Event Series Kirill Gerstein

Musica Viva Australia: Kirill Gerstein

Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Kirill Gerstein is a showman, a philosopher, and a poet of the piano. He grew up playing jazz, switched to classical and won the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at just 22. Since then, he has carved out a formidable reputation as a fearless artist who makes the impossible…

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
When the cello sings, we hear something akin to the human voice: sensuous, rich, profound. When German-French Nicolas Altstaedt holds the bow, the cello is all that and more, becoming a master storyteller. It’s been more than a decade since the young cellist burst onto the world stage as a…

Event Series Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane

Musica Viva Australia: Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane

Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Pekka Kuusisto is an acclaimed violinist. Gabriel Kahane is a composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist. Both classically trained, both comfortable inside and outside the box, they wander those sometimes strange, sometimes quirky, but always beautiful borderlands where creativity thrives. They come together in a new collaboration, commissioned for recording and performance…

Event Series Ensemble Q & William Barton

Musica Viva Australia: Ensemble Q & William Barton

Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
What are the sonic possibilities when the oldest wind instrument in the world – the didgeridoo – teams up with instruments that found their final form only two centuries ago? And who better to explore them than distinguished artist and composer William Barton? Ensemble Q is a group powered by…

Event Series Musica Alchemica

Musica Viva Australia: Musica Alchemica

Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Introducing Lina Tur Bonet, a fearless musical imaginista, and her crack team of period-instrument professionals. Regarded as one of the most exciting violinists of her generation, Tur Bonet has delighted and fascinated fans across Europe with her performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Messiaen. Now she makes her Australian…