BUŊGUL Gurrumul's Mother’s Buŋgul, Gurrumul's Grandmother’s Buŋgul, Gurrumul's Manikay Wed June 14, Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne Buŋgul -...
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AYO 2024 Applications now open
The Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) holds a vital and unique place in Australia’s musical landscape: it is the only training program which brings...
Free Showcase JAN 28 – MSO celebrates 20 years with The Cybec Foundation
This concert is BOOKED OUT - FREE Live stream via link below To celebrate a milestone partnership and the 20th anniversary of the Cybec 21st Century...
Hatched 2022 showcases 5 emerging Australian composers
Ensemble Offspring's Hatched Academy Putting young composers in the spotlight has always been a core mission of Ensemble Offspring. From its humble...
Australian Chamber Choir bring to life a female composer’s work from 280 years past
During Vivaldi’s time teaching at the Ospedale della Pietà (1703-40), this orphanage developed an international reputation for its concerts,...
Baroque mixing and matching with harpsichord and sax
Many of classikON's volunteer Ambassador team are professional musicians in their own right. This week Ambassador and harpsichordist Peter...
50 Years of Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra!
The Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra returns with a full year of exciting concerts and celebrates its 50th Anniversary year, kicking off...
Adelaide Chamber Singers Change the Baton after 36 years
25 October, 2021 The Adelaide Chamber Singers today announced that its founding Artistic Director and conductor, Carl Crossin OAM, will be stepping...
Marais Project: Blending the old and the new in the Art of Monody
At 3pm Sunday May 16, 2021, at Mosman Art Gallery The Marais Project present 'The Art of Monody' featuring the world premiere of ‘Christchurch...
Song Company goes ‘Into the Heart’
Australia’s national vocal ensemble opens its red-blooded 2021 season with the first of its ‘Salon’ series of concerts featuring The Song Company’s...
Australia Ensemble | 2021 Season Launch
The Australia Ensemble UNSW are thrilled to bring their 42nd concert season to audiences this year. The season combines several major works from the...
2021 Bendigo Chamber Music Festival
3 – 7 February 2021 16 of Australia’s leading artists perform 15 recitals to restart City of Greater Bendigo’s classical music scene. Co-directors...
Interview with Kyle Little, Artistic Director of Steel City Strings
Throughout the month of May, Steel City Strings – an APRA Award-Winning string ensemble hailing from Wollongong, NSW – launched a fundraising...
Melbourne to have 16-hour music marathon for firefighters
Forty established and emerging musicians from Sydney and Melbourne will unite to perform a 16-hour Music Marathon, to raise funds for the Country...
2020 Festival calendar | 50 festivals to attend, support or follow for program news
Wondering what festivals are on in Australia in 2020? We've tracked down 50. A festival at a winery, city or regional town? All inclusive or...
Q&A with Bach Akademie Australia’s founder, violinist Madeleine Easton
Ahead of Bach Akademie Australia’s final concerts for the year, classikON spoke to the ensemble’s Founder and Artistic Director, Australian...
Q&A with Selby & Friends’ Kathryn Selby ahead of Beethoven’s Back tour
Ahead of Selby and Friends’ 2019 season finale tour, Beethoven’s Back, classikON’s Phillipa spoke to Kathryn Selby about the enduring appeal of...
Q&A with Halcyon’s Jenny Duck-Chong ahead of IN NATURE
Ahead of Halcyon’s concert, In Nature, on Saturday 12th October, classikON’s Phillipa spoke to Halcyon’s Artistic Director, co-founder and...
Leichhardt Espresso Chorus’s Michelle Leonard OAM on reimagining Handel’s Messiah for 2019
Ahead of Leichhardt Espresso Chorus’s 21st birthday celebration, Messiah Reimagined, classikON’s Phillipa spoke to the group’s founder and Artistic...
Q&A with Tempo Rubato’s Georgina Lewis
Located in the inner-city suburb of Brunswick, Tempo Rubato is Melbourne’s newest and hottest destination for live classical music! Although the...
