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 […]
Ronan Apcar with Ensemble Apex and Sam Weller (conductor) 9 August, 2025, ACO On The Pier, Walsh Bay, NSW DULCIE HOLLAND Serious Procession DAN ROJAS La Gran Salsa NIGEL WESTLAKE […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Javier Perianes performs Saint-Saëns Wednesday 30 July, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI conductor JAVIER PERIANES piano ROSSINI (1792–1868) Overture William Tell SAINT-SAËNS […]
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, […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Stephen Hough Performs Brahms May 16, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW If anyone deserves the middle name “versatile” it is Sir Stephen Hough. He is a […]
St Stephen’s Uniting Church | Friday Music 2 May 2025, St Stephens, Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW Richard Rourke (clarinet) Diane Berger (flute) Sumiko Yamamura (pianoforte) On a day […]
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music | Recital April 15, 2025 , Hanson Dyer Hall, VIC Lisa-Maree Amos (flutes) Brent Miller (percussion) Peter de Jager (piano) Lisa-Maree Amos, Brent Miller and Peter […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Mozart and Bruckner 9 April, 2025, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW It’s refreshing to see the continuing trend of opening a concert with a composition by […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | International Pianists in Recital: Lise de la Salle 8 April 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW PROGRAM Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23 Liszt: Sonata […]
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents | INTERNATIONAL PIANISTS IN RECITAL Sunday 30 March, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney DANIIL TRIFONOV piano MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone Tchaikovsky – The Children’s Album Schubert […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Daniil Trifonov performs Rachmaninov 28 March 2025, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW PROGRAM LIADOV The Enchanted Lake , Op. 62 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 4 in G […]
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents | INTERNATIONAL PIANISTS IN RECITAL 26 March, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney NSW DANIIL TRIFONOV piano MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) – Winterreise D911 […]
Opera Queensland | An Evening with Joseph Keckler 14 February | Opera Queensland Studio, South Bank QLD Joseph Keckler has quite the reputation. Countless articles have been published about him […]
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 […]
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
Ronan Apcar with Ensemble Apex and Sam Weller (conductor) 9 August, 2025, ACO On The Pier, Walsh Bay, NSW DULCIE HOLLAND Serious Procession DAN ROJAS La Gran Salsa NIGEL WESTLAKE out of the blue DULCIE HOLLAND Conversation for Piano DULCIE HOLLAND Concertino for Piano and Strings So often when a composer dies performances seem to dry up. The following years
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Javier Perianes performs Saint-Saëns Wednesday 30 July, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI conductor JAVIER PERIANES piano ROSSINI (1792–1868) Overture William Tell SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, Op.103, The Egyptian SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141 (1972) Shostakovich’s 15th Symphony is a work that after experiencing
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
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Stephen Hough Performs Brahms May 16, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW If anyone deserves the middle name “versatile” it is Sir Stephen Hough. He is a successful author poet, portrait painter and above all composer – his piano concerto makes very easy listening. In the musical field, it would be quicker to list the prizes he
St Stephen’s Uniting Church | Friday Music 2 May 2025, St Stephens, Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW Richard Rourke (clarinet) Diane Berger (flute) Sumiko Yamamura (pianoforte) On a day when Sydney’s CBD was lashed by wind and rain a concert in St Stephen’s offered safe haven for a well sized and discerning audience for a recital by three of
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music | Recital April 15, 2025 , Hanson Dyer Hall, VIC Lisa-Maree Amos (flutes) Brent Miller (percussion) Peter de Jager (piano) Lisa-Maree Amos, Brent Miller and Peter de Jager were the lynchpins of a most varied concert to a full house in the acoustically and visually pleasant Hanson Dyer Hall. With nine different composers it was to
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Mozart and Bruckner 9 April, 2025, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW It’s refreshing to see the continuing trend of opening a concert with a composition by a contemporary Australian artist and the “overture” to this mammoth concert by the SSO was Blue Light Sphere by Kate Moore whose name is familiar to many concertgoers. Kate was
