Southern Cross Soloists | Carnival of the Animals 14 June, 2026, QPAC, Brisbane, QLD Birdsongs ring through the air. In an ancient rainforest, we walk under a canopy of green. […]
The Australian Ballet & Orchestra Victoria | Romeo and Juliet June 11, 2026, Regent Theatre, Melbourne The Occasion There are certain works in the ballet canon that transcend repertoire and […]
TwoSet Violin | Sacrilegious Games World Tour June 9, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW TwoSet Violin performed their sacrilegious concert at the Sydney Opera House. ‘How do we turn a […]
Bach Akademie Australia | Collegium Musicum 13 June 2026, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW Performers: Madeleine Easton – Artistic Director, Solo violin Simone Slattery – Solo violin Rafael Font – Violin […]
Volare Ensemble | Ripples and Reflections 8 June 2026, Glebe Town Hall, NSW In 20 years’ time, I hope I’ll be saying I was at the first concert of Volare […]
The Metropolitan Orchestra | Flare June 6, 2026, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, NSW The Metropolitan Orchestra’s second ‘Met’ concert for 2026 promised a night of dazzling colour and elemental rhythm. […]
Ensemble Offspring | The Oracle June 2, 2026, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW Before Ensemble Offspring’s The Oracle began, the audience gathered in a small rehearsal room at ACO […]
Sydney Chamber Choir | In Paradisum May 30, 2026, St James’ Church, Sydney, NSW I was intrigued and excited by the prospect of Sydney Chamber Choir’s In Paradisum, on paper […]
River City Voices | Faure’s Requiem May 29, 2026, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, NSW River City Voices Guest Conductor: Dr Philip Eames Assistant Conductor: Oscar Balle-Bowness Organ: Simon Nieminski Baritone […]
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Magic Flute 24 May, 2026, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Mozart, Hindson and Brahms Dr Nicholas Milton AM – Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Mozart: Overture to […]
Coro Innominata | The VocaLiszt 24 May 2026, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW Conductor & Musical Director: Dr Philip Eames Pianists: Harry Tai & Silvina Wong Baritone: Matt Gaskin Soloists […]
Genesis Baroque | Take Six 19 May 2026, Victorian Artists’ Society, East Melbourne, VIC Performers: Meg Cohen & Jennifer Kirsner, violins Steven King & Anna Webb, violas Josephine Vains & Natasha […]
Melbourne University Choral Society + Box Hill Chorale | Te Deum (Bruckner) and Mass in D Major (Dvořák) 23 May 2026, All Saints East St Kilda, VIC Helena Dix, Soprano; […]
The Song Company | Der Schwanengesang May 21, 2026, St James’ Church, Sydney, NSW Artists: The Song Company Conductor: Roland Peelman Continuo: Nathan Cox Schütz wrote this setting of […]
Pinchgut Opera | The First Murder May 23, 2026, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW Pinchgut’s invitation was simple and rather bold: “To understand the world we live in, let’s […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Great Passions 21 May, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC MSO + ANAM Conductor – Jaime Martín The Occasion A balmy Thursday night in Melbourne set against […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Mass of Deliverance May 17, 2026, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Australian composer Dan Walker’s Mass of Deliverance was composed with the aim of being paired with […]
Southern Cross Soloists | Carnival of the Animals 14 June, 2026, QPAC, Brisbane, QLD Birdsongs ring through the air. In an ancient rainforest, we walk under a canopy of green. Beams of sunlight fall between the trees. A quiet moment, where we can stop to appreciate the melodies and rhythms of nature. This was the setting for Southern Cross Soloists’
The Australian Ballet & Orchestra Victoria | Romeo and Juliet June 11, 2026, Regent Theatre, Melbourne The Occasion There are certain works in the ballet canon that transcend repertoire and become cultural events. John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet is one such masterpiece. Returning to Melbourne only four years after its last appearance, this magnificent production arrives not merely as a
TwoSet Violin | Sacrilegious Games World Tour June 9, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW TwoSet Violin performed their sacrilegious concert at the Sydney Opera House. ‘How do we turn a 10-minute YouTube video into a one-hour-plus live experience?’ Eddy Chen asked during an interview. Well, you guys (I am a huge fan by the way, so please appreciate my take-down)
Bach Akademie Australia | Collegium Musicum 13 June 2026, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW Performers: Madeleine Easton – Artistic Director, Solo violin Simone Slattery – Solo violin Rafael Font – Violin James Tarbotton – Violin John Ma – Viola Anthea Cottee – Cello Pippa MacMillan – Double bass Nathan Cox – Harpsichord Mikaela Oberg – Flute Jessica Lee – Flute Program:
Volare Ensemble | Ripples and Reflections 8 June 2026, Glebe Town Hall, NSW In 20 years’ time, I hope I’ll be saying I was at the first concert of Volare Ensemble. This was the first outing of a young choir with real musical instincts, strong foundations and a great deal of potential. Their concert, Ripples and Reflections, introduced Volare as
The Metropolitan Orchestra | Flare June 6, 2026, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, NSW The Metropolitan Orchestra’s second ‘Met’ concert for 2026 promised a night of dazzling colour and elemental rhythm. That didn’t explain the explosive start to their performance titled Flare, conducted by vivacious Sarah-Grace Williams. I love the acoustical delivery of the Verbrugghen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium that’s
Ensemble Offspring | The Oracle June 2, 2026, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW Before Ensemble Offspring’s The Oracle began, the audience gathered in a small rehearsal room at ACO on the Pier, looking out across Sydney Harbour as Vivid flickered beyond the glass. It was the perfect threshold for a concert about forces greater than us: water, weather, rock,
Selby & Friends | The Living Tradition 28 May 2026, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Kathryn Selby – pianoforte Alexandra Osborne – violin Clancy Newman – violoncello Programme Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) – Variations on ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’, Op. 121a (1824) Elena Kats-Chernin (1957 – ) – Variations on Schubert Trauerwalzer (2009) Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
Sydney Chamber Choir | In Paradisum May 30, 2026, St James’ Church, Sydney, NSW I was intrigued and excited by the prospect of Sydney Chamber Choir’s In Paradisum, on paper we were promised a journey from Baltic and Nordic stillness to Australian warmth, through faith, light and love. All true. But the program only fully revealed itself in performance as,
River City Voices | Faure’s Requiem May 29, 2026, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, NSW River City Voices Guest Conductor: Dr Philip Eames Assistant Conductor: Oscar Balle-Bowness Organ: Simon Nieminski Baritone Solo: Benjamin Caukwell Soprano Solo: Ayako Ohtake Solo Quartet: Teresa Cheung, Amanda Karen, Richard Heagren-Gibbs, Will Bond Program: Nicole Smede: Padla Alice Chance: Holy Dreaming Joseph Romeo: The Lord’s Prayer
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Magic Flute 24 May, 2026, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Mozart, Hindson and Brahms Dr Nicholas Milton AM – Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute Hindson: House Music, concerto for flute and orchestra Kitchen, Garage, Workshop, Foyer, Swimming Pool (Interlude), Lounge, Nursery, Games Room Solo Flautist: Meret Louisa Vogel Brahms: Symphony 2
Coro Innominata | The VocaLiszt 24 May 2026, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW Conductor & Musical Director: Dr Philip Eames Pianists: Harry Tai & Silvina Wong Baritone: Matt Gaskin Soloists from choir: James Cox, Lynne Hancock, David Hoffman, Ari Romanenko, Tony Roscioli, Michael van der Kolff. For most of us, mention of Franz Liszt conjures up his enormous output
Genesis Baroque | Take Six 19 May 2026, Victorian Artists’ Society, East Melbourne, VIC Performers: Meg Cohen & Jennifer Kirsner, violins Steven King & Anna Webb, violas Josephine Vains & Natasha Kraemer, cello MOZART/Anon & BRAHMS This was very much a case of Genesis Post-Baroque, as, like a welcome number of period instrument ensembles, the performers explored the delights of
Melbourne University Choral Society + Box Hill Chorale | Te Deum (Bruckner) and Mass in D Major (Dvořák) 23 May 2026, All Saints East St Kilda, VIC Helena Dix, Soprano; Dimity Shepherd, Mezzo; Michael Petruccelli, Tenor; Christopher Hillier, Baritone; Bruckner Chamber Orchestra; Conductor Andrew Wailes Bruckner took a long time to get established and recognised in Imperial Vienna for
The Song Company | Der Schwanengesang May 21, 2026, St James’ Church, Sydney, NSW Artists: The Song Company Conductor: Roland Peelman Continuo: Nathan Cox Schütz wrote this setting of Psalm 119 right at the end of his very long life. The title of this large work is Der Schwanengesang (“The Swansong”), was posthumously assigned. He is reputed however to
Pinchgut Opera | The First Murder May 23, 2026, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW Pinchgut’s invitation was simple and rather bold: “To understand the world we live in, let’s return to where it began.” In The First Murder, that beginning was not a exactly the Garden of Eden, but a scrubby Aussie beach campsite: sand, rocks, flannel flowers, an
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Great Passions 21 May, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC MSO + ANAM Conductor – Jaime Martín The Occasion A balmy Thursday night in Melbourne set against ongoing seismic global upheaval and commotion. Tonight, here at Hamer Hall, the opposites were united. The youth with the pros, the precocious Viennese gifted upstart alongside the pained ever-fresh Russian