Selby & Friends’ Kathryn Selby on musical game changing
Selby and Friends’ upcoming tour, The Game Changers, will “explore composers whose influence made a significant impact upon the world of classical...
The Newcastle Music Festival is a musical force with which to be reckoned
The 2019 Newcastle Music Festival is officially underway! classikON sat down with the Festival’s Co-Artistic Directors, Ross Fiddes and Dr. David...
Thoroughbass’s Toybox is sure to entrance young & old alike
Ahead of Thoroughbass’s performances of Claude Debussy’s The Toybox at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta, classikON spoke to the group's Director,...
Q&A with Sydney Chamber Choir member, Ria Andriani
In the lead-up to Sydney Chamber Choir’s concert this Saturday, 1st June, classikON chatted with one of the choir’s singers, Ria Andriani, who is...
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Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Notre-Dame
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Notre-Dame
Journey through eight centuries of music performed within the iconic Notre-Dame de Paris in a groundbreaking performance that spans Medieval, Baroque, and Contemporary eras. In the world premiere of this […]
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Simon Martyn-Ellis | At the King’s Pleasure
Simon Martyn-Ellis | At the King’s Pleasure
A recital of music from Baroque France for theorbo and baroque guitar with a little bit of contemporary England slotted in... PROGRAM ...works by Robert de Visée, Francesco Corbetta, and […]
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Notre-Dame
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Notre-Dame
Journey through eight centuries of music performed within the iconic Notre-Dame de Paris in a groundbreaking performance that spans Medieval, Baroque, and Contemporary eras. In the world premiere of this […]
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SSO | Simone Young Conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
SSO | Simone Young Conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
In a celebrated Sydney tradition, Chief Conductor Simone Young opens our season with one of Mahler’s sublime symphonies in a concert of passionate and electrifying music. Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is […]
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The Song Company | Superbloom – Newcastle
The Song Company | Superbloom – Newcastle
Experience a musical Superbloom in a captivating journey inspired by nature's miracles "Superbloom" is the phenomenon in which the desert landscape receives an unusual season of rain such that the […]
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Notre-Dame
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Notre-Dame
Journey through eight centuries of music performed within the iconic Notre-Dame de Paris in a groundbreaking performance that spans Medieval, Baroque, and Contemporary eras. In the world premiere of this […]
SSO | Simone Young Conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
SSO | Simone Young Conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
In a celebrated Sydney tradition, Chief Conductor Simone Young opens our season with one of Mahler’s sublime symphonies in a concert of passionate and electrifying music. Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is […]
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The Song Company | Superbloom – Wollongong
The Song Company | Superbloom – Wollongong
Experience a musical Superbloom in a captivating journey inspired by nature's miracles "Superbloom" is the phenomenon in which the desert landscape receives an unusual season of rain such that the […]
Australian Chamber Choir | Transports of Delight – Terang
Australian Chamber Choir | Transports of Delight – Terang
In July 2024, the ACC embarks on a concert tour of Europe that you’re invited to join. So let’s celebrate travel! A beautiful performance can transport you to another place. […]
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Notre-Dame
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Notre-Dame
Journey through eight centuries of music performed within the iconic Notre-Dame de Paris in a groundbreaking performance that spans Medieval, Baroque, and Contemporary eras. In the world premiere of this […]
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The Song Company | Superbloom – Canberra
The Song Company | Superbloom – Canberra
Experience a musical Superbloom in a captivating journey inspired by nature's miracles "Superbloom" is the phenomenon in which the desert landscape receives an unusual season of rain such that the […]
Australian Chamber Choir | Transports of Delight – Middle Park
Australian Chamber Choir | Transports of Delight – Middle Park
In July 2024, the ACC embarks on a concert tour of Europe that you’re invited to join. So let’s celebrate travel! A beautiful performance can transport you to another place. […]
Isobel Archer | European Masters – Classical Piano Concert
Isobel Archer | European Masters – Classical Piano Concert
Isobel Archer is one of Australia's talented young pianists, and recently returned from months of performing and studying in Italy and France. Whether you're a classical music enthusiast or simply […]
