Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s 7th 21 August, 2023, Australian Digital Concert Hall BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture Op. 84 (arr. Nicolas Mori) BOCCHERINI String Quintet in C minor Op. 10, No. […]
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 […]
St Stephen’s Friday Music | Diane Berger and pianist Sumiko Yamamura March 24, 2023, St Stephen’s Macquarie Street, Sydney Diane Berger – flute Sumiko Yamamura – piano Mark Quarmby – […]
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens 1 Sunday February 26, 2023, A home in Alexandria Back in 2020 Ensemble Offspring got creative, rather than just sitting around waiting for venues to […]
Canberra-based composer Sally Greenaway is set to make a mark at the Bowral Autumn Music Festival, which will include premieres of new works by Greenaway and other Australian composers, such […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | MENDELSSOHN AND BRAHMS Friday December 2nd 2022, Hamer Hall Sir Andrew Davis – conductor Christian Li – violin Ensuring the tradition and richness of the classical […]
Mendelssohn is one of many composers, in my opinion, who wrote a lot of average material and the occasional brilliant piece. His violin concerto and Hebridean overture are two of […]
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 […]
Sydney Chamber Music Festival | Revival October 16, 2022, Manly Art Gallery After a three year hiatus due to Covid, it was a pleasure to see the Sydney Chamber Music […]
The Melbourne Composers’ League | Song of the Eagle New Chamber Music from Australia and Albania 17 July, 2022, Church of All Nations, Carlton, Melbourne Johanna Selleck (flute) Carla Blackwood […]
Flute Perspectives, Vol. 3. Derek Jones – flute, Jerry Wong- piano, Leigh Harrold – piano The first thing that strikes the listener in this new CD of Australian flute […]
Bach Akademie Australia – Bach’s Easter Oratorio Friday 8th April 2022 – Australian Digital Concert Hall As we approach the Crucifixion of Passion season, the Bach Akademie Australia gave us […]
Rubiks Collective, This Soft Eclipse Thursday April 29, 2021 Back in their element in the return to the Melbourne Recital Centre, Rubiks Collective – joined by guests Kim Tan, Lucy […]
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s 7th 21 August, 2023, Australian Digital Concert Hall BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture Op. 84 (arr. Nicolas Mori) BOCCHERINI String Quintet in C minor Op. 10, No. 3 G. 267 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 (arr. Nicolas Mori) Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director and violin Matthew Greco, violin Karina Schmitz, viola James Eccles, viola
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 down to Southbank after work, met my friend for a quick dinner,
St Stephen’s Friday Music | Diane Berger and pianist Sumiko Yamamura March 24, 2023, St Stephen’s Macquarie Street, Sydney Diane Berger – flute Sumiko Yamamura – piano Mark Quarmby – organ In this week’s Friday Music in St Stephen’s flautist Diane Berger and pianist Sumiko Yamamura were riveting in Aaron Copland’s substantial and evocative three movement Duo. With music that
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens 1 Sunday February 26, 2023, A home in Alexandria Back in 2020 Ensemble Offspring got creative, rather than just sitting around waiting for venues to get back to normal they created a series of outdoor events starting with ‘Ah Tempe!’, a musical walking tour of an inner Sydney suburb, and in 2022 ‘Avant Gardens’ was
Canberra-based composer Sally Greenaway is set to make a mark at the Bowral Autumn Music Festival, which will include premieres of new works by Greenaway and other Australian composers, such as Andrew Ford and Elena Kats-Chernin. The festival will run from Thursday 23 March to Sunday 26 March It celebrates chamber music repertoire performed by some of Australia’s most highly
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | MENDELSSOHN AND BRAHMS Friday December 2nd 2022, Hamer Hall Sir Andrew Davis – conductor Christian Li – violin Ensuring the tradition and richness of the classical western art music tradition, and indeed the future of our Australian orchestras, continues cannot be taken for granted. Friday night’s concert with the MSO was totally encouraging in the way
Mendelssohn is one of many composers, in my opinion, who wrote a lot of average material and the occasional brilliant piece. His violin concerto and Hebridean overture are two of the latter and so is the music he composed for Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” which opened Friday’s concert held by The Metropolitan Orchestra at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. A quiet
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 stimulating concert. Presented in collaboration with Brisbane Writer’s Festival, this concert featured three new chamber music compositions,
Sydney Chamber Music Festival | Revival October 16, 2022, Manly Art Gallery After a three year hiatus due to Covid, it was a pleasure to see the Sydney Chamber Music Festival return to the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, where we were surrounded by the wonderful drawings of Salvatore Zoffrea, the gallery’s current exhibition. The Sunday night program was titled
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Debussy’s Nocturnes: Darkness and Light October 13, 2022, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Nodoka Okinawa – conductor Yinuo Mu – harp Upper voices of the MSO chorus Descending multiple sets of escalators to reach the stalls of the Hamer Hall, and surely we were beneath the high water mark of the Yarra now in the early stages of
The Melbourne Composers’ League | Song of the Eagle New Chamber Music from Australia and Albania 17 July, 2022, Church of All Nations, Carlton, Melbourne Johanna Selleck (flute) Carla Blackwood (French horn) Helen Bower (violin) Danaë Killian (piano) In a wonderful collaboration between two countries separated by such distance Melbourne audiences were able to hear live three of Albania’s leading
Flute Perspectives, Vol. 3. Derek Jones – flute, Jerry Wong- piano, Leigh Harrold – piano The first thing that strikes the listener in this new CD of Australian flute music is the rich, gorgeous tone of flautist Derek Jones and the elegant, and where appropriate, athletic pianism of both Jerry Wong and Leigh Harrold. The performers treat the works
Bach Akademie Australia – Bach’s Easter Oratorio Friday 8th April 2022 – Australian Digital Concert Hall As we approach the Crucifixion of Passion season, the Bach Akademie Australia gave us a prospective sighting of the Resurrection and hope of salvation with J S Bach’s Easter Oratorio and two Easter Cantatas, all composed for Leipzig in 1725, in a delayed streaming
Rubiks Collective, This Soft Eclipse Thursday April 29, 2021 Back in their element in the return to the Melbourne Recital Centre, Rubiks Collective – joined by guests Kim Tan, Lucy Price, and Natasha Fearnside – displayed a thoughtful and evocative programme of musics young and old, with an underlying focus on meditation and transformation. The title of the programme, This
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 […]
In the first of two concerts during his residency at ANAM, superstar violinist Richard Tognetti brings together the fascinating sound worlds of American composers Charles Ives and Ruth Crawford Seeger, alongside […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oriana Choir at Their Finest The Sunshine Coast’s premier vocal group, Oriana Choir presents An Oriana Songbook on Sunday 28 June at 2:00pm at Sella Maris Primary School Hall, Maroochydore, […]
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. […]
Join 3MBS Classically Kids this July for Once Upon A Storytime — an interactive musical adventure created and performed by flautist extraordinaire Eliza Shephard. Designed especially for young audiences, this joyful […]
Join 3MBS Classically Kids this July for Once Upon A Storytime — an interactive musical adventure created and performed by flautist extraordinaire Eliza Shephard. Designed especially for young audiences, this joyful […]
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 […]
