Musica Viva Australia | Chopin’s Piano July 13, 2023, QPAC Chopin’s Piano, presented by Musica Viva on Thursday at QPAC, was an evening of musical storytelling that brought Chopin’s biography […]
Sydney Mozart Society | Kathryn Selby and Andrew Haveron May 25, 2023, The Concourse, Chatswood Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata is a momentous work – what other work has a book and a […]
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] QUERCUS TRIO Carla Blackwood horn, Elizabeth Sellars violin, Rhodri Clarke piano ROGER SMALLEY (1943–2015) – Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (2000–2002) [23’06] LARRY SITSKY (born 1934) – […]
Friday Music at St Stephen’s | Richard Rourke 21 April, 2023, St Stephen’s Macquarie St, Sydney How many times have I rushed past St Stephen’s church at lunchtime on a […]
Sydney Mozart Society| Clemens Leske and Daniel Herscovitch Friday 14 April, The Concourse Chatswood It was brave of the Sydney Mozart Society to put on a programme of music for […]
Music, She Wrote – night 1 – Tuning In March 30, 2023, Alpha60, Melbourne In its third year, 3MBS’ Music, She Wrote Festival has quickly become one of the chamber […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; New York Stories Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House 17 March 2023 Conductor: Andrea Molino, Piano: Simon Tedeschi Firmly rooted in jazz and heavily […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Pictures at an Exhibition March 8, 2023, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House MIHHAIL GERTS conductor MARIE-ANGE NGUCI piano MIRIAMA YOUNG Reflections on the Harbour Light SAINT-SAËNS […]
Camerata | Heartstrings Saturday February 25, QPAC, Brisbane Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra presented a romantic evening of chamber music on Saturday night in the QPAC concert hall. Heartstrings was […]
Southern Cross Soloists | A Night in Paris Sunday February 26, 2023, QPAC, Brisbane Southern Cross Soloists presented an exquisite program of chamber music inspired by Paris on Sunday afternoon […]
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 […]
St Stephen’s Friday Music, 10 February 2023 Danaë Killian (pianoforte) Goldberg Variations, BWV988Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Melbourne pianist Danaë Killian was meant to perform the Goldberg Variations, BWV988 by JS […]
Adam McMillan | An Evening of Chopin Nov 9, 2022, Australian Digital Concert Hall Adam McMillan is best known to Melbourne audiences as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist. He […]
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 […]
Season 2023 Promises 5 Stunning New Programs Selby & Friends is delighted to announce the 2023 Season of five intimate chamber music programs around the country – at City […]
Sydney Mozart Society: Ian Munro in Recital 6 October 2022, Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood Mozart, Mozart, alles Mozart, as far as the eye can see. The Sydney Mozart Society, presenting […]
Southern Cross Soloists | White Nights Sunday Oct 2, 2022 | QPAC Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) took audiences on an emotional journey through Russian and Australian chamber music on Sunday […]
Sarah Grunstein | A piano recital Thursday, September 22, 2022 | Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM Beethoven: Sonata in D minor, Op. 31. No. 2, Tempest Beethoven: Sonata in […]
Musica Viva Australia | Chopin’s Piano July 13, 2023, QPAC Chopin’s Piano, presented by Musica Viva on Thursday at QPAC, was an evening of musical storytelling that brought Chopin’s biography to life. Partly a piano recital and partly a play, Chopin’s Piano is an adaption of Paul Kildea’s book. It’s a theatrical retelling of the story of the piano on
Sydney Mozart Society | Kathryn Selby and Andrew Haveron May 25, 2023, The Concourse, Chatswood Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata is a momentous work – what other work has a book and a sonata by another composer named after it? Just as the Eroica Symphony did, it changed the course of classical music. It is probably no coincidence that each work was deemed too
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] QUERCUS TRIO Carla Blackwood horn, Elizabeth Sellars violin, Rhodri Clarke piano ROGER SMALLEY (1943–2015) – Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (2000–2002) [23’06] LARRY SITSKY (born 1934) – Barerq (1984) 4’05 ELENA KATS-CHERNIN (born 1957) – Velvet Revolution (1999) [15’49] GORDON KERRY (born 1961) – No Abiding City (2001) 12’01 DON BANKS (1923–1980) – Trio for Horn, Violin
Friday Music at St Stephen’s | Richard Rourke 21 April, 2023, St Stephen’s Macquarie St, Sydney How many times have I rushed past St Stephen’s church at lunchtime on a Friday busy getting to the next ‘important’ thing in my day? I can’t count, but this Friday I stopped at the little A-frame sign saying, “RECITAL TODAY 1:10 to 1:50”
