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 | Folías de España Friday 1 May, 2026, Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia, ACT Lina Tur Bonet, violin Neal Peres Da Costa, harpsichord Folías […]
Bowral Autumn Music Festival concert 2: Music for Tenebrae March 27, 2026, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW St Mary’s Cathedral Scholars Conductor: Richard Butler Organist: Daniel Justin Program Vexilla […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony With Bruch’s First Violin Concerto March 19, 2026, Sydney Opera House Bruch’s First Violin Concerto – Soloist María Dueñas Max Bruch was a […]
Anna Lapwood | Recital in Town Hall March 13, 2026, Melbourne Town Hall, VIC When Anna bounds onto the stage, her energy is infectious. Greeted like a rock star at […]
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Nightingale November 23, 2025, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC THE GREAT J.S. Bach, renowned as a master organist certainly knew his way around a harpsichord, as well; […]
Zelman Symphony Orchestra | French Organ September 13th, 2025, St John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell, VIC A somewhat misleading title for the evening, “French Organ”, as it suggests we are in […]
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Circa & The Art of Fugue 13 August 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW Where do you look, when everything matters? That was the question circling […]
The Royal Organist at the Sydney Opera House – a rare solo organ recital by James O’Donnell July 29, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW Like all the great concert halls […]
Castlemaine Double | Keys of Gold Festival | Bendigo Fine Music 12 July, 2025 Castlemaine Uniting Church and Christ Church, Castlemaine, VIC Bendigo Chamber Choir, Michael Bottomley (Director), Thomas Heywood […]
Thomas Heywood | Grand Organ Recital 20 June 2025, Melbourne Town Hall, VIC The first organ arrived in Australia on a convict ship and was delivered to Van Dieman’s Land, […]
Music at St Patrick’s | Jennifer Chou and Joseph Yu February 14, St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne, VIC The programme of music for trombone and organ, performed by Jennifer Chou and […]
Salut! Baroque | Music to Celebrate Feb 2, 2025, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NSW Baroque music has always been about grandeur and transformation, and Salut! Baroque’s Music to Celebrate was no exception. Marking […]
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic | Carols in the Cathedral December 22 2024, Melbourne,VIC The packed out Carols in the Cathedral is a firm staple in Melbourne’s music calendar, and each year, […]
Jennifer Chou | Organ Recital Oct 20, 2024, St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton, VIC While local residents rallied in protest on the well heeled streets of Brighton, a small but […]
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 | 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
Bowral Autumn Music Festival concert 2: Music for Tenebrae March 27, 2026, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW St Mary’s Cathedral Scholars Conductor: Richard Butler Organist: Daniel Justin Program Vexilla regia prodeunt – Gregorian Chant Organ improvisation on Vexilla regis Psalm 4 – Gregorian Chant Victoria: Sepulto domino Bach: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott (BWV 721) Victoria: Tenebrae factae
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony With Bruch’s First Violin Concerto March 19, 2026, Sydney Opera House Bruch’s First Violin Concerto – Soloist María Dueñas Max Bruch was a contemporary of Brahms and early in his career was equally as renowned. He also shared a friendship with violinist Joseph Joachim who encouraged him to write not one but three
Anna Lapwood | Recital in Town Hall March 13, 2026, Melbourne Town Hall, VIC When Anna bounds onto the stage, her energy is infectious. Greeted like a rock star at the first of two sold out concerts at the Melbourne Town Hall, Anna endears herself to us immediately. Before she has even played a single note, she has us in
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Nightingale November 23, 2025, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC THE GREAT J.S. Bach, renowned as a master organist certainly knew his way around a harpsichord, as well; so much so that one of his employers hired him to repair some of His Lordship’s instruments. Although he’d arranged some of Vivaldi’s concertos previously, Bach, single-handedly (both hands actually),
