Camerata | From my Homeland Thursday May 25, 2023, QPAC Camerata’s From my Homeland concert on Thursday night was a celebration of contemporary Australian chamber music, with the entire program comprising of music from our home. Camerata was also celebrating 10 years...
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Virtuosic dazzle – Musica Viva’s Among the Birds and the Trees
Musica Viva | Among the Birds and Trees May 3, 2023, Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane Musica Viva’s Among the Birds and Trees concert on Wednesday night was the perfect escape from the bustle of life, a moment to enjoy chamber music in the middle of the week. I popped...
SXS’ inaugural Sunset Soiree Recital goes off with a BANG!
Southern Cross Soloists | Sunset Soiree Saturday April 1, 2023, Fortitude Valley, QLD Southern Cross Soloists’ inaugural Sunset Soiree Recital concert on Saturday night was an immersive and entertaining chamber music experience. The Judith Wright Centre of...
Camerata pulls on our heartstrings
Camerata | Heartstrings Saturday February 25, QPAC, Brisbane Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra presented a romantic evening of chamber music on Saturday night in the QPAC concert hall. Heartstrings was a fitting title for a program full of warmth and passion...
Southern Cross Soloists shine in ‘City of Lights’
Southern Cross Soloists | A Night in Paris Sunday February 26, 2023, QPAC, Brisbane Southern Cross Soloists presented an exquisite program of chamber music inspired by Paris on Sunday afternoon in the QPAC concert hall. City of Lights explored music from one of the...
Brisbane Music Festival brings together dynamic writing, poetry, and music
Brisbane Music Festival - ‘When We Speak’ Sunday 30 Oct , 2022, Fortitude Valley Poetry and chamber music collided in Brisbane Music Festival’s When We Speak on Saturday afternoon. Held in the Holy Trinity Hall in Fortitude Valley, this was a refreshing and...
Soulful vocals meet soaring strings – Emily Wurramara and Camerata
Camerata & Emily Wurramara October 6, 2022, The Brisbane Powerhouse Soulful vocals met soaring strings when award-winning First Nations singer-songwriter Emily Wurramara performed with Camerata. Held on Thursday night at the Brisbane Powerhouse, this concert took...
Virtuosic skill from Southern Cross Soloists at QPAC
Southern Cross Soloists | White Nights Sunday Oct 2, 2022 | QPAC Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) took audiences on an emotional journey through Russian and Australian chamber music on Sunday afternoon in the QPAC Concert Hall. White Nights featured music from Russia’s...
Camerata and Lior – not your average classical concert!
Camerata and Lior | Compassion Friday Sept 2, 2022, QPAC Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra presented their Compassion concert in collaboration with singer-songwriter Lior Attar on Friday night at QPAC. After two years of cancellations due to covid, it was...
Bangalow Music Festival – fine food, stunning scenery, exquisite chamber music
Bangalow Music Festival 2022 A weekend in the country with fine food, stunning scenery, and exquisite chamber music: that’s what the Bangalow Music Festival has to offer. Now in its 19th edition, the festival brings this small town in Northern New South Wales to life....