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 […]
Daniel Hope | Violin Recital 10 June 2026, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Presented by Classical Music Australia Program: George Enescu: Impromptu Concertante Gabriel Fauré: Andante Antonin Dvořák: Sonatina op. 100 […]
Nightingale Performing Arts | Mina’s Kado June 6, 2026, Nightingale Gallery, Armadale, VIC In many ways, the small recital of Mina Yu was, in fact, a love letter to the […]
Live at Yours | Lucas Debargue June 2 Toorak Synagogue, Toorak, VIC What to expect from the French artist Monsieur Lucas Debargue? Factor in the fourth-prize winner at the XVth […]
In our occasional interview series, classikON Ambassador Alan Holley discusses music, the Arts and the future with composer Johanna Selleck Alan Holley: Melbourne-based composer Johanna Selleck has written some of […]
Ella Beard | Hear us Now 30 May, 2026, Goodwood Books, Goodwood, SA I have been dreading writing about this show. Words have never felt so futile as they do […]
Nightingale Performing Arts | Kristian Chong & Cameron Roberts May 28, 2026, Nightingale Gallery, Armadale, VIC I asked myself, thinking of Schubert, did those short-lived 19th Century composers, such as […]
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 […]
Sydney Mozart Society | Sophie Rowell & Kristian Chong 20 May 2026, The Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood, NSW 4 violin sonatas: MOZART Sonata for piano and violin in G major, […]
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 […]
Phoenix Collective Quartet | The Art Music of Joe Hisaishi 17 May, 2026, The Utzon Room | Sydney Opera House NSW As devotees of soirées at the Utzon Room, Sydney […]
Utzon Music | From Prague to Tasmania: Baroque Without Borders 10 May, 2026, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Helena Zemanová – Violin Julia Fredersdorff – Violin Jane Gower – […]
Canberra International Music Festival | Pianos & Percussion: Festival Finale 3 May, 2026, Snow Concert Hall, Red Hill, ACT The Canberra International Music Festival drew to a close in the […]
SSO | Open rehearsal with Benjamin Northey – Symphonic Cinema: The Planets April 28, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW I will be reviewing the Symphonic Cinema concert itself in a […]
Canberra International Music Festival | Folías de España Friday 1 May, 2026, Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia, ACT Lina Tur Bonet, violin Neal Peres Da Costa, harpsichord Folías […]
Forty-Five Downstairs Chamber Music Festival | BRAHMS, LISZT & MENDELSSOHN: Hungarian Fire and Italian Light 28 April, 2026, Forty-Five Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC Coady Green – Piano Ricardo Roche Idini – […]
Classical Music Australia | Pinchas Zukerman 20th April 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The Occasion A trip to Hamer Hall on the cusp of Anzac Day — a time for […]
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)
Daniel Hope | Violin Recital 10 June 2026, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Presented by Classical Music Australia Program: George Enescu: Impromptu Concertante Gabriel Fauré: Andante Antonin Dvořák: Sonatina op. 100 Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Songs Edward Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano op. 82 Artists: Daniel Hope (violin) Marie-Sophie Hauzel (piano The renowned British violinist Daniel Hope was
Nightingale Performing Arts | Mina’s Kado June 6, 2026, Nightingale Gallery, Armadale, VIC In many ways, the small recital of Mina Yu was, in fact, a love letter to the considerable talents and influence of Ryuichi Sakamoto. Part of a school of new-age composers who took their influence from the French Impressionists such as Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, and Gabriel
Live at Yours | Lucas Debargue June 2 Toorak Synagogue, Toorak, VIC What to expect from the French artist Monsieur Lucas Debargue? Factor in the fourth-prize winner at the XVth Tchaikovsky Competition; started piano at 10 years of age, initially with no teacher; an impressive CD repertoire with Sony; played piano at jazz bars, back in the day; loves different
In our occasional interview series, classikON Ambassador Alan Holley discusses music, the Arts and the future with composer Johanna Selleck Alan Holley: Melbourne-based composer Johanna Selleck has written some of the most important music to emerge in Australia in recent decades. Her song-cycle ‘Becoming’, released on CD by MOVE Records, showed her to be at the forefront of new music