Sydney Mozart Society| Clemens Leske and Daniel Herscovitch Friday 14 April, The Concourse Chatswood It was brave of the Sydney Mozart Society to put on a programme of music for four piano hands and their bravery was rewarded in spades. Clemens Leske and Daniel Herscovitch both teach at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and have performed together several times. Clemens
Music, She Wrote – night 1 – Tuning In March 30, 2023, Alpha60, Melbourne In its third year, 3MBS’ Music, She Wrote Festival has quickly become one of the chamber music highlights in Melbourne’s musical calendar. Celebrating a diverse range of music by women composers, this brilliant festival, curated by the well known violist Katie Yap, kicked off last night
Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; New York Stories Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House 17 March 2023 Conductor: Andrea Molino, Piano: Simon Tedeschi Firmly rooted in jazz and heavily slanted towards New York in the early 20th century, this popular program was a sell-out and clearly loved by performers and audience alike. The opening piece was the only non-American
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Pictures at an Exhibition March 8, 2023, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House MIHHAIL GERTS conductor MARIE-ANGE NGUCI piano MIRIAMA YOUNG Reflections on the Harbour Light SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.2 MUSSORGSKY arr. RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition The stunning pianism of the young Albanian-born virtuoso Marie-Ange Nguci stole the night and the affection of the audience at
Camerata | Heartstrings Saturday February 25, QPAC, Brisbane Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra presented a romantic evening of chamber music on Saturday night in the QPAC concert hall. Heartstrings was a fitting title for a program full of warmth and passion that really tugged on our heartstrings. It brought together classical and contemporary works for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The
Southern Cross Soloists | A Night in Paris Sunday February 26, 2023, QPAC, Brisbane Southern Cross Soloists presented an exquisite program of chamber music inspired by Paris on Sunday afternoon in the QPAC concert hall. City of Lights explored music from one of the world’s most romantic cities, Paris. It brought together works by French masters Debussy and Ravel, alongside
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
St Stephen’s Friday Music, 10 February 2023 Danaë Killian (pianoforte) Goldberg Variations, BWV988Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Melbourne pianist Danaë Killian was meant to perform the Goldberg Variations, BWV988 by JS Bach in early 2020 but like so much of recent times, Covid got in the way. Thankfully, she was able to perform it in the wonderful Friday Music series at
Adam McMillan | An Evening of Chopin Nov 9, 2022, Australian Digital Concert Hall Adam McMillan is best known to Melbourne audiences as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist. He has won multiple awards and can count among his teachers three “knights” namely Andreas Schiff, Stephen Hough and Imogen Cooper. On the excellent Australian Digital Concert Hall platform he performs
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,
Season 2023 Promises 5 Stunning New Programs Selby & Friends is delighted to announce the 2023 Season of five intimate chamber music programs around the country – at City Recital Hall in Sydney, The Salon at the Melbourne Recital Centre for Evening and Matinee series, Elder Hall & the Flinders Street Church (Tour 1 only) in Adelaide, St Jude’s
Sydney Mozart Society: Ian Munro in Recital 6 October 2022, Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood Mozart, Mozart, alles Mozart, as far as the eye can see. The Sydney Mozart Society, presenting an all-Mozart program by pianist Ian Munro, whose stated his favourite composer is: you guessed it… Mozart. Amazing though Mozart is, this reviewer would not normally be that interested in
Southern Cross Soloists | White Nights Sunday Oct 2, 2022 | QPAC Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) took audiences on an emotional journey through Russian and Australian chamber music on Sunday afternoon in the QPAC Concert Hall. White Nights featured music from Russia’s great classical composers alongside contemporary Australian music. SXS were joined by special guests including pianists Konstantin Shamray and
Sarah Grunstein | A piano recital Thursday, September 22, 2022 | Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM Beethoven: Sonata in D minor, Op. 31. No. 2, Tempest Beethoven: Sonata in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 A sold out concert is always something to cheer about and I am sure that Sarah
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 […]