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Opera in the Pub | Opera Jukebox
Opera in the Pub | Opera Jukebox
Opera . . . in a pub? You heard right! Opera Bites brings best-loved opera hits to the relaxed atmosphere of your local pub. Opera Bites has partnered with The […]
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Orange Chamber Music Festival | 2024
Setting the stage is the beautiful city of Orange as Autumn arrives with colour filled trees, sunny days and cool nights. Each day will encourage our Festival Pass holders to […]
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Folk Fables and Pleasures
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Folk Fables and Pleasures
"Folk music is the original melody of man; it is the musical mirror of the world" - Friedrich Nietzsche There’s something truly wondrous about folk music. Its capacity to instantly […]
The Song Company | Superbloom – Sydney
The Song Company | Superbloom – Sydney
Experience a musical Superbloom in a captivating journey inspired by nature's miracles "Superbloom" is the phenomenon in which the desert landscape receives an unusual season of rain such that the […]
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Baby et Lulu **SOLD OUT**
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Baby et Lulu **SOLD OUT**
Join us for our first Cafe-Concert... ...a sensational night of music and merriment, with the vibrant melodies of ARIA nominated faux French sensations Abby Dobson and Lara Goodridge, and their […]
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Schumann’s Second Symphony with Simone Young
Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Simone Young presents warm, gleaming works by Robert Schumann and Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Three Gymnopédies are jewels, revealing endless character in just a short space of […]
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Ensemble Trivium: Rising
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Ensemble Trivium: Rising
International Women's Day Event Ensemble Trivium presents a program of outstanding music for flute and string quartet by three of the world’s most celebrated female composers. Grandes Dames Joan Tower […]
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Beauty and the Brass
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Beauty and the Brass
" a visual, sonic and an emotional journey for the audience, as in addition to the traditional high Baroque and late Renaissance music, audiences will also encounter a newly premiered […]
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Orava Quartet
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Orava Quartet
Renowned for the visceral thrill of their performances, Australia’s Orava Quartet have been hailed by Limelight magazine as “the most exciting young quartet on the block” and predicted by The […]
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Orange Chamber Music Festival | Cultured
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Cultured
Cultured is the flagship community event of the Orange Chamber Music Festival, delivering exciting performances and activities for the whole family. FREE performances will fill the spaces of the Orange […]
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Superbloom
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Superbloom
"Superbloom" is the phenomenon in which the desert landscape receives an unusual season of rain such that the next spring brings forth carpets of rare displays of flowers. Immerse yourself […]
BackStage Music | Human’s Got Talent
BackStage Music | Human’s Got Talent
LIVING MUSIC IN A LIVING SPACE BackStage Music is a relaxed and open space for you to experience Australia’s most creative music makers. Solomon Frank curates a music and performance […]
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Festival of Chamber Music 2024 | Lure of the Trout
Festival of Chamber Music 2024 | Lure of the Trout
Renowned for its effervescent charm and melodic brilliance, the enchanting world of Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet is an undisputed jewel of the chamber music repertoire. Named for its fourth movement, the ‘Trout’ is full of […]
The Song Company | Superbloom – Chatswood
The Song Company | Superbloom – Chatswood
Experience a musical Superbloom in a captivating journey inspired by nature's miracles "Superbloom" is the phenomenon in which the desert landscape receives an unusual season of rain such that the […]
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West Australian Opera and Australian Baroque | Abbandonata
West Australian Opera and Australian Baroque | Abbandonata
Join West Australian Opera principal artist Prudence Sanders and Australian Baroque in a dramatic journey of three women at pivotal moments in their lives. Storms, passion, monsters, anguish, pleasure and […]
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young conducts Gurrelieder
Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder is a musical tapestry of monumental scale, requiring an orchestra of 125 musicians and a chorus of more than 200. With musical forces of this size, a […]