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Mass of Deliverance May 17, 2026, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Australian composer Dan Walker’s Mass of Deliverance was composed with the aim of being paired with John Rutter’s 18 minute Gloria, one of his most challenging outputs both for the performers and listeners. Not quite filling out an hour, the program was rounded out by the
Join the Sydney Art Quartet for an unforgettable evening of chamber music as they perform Franz Schubert’s final chamber work, his String Quintet in C major, alongside guest cellist Paul […]
Join us for Jazz in June at St Jude's Bowral The Emerging Artist Concert Series presents City Tidda, a bold and personal project from trumpeter Sophia Rose. Created to share […]
Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most […]
Join the Sydney Art Quartet for an unforgettable evening of chamber music as they perform Franz Schubert’s final chamber work, his String Quintet in C major, alongside guest cellist Paul […]
Music & Tea at Wolllongong Art Gallery hosts the monthly Emerging Artist Concert Series. In June, we present City Tidda, a bold and personal project from trumpeter Sophia Rose. Created […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most […]
St James’ Music presents Serenade & Symphony, a vibrant collaboration between the Sydney Symphony Fellows and the Choir of St James’, where youthful instrumental brilliance meets choral tradition in the […]
TMO's second Met Concert for 2026 promises a night of dazzling colour and elemental rhythm. Led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, this performance showcases the orchestra’s longtime support for talented […]
In a program of four trios we hear Beethoven’s greatest Piano Trio, the Archduke, written at the end of his ‘heroic’ period. It has the amplitude, variety and formal elaboration […]
The Afternoon Hours evoke memories of calm, reflection, and nostalgia… a bridge between the active daytime and the quieter evening. On 7th of June, Apeiron is going to spend one […]
In Humour & Horizons, Alexander Yau traverses wit, lyricism, and drama across eras. Beethoven’s intimate Op. 101 and Schumann’s mercurial Humoreske reveal playful introspection, while Debussy’s evocative Préludes paint shifting sonic landscapes. […]
Tragic. Triumphant. Thrilling. ChorusOz is your chance to experience the energy and joy of our annual ‘big sing’ – an inspiring weekend of community and music-making at the Sydney Opera […]
Internationally acclaimed British violinist Daniel Hope joins pianist Marie-Sophie Hauzel for a captivating recital in Melbourne inspired by his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. For more than 35 years, Hope has been […]
Internationally acclaimed British violinist Daniel Hope returns to Sydney... for the first time since 2014, joining pianist Marie-Sophie Hauzel for a compelling recital inspired by his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. For […]
Welcome back Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers the Partridge String Quartet when they perform an irresistible program featuring Debussy's eloquent String Quartet and the Australian premiere of Holly Harrison's small but […]
El Palacio Español invites listeners into the sound world of the Spanish court, where poetry, dance, and song flourished in richly expressive forms. This programme gathers music from Spain’s Golden […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for […]
Melbourne Bach Choir sings Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil (Opus 37), plus Art Songs by Ukrainian composer Jul'ij Meitus. Proudly presented by the MBC Chamber Choir, the second of four celebratory […]
In the hands of Romantics like Bruckner and Brahms, music became increasingly expressive, harmonically inventive, passionate, theatrical. In the twentieth century, composers like Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Amy Beach […]
A concert of diverse new music, Of Rivers & Trees brings together works by eight Australian composers in an evocative program exploring landscape, memory and imagination. The concert features music […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for […]
Step into the coffee houses and concert halls of 1720s London where fashionable society argued passionately over two rival composers: Giovanni Bononcini and George Frideric Handel, inspiring the epigram that […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Award-winning jazz singer Michelle Nicolle and acclaimed composer and pianist Paul Grabowsky unveil the hidden poetry within beloved ballads by artists such as Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter, transforming familiar […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
Two soundworlds collide: 18th century Paris & 21st century Tasman Peninsula. Historical flautist Meredith Beardmore takes her flutes through unexpected terrains. Her recent release The Long Blue Horizon was created […]
A program of pulse and poetry, rhythm and resonance, this concert showcases the daring artistry and genre-defying imagination that define Ensemble Offspring — where every sound is alive, and every […]
A celebration of light, darkness and the shifting skies above us, Sun, Moon and Stars traces a radiant choral arc from dawn to dusk and back again. With works exploring […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