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | International Pianists in Recital: Lise de la Salle 8 April 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW PROGRAM Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23 Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S178 Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52 Liszt: Cantique d’amour from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S173 Liszt: Reminiscences of Don Juan, S41 The French pianist Lise de la Salle
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents | INTERNATIONAL PIANISTS IN RECITAL Sunday 30 March, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney DANIIL TRIFONOV piano MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone Tchaikovsky – The Children’s Album Schubert – Schwanengesang To open the International Pianists in Recital the sensational Daniil Trifonov played a relative rarity in the concert pianist’s repertoire, Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album, Op.39. This music is Russian
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Daniil Trifonov performs Rachmaninov 28 March 2025, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW PROGRAM LIADOV The Enchanted Lake , Op. 62 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 i. Daydreams – Passions ii. A Ball iii. In the Fields iv. March to the Scaffold v. Sabbath Night Dream ARTISTS ASHER FISCH conductor
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents | INTERNATIONAL PIANISTS IN RECITAL 26 March, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney NSW DANIIL TRIFONOV piano MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) – Winterreise D911 (1827) German baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Daniil Trifonov are world renowned soloists and as a duo tour Australia for the first time in recitals of music by Schubert. Their
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
Opera Queensland | An Evening with Joseph Keckler 14 February | Opera Queensland Studio, South Bank QLD Joseph Keckler has quite the reputation. Countless articles have been published about him in the New York Times and other tabloids reporting that he’s charismatic, a musical trickster, a tour de force with a classically trained and remarkable voice. Clearly, a versatile singer
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
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 Stender. Renowned for its sublime lyricism, rich harmonies and profound emotional depth, this extraordinary masterpiece will be brought to life in the magnificent surroundings of […]
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 her love of music, roots, and identity, the program explores contemporary urban life through the lens of a First Nations woman. The title, using “Tidda” […]
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 subtle and surreal, with music that will overwhelm you with its delicate beauty and luminous sonorities. Christopher Cerrone’s ethereal quartet, How to Breathe Underwater leads […]
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 Stender. Renowned for its sublime lyricism, rich harmonies and profound emotional depth, this extraordinary masterpiece will be brought to life in the magnificent surroundings of […]
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 to share her love of music, roots, and identity, the program explores contemporary urban life through the lens of a First Nations woman. The title, […]
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 composers and voice types through to genres and quirky bits of opera trivia. From Verdi and Puccini to opera darlings such as Luciano Pavarotti and Joan […]
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 subtle and surreal, with music that will overwhelm you with its delicate beauty and luminous sonorities. Christopher Cerrone’s ethereal quartet, How to Breathe Underwater leads […]
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 luminous acoustic of St James’ Church. The program features Bach’s exhilarating Magnificat, Poulenc’s dramatically contrasting Organ Concerto on the Bicentennial Pipe Organ, and Vaughan Williams’ […]
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 Australian musicians when TMO present a world premiere work from composer Graeme Brown titled Endangered Species. Rimsky-Korsakov’s sparkling Capriccio Espagnol is inspired by Spanish folk […]
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 of works such as the Seventh Symphony; it is crowned by a slow movement that is one Beethoven’s most extraordinary variation-sets. Brahms’s late-period Trio is […]
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 (or tiny little bit more than one…) of these hours exploring music for Traverso (flute) and Baroque ensemble! Join us for a bright and warm […]
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. The journey culminates in the fiery urgency of Prokofiev’s Sixth Sonata — bold, restless, and electrifying. PROGRAM L. van Beethoven Sonata no. 28 in A […]
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 House. For 2026, Brett Weymark has turned his sights on one the most spectacular operas of all, Verdi’s Aida, for what he predicts could be […]
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 a leading presence on the international stage, renowned for his versatility, imaginative programming and distinctive artistry. An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, he first rose to […]
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 more than 35 years, Hope has been a leading presence on the international stage, renowned for his versatility, imaginative programming and distinctive artistry. An exclusive […]