St Paul’s College Chapel Choir | Händel’s Messiah – Newtown
St Paul’s College Chapel Choir | Händel’s Messiah – Newtown
Join St Paul's College Chapel Choir at Newtown Erskineville Anglican Church on Friday March 15 2024 at 7 pm, presenting Händel's timeless masterpiece the 'Messiah'. This performance is part of the 150-year anniversary celebration of St Stephen's Anglican Church. […]
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Janet Hattam & Nerissa Pearce | Rhymes without Reason
Janet Hattam & Nerissa Pearce | Rhymes without Reason
Children’s nursery rhymes have been passed along from generation to generation, some as far back as the 1600s! They’re fun, educational and thanks to their buoyant melodies become an enduring […]
St Paul’s College Chapel Choir | Händel’s Messiah – North Sydney
St Paul’s College Chapel Choir | Händel’s Messiah – North Sydney
Join the Chapel Choir of St. Paul's College at St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney on Saturday March 16 2024 at 7pm, presenting Händel's timeless masterpiece the 'Messiah'. Directed by Jack Stephens and featuring soloists Brianna Morrison, Molly Ryan, Ariana Ricci, Michael Burden, Elias Wilson, […]
Canberra Bach Ensemble | St John Passion BWV 245
Canberra Bach Ensemble | St John Passion BWV 245
300th Anniversary performance - 1724-2024 Experience the Canberra Bach Ensemble's 300th-anniversary performance of Bach's St. John Passion at St. Christopher's Cathedral in Manuka, Canberra,. Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty […]
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Luminescence Chamber Singers | Glass Heart – Wollongong
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Glass Heart – Wollongong
Luminescence Chamber Singers delve into 500 years of love songs and break-up anthems. From Monteverdi’s monumental “Sestina” to music by Sting and the Wailin’ Jennys, Glass Heart explores the fragility of life […]
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Adelaide
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Adelaide
The 2024 Season opens with a brilliant program of variety, virtuosity and soaring melody. Bringing together again the dynamic duo of Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman, who together stunned audiences […]
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mahler 2 Resurrection
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mahler 2 Resurrection
The Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler’s colossal Symphony no. 2, the ‘Resurrection’. Conducted by KPO’s Artistic Director, Paul Terracini, the concert will also feature the Willoughby Symphony Choir, and […]
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Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Melbourne
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Melbourne
The 2024 Season opens with a brilliant program of variety, virtuosity and soaring melody. Bringing together again the dynamic duo of Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman, who together stunned audiences […]
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Melbourne
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Melbourne
The 2024 Season opens with a brilliant program of variety, virtuosity and soaring melody. Bringing together again the dynamic duo of Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman, who together stunned audiences […]
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Glass Heart – Sydney
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Glass Heart – Sydney
Luminescence Chamber Singers delve into 500 years of love songs and break-up anthems. From Monteverdi’s monumental “Sestina” to music by Sting and the Wailin’ Jennys, Glass Heart explores the fragility of life […]
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Bowral Autumn Music Festival | 2024
In his inaugural year as Artistic Director, Vatche Jambazian is thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the 18th Bowral Autumn Music Festival. "In the tapestry of its history, this […]
Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 1: Swoop
Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 1: Swoop
In his inaugural year as Artistic Director, Vatche Jambazian is thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the 18th Bowral Autumn Music Festival. ARTISTS Orava Quartet PROGRAM Erwin Schulhoff – […]
Flinders Quartet | Legacy
Flinders Quartet | Legacy
Music marks history in a unique and poignant way. Mozart’s legacy is epitomised in the Dissonance Quartet which is revered for its daring harmony that broke all the rules, as […]
The King’s Singers | Live @ Snow Concert Hall
The King’s Singers | Live @ Snow Concert Hall
'Almost 55 years on, their latest successors are just as polished musically, and just as winsome … It was all mellifluously and flawlessly performed’ – THE TIMES For over fifty […]
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Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 2: One and Free
Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 2: One and Free
In his inaugural year as Artistic Director, Vatche Jambazian is thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the 18th Bowral Autumn Music Festival. ARTISTS Simon Nieminski, Organ Recital PROGRAM Johann […]