20 June 2026- 7:00pm Lux Aeterna A poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music from across the centuries Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music […]
In the hands of Romantics like Bruckner and Brahms, music became increasingly expressive, harmonically inventive, passionate, theatrical. In the twentieth century, composers like Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Amy Beach […]
20 June 2026- 7:00pm Lux Aeterna A poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music from across the centuries Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Tudor music meets winter celebration from the 13th century to the present, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s mass and motet O magnum mysterium. From reflective midwinter stillness to festive revelry, […]
Two Piano Recitals on Structure, Memory, and Collapse Restless Forms is a contemporary classical piano recital by Luke Zhang and Sean Kim exploring instability, transformation, and the search for artistic […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
In The Heart Of The Night was born in a studio by the sea by Catherine Traicos and her long-time collaborator and confidante Nick Huggins. The pull of the tides, the […]
Something extraordinary is coming to Manly this winter. The Sydney Chamber Music Festival returns to Manly Art Gallery and Museum on 27–28 June, with four unmissable concerts featuring some of […]
The Organ Music Society of Sydney presents its biennial Winter Organ Festival which includes a masterclass with Vincent Dubois, organiste Titulaire Nôtre-Dame de Paris, workshops, organ visits and recitals.
Tudor music meets winter celebration from the 13th century to the present, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s mass and motet O magnum mysterium. From reflective midwinter stillness to festive revelry, […]
An original composition by acclaimed composer Ian Munro based on the children’s book written by Jodie McLeod and illustrated by Eloise Short, Leonard the Lyrebird is a popular Australian bush animal story […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
2026 is the 42nd year the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) has run the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition. 6 individual finalists in the 2026 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition and […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
Slow down your Sunday afternoon with one of Australia’s most expressive and internationally celebrated pianists. Join Andrea Lam, ARIA Award winner and star of ABC’s The Piano, for a program […]
Experience an unforgettable afternoon of world-class orchestral music FREE OF CHARGE when two of America's leading youth orchestras perform in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. The 120-piece Greater […]
In July, the Emerging Artist Concert Series features soprano Mackenzie Lawrence with acclaimed pianist-composer John Martin. Together they present a program exploring the richness, humour, and dramatic range of vocal music. […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Bohemian Composers in Vienna Join the Australian Haydn Ensemble (AHE) for the second 2026 series of 18th Century Unpacked—our interactive lecture recitals designed to deepen your connection with our mainstage […]
The 2026 Keys of Gold Festival Launch Concert, in the historic Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate, brings together a glorious program of operatic favourites with renowned soprano Merlyn Quaife AM […]
Now based in Paris, Tasmanian pianist Sarah Cabrol-Douat is returning to perform at Tempo Rubato, Melbourne. The program includes works of Mozart, Schubert and Scriabin PROGRAM W.A.MOZART Sonata no. 12 […]
Magnificent. Dynamic. Sublime. The Creation is an absolute tonic – invigorating music that’s been lifting spirits since 1798! According to Brett Weymark, it’s easily the best thing Haydn ever wrote […]
Join the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra on a thrilling journey of musical discovery, featuring selections from two of Mussorgsky’s best-loved works, in a delightful one-hour concert for the young and young […]
Stroll through Mussorgsky’s musical art gallery with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in an unforgettable concert of Russian classics. Ravel’s colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano masterpiece Pictures […]
Stroll through Mussorgsky’s musical art gallery with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in an unforgettable concert of Russian classics. Ravel’s colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano masterpiece Pictures […]
Long live The King (of Instruments) - as the great Mozart called the pipe organ! And then Beethoven famously said that "Organists are the greatest of all virtuosos"! The recently […]
Prepare to be kissed by a fairy, haunted by a dream and transformed by music when Canadian virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz and fellow-Canadian pianist John Novacek bring their fantastical tales […]