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 powerful Fluro Electric. Partridge String Quartet OS JONKER violin ANNA SKÁLOVÁ violin* EUNISE CHENG viola DANIEL SMITH cello *guest violin PROGRAM DEBUSSY String Quartet Holly HARRISON Fluro Electric
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 Age and Baroque periods, featuring works by composers such as Juan del Encina, Diego Ortiz, Gaspar Sanz alongside captivating anonymous pieces that once resonated through […]
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 public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723, he inherited this now famous […]
“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 the crowning of Charles VI as King of Bohemia in Prague in 1723 included an opera performance by 200 musicians and 100 voices. “History does […]
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 20th anniversary concerts is at St John’s Church, Camberwell on 12 June 2026 at 7.30pm. Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir’s winter offering features soloists mezzo-soprano Belinda […]
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 and Samuel Barber resisted the atonality and serialism embraced by their contemporaries and continued to explore the rich extremes of lush harmony and sweeping melodies. […]
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 by Johanna Selleck, Alan Holley, Andrian Pertout, Paul Moulatlet, Haydn Reeder, Philip Czaplowski, Colin McKellar and Ken Murray. Performed by an outstanding group of artists […]
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 public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723, he inherited this now famous […]
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 public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723, he inherited this now famous […]
“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 the crowning of Charles VI as King of Bohemia in Prague in 1723 included an opera performance by 200 musicians and 100 voices. “History does […]
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 gave rise to the phrase ‘Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee’. Hear the music that captivated London and judge for yourself! Join us for an afternoon of vocal […]
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 its own, this major work for string quartet and basset clarinet was premiered in 2021 and has become an instant classic. Musica Viva Australia is […]
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 its own, this major work for string quartet and basset clarinet was premiered in 2021 and has become an instant classic. Musica Viva Australia is […]
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 composers and voice types through to genres and quirky bits of opera trivia. From Verdi and Puccini to opera darlings such as Luciano Pavarotti and Joan […]
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 Australia's most celebrated musicians. Be moved by the aching beauty of Saudade, a programme steeped in longing and lyricism and lose yourself in The Art […]
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 will perform their selected concerto with orchestra on Sunday 28 June, competing for prizes and opportunities in this prestigious annual event. The competition is open […]
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 abandoned, it’s reimagined and brought thrillingly to life. Created by multi-award-winning Australian circus company Gravity and Other Myths in collaboration with the Brandenburger Symphoniker, LOUDER is a […]
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 Twin Cities Youth Symphonies from Minneapolis, Minnesota, conducted by Maestro Mark Russell Smith, joins the 40-piece Spokane Youth Symphony from Washington State, led by Dr Phillip Baldwin, for […]
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. Spanning art song, opera, and comic repertoire, the concert features music by Hugo Wolf, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, alongside the wit of Flanders […]
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 composers and voice types through to genres and quirky bits of opera trivia. From Verdi and Puccini to opera darlings such as Luciano Pavarotti and Joan […]
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 touring programs. Journey into the vibrant musical world of late 18th-century Vienna as we explore the works of the many Bohemian composers who lived and […]
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 and it’s a joy to sing. It’s also a joy to hear – music by a composer at the peak of his genius, bringing every […]
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 at heart. Marvel at how the symphony orchestra uses incredible colours to produce chilling, electrifying, wondrous and exciting moments in Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, one […]
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 at an Exhibition breathes magic into the composer’s musical depictions of artworks from the majestic Old Castle to Baba Yaga’s quirky Hut on Hen’s Legs. Star pianist Avan […]
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 at an Exhibition breathes magic into the composer’s musical depictions of artworks from the majestic Old Castle to Baba Yaga’s quirky Hut on Hen’s Legs. Star pianist Avan […]
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 […]