Phoenix Collective Quartet | Haydn – Bartok – Sollima – Radiohead
Phoenix Collective Quartet | Haydn – Bartok – Sollima – Radiohead
HAYDN - BARTÓK - SOLLIMA - RADIOHEAD PCQ begins 2024 with a program featuring the effervescent ‘Lark’ quartet by Haydn, who has long been recognised as the father of the […]
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Canberra
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Canberra
The 2024 Season opens with a brilliant program of variety, virtuosity and soaring melody. Bringing together again the dynamic duo of Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman, who together stunned audiences […]
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Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 4: Night Wind
Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 4: Night Wind
In his inaugural year as Artistic Director, Vatche Jambazian is thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the 18th Bowral Autumn Music Festival. ARTISTS Konstantin Shamray, piano recital PROGRAM Johann […]
Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 5: Rising Stars
Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 5: Rising Stars
In his inaugural year as Artistic Director, Vatche Jambazian is thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the 18th Bowral Autumn Music Festival. ARTISTS 2024 Musica Floreat 2024 Sydney Symphony […]
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Bowral
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Bowral
The 2024 Season opens with a brilliant program of variety, virtuosity and soaring melody. Bringing together again the dynamic duo of Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman, who together stunned audiences […]
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Phoenix Collective Quartet | Haydn – Bartok – Sollima – Radiohead
Phoenix Collective Quartet | Haydn – Bartok – Sollima – Radiohead
HAYDN - BARTÓK - SOLLIMA - RADIOHEAD PCQ begins 2024 with a program featuring the effervescent ‘Lark’ quartet by Haydn, who has long been recognised as the father of the […]
Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 7: Re-Inventions
Bowral Autumn Music Festival | Concert 7: Re-Inventions
In his inaugural year as Artistic Director, Vatche Jambazian is thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the 18th Bowral Autumn Music Festival. ARTISTS Highlands Music Collective directed by Myee […]
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Turramurra
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Turramurra
The 2024 Season opens with a brilliant program of variety, virtuosity and soaring melody. Bringing together again the dynamic duo of Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman, who together stunned audiences […]
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Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Sydney
Selby & Friends | Golden Blues – Sydney
The 2024 Season opens with a brilliant program of variety, virtuosity and soaring melody. Bringing together again the dynamic duo of Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman, who together stunned audiences […]
Flinders Quartet | Legacy
Flinders Quartet | Legacy
Music marks history in a unique and poignant way. Mozart’s legacy is epitomised in the Dissonance Quartet which is revered for its daring harmony that broke all the rules, as […]
Reuben Tsang | in recital
Reuben Tsang | in recital
Experience the mesmerizing talent of Rueben Tsang, Cairns-born piano prodigy who astounded audiences at the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition with his renditions of Chopin and Beethoven. He was only […]
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Sydney Mozart Society | Goldner String Quartet
Sydney Mozart Society | Goldner String Quartet
The Society is privileged to have the Goldner String Quartet - an ensemble of international significance – open the 2024 season with some of our favourite masterpieces for string quartet. […]
Sofiya Kirsanova, Emily Beauchamp, Will Clarke, Joshua Dema, and Belinda Liew | Schubert String Quintet
Sofiya Kirsanova, Emily Beauchamp, Will Clarke, Joshua Dema, and Belinda Liew | Schubert String Quintet
Experience one of the greatest Chamber works ever composed in this unique performance of the Schubert String Quintet. Be immersed in a world of sublime lyrical euphoria and dark, profoundly […]
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Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | Fauré’s Requiem
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | Fauré’s Requiem
Hear John Peterson’s powerful Shadows and Light written after the events of September 11, 2001. Then it’s Samuel Barber’s cathartic Adagio for Strings and Fauré’s consoling and uplifting Requiem – a ‘lullaby […]
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The Orchestra Project | Mahler Symphony No. 3
The Orchestra Project | Mahler Symphony No. 3
The Orchestra Project Inc. returns to the magnificent Verbrugghen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for another Easter Sunday symphony concert; this time performing Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 3 in D Minor for orchestra, women's […]