate weave of sounds that make up a baroque ensemble, the lute is central. It’s fitting, then, that French-American lutenist Thomas Dunford is at the centre of some of the most exciting early music making of the moment. A regular collaborator with everyone from Les Arts Florissants to…

    Australian National Academy of Music: 30th Gala with Simone Young

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Needing no introduction, Simone Young AM returns to conduct the full forces of the ANAM Orchestra in the Australian National Academy of Music's 30th birthday celebration. This one-night-only gala concert features some of the most distinct music of our time, culminating in the glistening sounds of Richard Strauss at the…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Corpus Medicorum presents its Tour de Force concert

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Corpus Medicorum presents for your pleasure Mendelssohn's sublimely beautiful Violin Concerto with the wonderful Anna De Silva Chen – a masterful work and a favourite for us all. Then sit back and enjoy Bruckner's sumptuous and powerful eighth Symphony - a large symphony played by a large orchestra complete with…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Katie Noonan – Alone But All One

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    To celebrate the release of her 30th studio album, Katie Noonan returns to Melbourne Recital Centre to present Alone But All One. An intimate and poignant exploration of love in all its stages, the album features Katie’s first songwriting collaboration with acclaimed writer Trent Dalton. A powerful and delicate offering featuring Katie on piano,…

    • Melbourne Recital Centre: Xani Kolac + Nathan Schram (USA)

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Hear the violin and the viola amplified and transformed. Two trailblazing string players from opposite sides of the world join forces in the intimate Primrose Potter Salon. Pushing the limits of contemporary string playing, this concert features two solo sets from Naarm/Melbourne-based violinist Xani Kolac, and violist from the GRAMMY-winning…

    Ensemble Q: Ensemble Q with Ed le Brocq

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    From Mozart to Leunig - a journey through words, whimsy and the power of music. Ensemble Q Australia and ABC Classic’s Ed le Brocq bring words and music together in a program spanning Beethoven and Mozart to new works by Anne Cawrse and Calvin Bowman. Sonam & the Silence and…
    Featured Editor's Choice From Romance to Reckoning

    Selby & Friends: From Romance to Reckoning

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The centrepiece of this concert is Fire Dances – an ABC-commissioned suite tracing the arc of a bushfire and written by a truly national lineup of Australian composers including Nat Bartsch, Olivia Bettina Davies, Natalie Williams, Maria Grenfell, Hilary Kleinig, Elena Kats-Chernin, Cathy Applegate and Isabella Gerometta. Robert Schumann’s Three Romances…
    Featured Editor's Choice From Romance to Reckoning

    Selby & Friends: From Romance to Reckoning

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The centrepiece of this concert is Fire Dances – an ABC-commissioned suite tracing the arc of a bushfire and written by a truly national lineup of Australian composers including Nat Bartsch, Olivia Bettina Davies, Natalie Williams, Maria Grenfell, Hilary Kleinig, Elena Kats-Chernin, Cathy Applegate and Isabella Gerometta. Robert Schumann’s Three Romances…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Keys to Life: Jayson Gillham & Iyad Sughayer

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Jayson Gillham returns to Australian stages with a project close to his heart, joined by Iyad Sughayer making his Australian debut. There is something special about two friends sharing a stage. Festive, celebratory and alive with the sheer pleasure of playing together, this is music making at its very best.…
    Editor's Choice China National Opera Opera Gala with Orchestra

    OAACA: China National Opera Opera Gala with Orchestra

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    China’s premiere national opera company makes its Australian debut with a concert intended to showcase Western opera alongside Chinese musical traditions. Founded in 1952, the company has previously performed on major stages across Europe, Asia and the Americas. A cast of leading opera singers performs with orchestra, conducted by Yuan Ding, in…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Rachmaninoff with Piers Lane and Kristian Chong

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Australia's most prolific, loved and respected pianist Piers Lane returns to Melbourne for this one and only performance with Kristian featuring two incredible masterworks. Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances were written last in Rachmaninoff's compositional output and represent an epic and wonderful sense of emotions, excitement and beauty in an incredible blend…

    ELISION Ensemble: Tailor of Time

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Kate Milligan Great Dog! (As Seen by the River) (2026) 5′ for bass flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and contrabass Liza Lim The Tailor of Time (2023) 30′ for solo harp and solo oboe with large ensemble: flutes (2), oboe, clarinets (3), bassoons (2), horns (2), trumpets (2), trombones (2), euphonium, percussion (3),…