Zelman Symphony Orchestra | French Organ September 13th, 2025, St John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell, VIC A somewhat misleading title for the evening, “French Organ”, as it suggests we are in for a stolid performance of Messiaen and Bach, (and a host of other bit part composers who had a great deal of expertise writing for the organ). In fact, the
Melbourne Baroque Orchestra | Le Bellezze D’Italia 24 August 2025, Toorak Uniting Church, VIC Baroque Harp: Hannah Lane; Theorbo: Nicholas Pollock; Violins: Tim Willis, Shane Lestideau, Stephanie Eldridge, Taé Heine; Cello: Josephine Vains; Viola da Gamba: Laura Vaughan; Harpsichord: Linda Kent. Works by Allegri, Marini, Uccellini, Merula, Legrenzi, Falconieri, Vivaldi, Bassani, Corelli and Handel. The Melbourne Baroque Orchestra continued their
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Circa & The Art of Fugue 13 August 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW Where do you look, when everything matters? That was the question circling in my head from the very first Contrapunctus of this astonishing collaboration between the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Circa. Part visual poem, part intellectual puzzle, The Art of Fugue was
The Royal Organist at the Sydney Opera House – a rare solo organ recital by James O’Donnell July 29, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW Like all the great concert halls of the world (except Melbourne) the Sydney Opera House is equipped with a fine pipe organ which was built by Ronald Sharp in 1979 and is described by CEO Louise
Castlemaine Double | Keys of Gold Festival | Bendigo Fine Music 12 July, 2025 Castlemaine Uniting Church and Christ Church, Castlemaine, VIC Bendigo Chamber Choir, Michael Bottomley (Director), Thomas Heywood (Organ) There is nothing more exciting to a festival pass holder than someone announcing to the queue that the concert is sold out and there will be no sales at
Thomas Heywood | Grand Organ Recital 20 June 2025, Melbourne Town Hall, VIC The first organ arrived in Australia on a convict ship and was delivered to Van Dieman’s Land, or as we know it now, Lutruwita/Tasmania in 1825. Its arrival is cause for celebration both then and now and this 200 year anniversary was the theme for Thomas Heywood’s
Apeiron Baroque | Pluckers and Scratchers 23 March 2025, Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, ACT PROGRAM BECKER, Dietrich (1623–1679) – Sonata a2 JARZEBSKI, Adam (1590–1649) – Concerto Secundo FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583–1643) – Toccate Tertii Toni from Codex Chigi JENKINS, John (1592–1678) – “Aria” a2 JONES, Richard (c1680–1744) – Sonata #4 from Chamber Airs Op. 2 LAWES, William (1602–1645) – Harp Consorts
Pinchgut Opera | Erin Helyard plays Bach‘s Goldberg Variations March 1, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW JS BACH (1685-1750) – Goldberg Variations BWV988 Performed by Erin Helyard | Presented by Pinchgut Opera Nearly 1 year ago the Sydney Symphony Orchestra promoted the Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in a sold out recital of the Goldberg Variations in the Sydney Opera
Music at St Patrick’s | Jennifer Chou and Joseph Yu February 14, St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne, VIC The programme of music for trombone and organ, performed by Jennifer Chou and Joseph Yu, was obviously curated for Valentine’s Day, and it was lovely to see a number of couples complete with red roses and adoring gazes at home in the vast
Salut! Baroque | Music to Celebrate Feb 2, 2025, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NSW Baroque music has always been about grandeur and transformation, and Salut! Baroque’s Music to Celebrate was no exception. Marking the beginning of their 30th anniversary season, the ensemble crafted a program that honoured the evolution of Baroque music, moving from its Renaissance roots to the cusp of the Classical
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic | Carols in the Cathedral December 22 2024, Melbourne,VIC The packed out Carols in the Cathedral is a firm staple in Melbourne’s music calendar, and each year, without fail, RMP Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Andrew Wailes, joined by the National Boys Choir of Australia Artistic Director Andrew Bainbridge, and assembled massed forces from across the city
Jennifer Chou | Organ Recital Oct 20, 2024, St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton, VIC While local residents rallied in protest on the well heeled streets of Brighton, a small but appreciative and enthusiastic crowd gathered at St Andrew’s Anglican Church for a recital by Jennifer Chou, one of Melbourne’s premier organists. The programme, which ranged from the baroque to 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 […]