Ella Beard | Hear us Now 30 May, 2026, Goodwood Books, Goodwood, SA I have been dreading writing about this show. Words have never felt so futile as they do now – how could I possibly express what it was like to see the premiere performances of Hear Us Now at Goodwood Books? The project, conceived by Australian London-based violist
Nightingale Performing Arts | Kristian Chong & Cameron Roberts May 28, 2026, Nightingale Gallery, Armadale, VIC I asked myself, thinking of Schubert, did those short-lived 19th Century composers, such as Chopin (39 yrs); Mendelssohn (38 yrs) etc., know (in some part of their psyche) that their time was limited? And, in consequence, were driven to produce an enormous body of
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
Sydney Mozart Society | Sophie Rowell & Kristian Chong 20 May 2026, The Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood, NSW 4 violin sonatas: MOZART Sonata for piano and violin in G major, K301 BEETHOVEN Sonata for piano and violin in C minor, op. 30 no. 2 BRAHMS Sonata for piano and violin in A major, op. 100 RAVEL Sonata for violin and
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
Phoenix Collective Quartet | The Art Music of Joe Hisaishi 17 May, 2026, The Utzon Room | Sydney Opera House NSW As devotees of soirées at the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House heed, the early bird gets the best seats. Packed house with 20 minutes to go before the accomplished members of the Phoenix Collective Quartet strode onto the stage
Utzon Music | From Prague to Tasmania: Baroque Without Borders 10 May, 2026, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Helena Zemanová – Violin Julia Fredersdorff – Violin Jane Gower – Dulcian Lars Ulrik Mortensen – Harpsichord At one point during this remarkable Utzon Music recital, harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen described the repertoire as “a kind of written-out improvisation.” It
Canberra International Music Festival | Pianos & Percussion: Festival Finale 3 May, 2026, Snow Concert Hall, Red Hill, ACT The Canberra International Music Festival drew to a close in the Snow Concert Hall with a program that felt very true to the overall spirit of the festival — ambitious, diverse and immersed in culture. With lawns outside inviting a glass
SSO | Open rehearsal with Benjamin Northey – Symphonic Cinema: The Planets April 28, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW I will be reviewing the Symphonic Cinema concert itself in a different review; this review concentrates on how conducting has evolved and its new pedagogy as preached by Benjamin Northey for the benefit of his orchestra, the audience and the 50
Melbourne Classical Quartet | The Classical Flute May 2, 2026, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Richmond, VIC Cameron Jamieson; Meg Cohen, violins; Katie Yap, viola; Rosanne Hunt, cello, with Kim Tan, classical flute I’ve played piano in St. Stephen’s, previously, so I knew what a pleasant, welcoming space it is: light, airy, some beautiful stained-glass and, not to be overlooked,
Canberra International Music Festival | Folías de España Friday 1 May, 2026, Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia, ACT Lina Tur Bonet, violin Neal Peres Da Costa, harpsichord Folías del Fuego I first heard Spanish violinist Lina Tur Bonet in late 2024, after we had newly arrived to live in Canberra. On tour with Musica Viva Australia, Lina led
Forty-Five Downstairs Chamber Music Festival | BRAHMS, LISZT & MENDELSSOHN: Hungarian Fire and Italian Light 28 April, 2026, Forty-Five Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC Coady Green – Piano Ricardo Roche Idini – Piano Sophia Kirsanova – Violin Josephine Vains – Cello Hungarian Dances by a German/Austrian (Brahms); Hungarian Rhapsodies by Liszt, who couldn’t speak Hungarian; Italian music from another German (Mendelssohn)
Classical Music Australia | Pinchas Zukerman 20th April 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The Occasion A trip to Hamer Hall on the cusp of Anzac Day — a time for reflection, gratitude and memory of service. How fitting, then, to bear witness to a towering force who has loomed large on the artistic landscape for five decades. Zukerman has done
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 […]
