Danaë Killian | My Heart January 22, 2026, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC There are times, not very often, when a concert or recital turns out to be […]
Pianist Rieko Makita | Night & Reflections January 30, 2026, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC If you saw the Paris olympics Opening ceremony, you might remember a young pianist, sailing down […]
Nexas Quartet | Wollongong Conservatorium Concert 16 January, 2026, Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, NSW Pulling into the green sweep of the Wollongong Botanic Gardens late on a Friday afternoon, the […]
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; […]
CD Review Philip Arkinstall and Kristian Chong | True Romantics Clara Schumann Romances Op. 22 Arr: Roger Young Johannes Brahms Sonata Op.120, No.1 in F minor and […]
CD Review Laura Chislett | 100 years of Australian Flute Music Wirripang: Catalogue number, WIRR 131 100 years of Australian Flute Music (1924-2024) is performed by Laura Chislett on flutes […]
Australia Chamber Orchestra | Cocteau’s Circle November 17, 2025, Melbourne Recital Hall The Occasion A Monday night in the inventive and exploratory hands of Richard Tognetti and the ingenious ACO, […]
Australian Chamber Orchestra | Mountain October 30, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The Occasion Falling on the eve of All Hallows’ Eve, Mountain was well-timed for a little seasonal “trick […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Impressions of Paris October 25, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC César Franck might have said, as a certain diminutive, dapper detective did: “I am not Frrench, […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | A Masterclass with Daniel Müller-Schott 21 October 2025, St James Church, Sydney, NSW Daniel Müller-Schott performs Tchaikovsky 23 October 2025, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW […]
Elysian Fields | Swirling Flame Released 24 October, 2025 Swirling Flame is the latest release from Elysian Fields, a self-described ‘genre-defying’ ensemble. This is an apt description of a chamber […]
SSO – International Pianists in Recital | Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 20 October, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) Sérénade grotesque (1893) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) Miroirs (1904–05) […]
Australian String Quartet | Convergence October 21, 2025, The Neilson, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW There’s something that feels just right about hearing a string quartet in The Neilson. The […]
Musica Viva Australia | Trio Isimsiz October 7, 2025 | Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC It’s ironic that musicians that play with the intimacy, drama and playfulness of closest friends […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Harry Bennetts performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto October 9, 2025, City Recital Hall, NSW The beginnings of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto did not augur well, as was common […]
Sydney Chamber Choir | Connections 28 September 2025, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, NSW The Sydney Chamber Choir marks its 50th year in 2025 and what a year of celebrations it has […]
Danaë Killian | My Heart January 22, 2026, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC There are times, not very often, when a concert or recital turns out to be much more than its title suggests. Pianist Danaë Killian’s concert My Heart was such an event. Presented to celebrate the launch of her latest album My Heart (Move Records, 2026),
Pianist Rieko Makita | Night & Reflections January 30, 2026, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC If you saw the Paris olympics Opening ceremony, you might remember a young pianist, sailing down the Seine, on a barge, in the rain!, playing Ravel. This – Jeux d’eau (Water Play) – was one of the two water-pieces in Makita’s programme, the other was Ondine,
Nexas Quartet | Wollongong Conservatorium Concert 16 January, 2026, Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, NSW Pulling into the green sweep of the Wollongong Botanic Gardens late on a Friday afternoon, the atmosphere was one of fun. Kids were spread across the lawn outside, cartwheeling, cricket bats in hand. By the time I reached the buildings of the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music,
Summer Concerts 2026 | Viva La Cello! 16–18 January 2026 • Eudlo Hall, Sunshine Coast Hinterland The Sunshine Coast’s favourite summer classical music event is back. Summer Concerts 2026 – Viva la Cello! returns to Eudlo Hall from 16–18 January, presenting three intimate and uplifting concerts that celebrate the expressive power, versatility, and sheer beauty of the cello. Now 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),
CD Review Philip Arkinstall and Kristian Chong | True Romantics Clara Schumann Romances Op. 22 Arr: Roger Young Johannes Brahms Sonata Op.120, No.1 in F minor and Sonata Op.120, No.2 in E flat Philip Arkinstall – clarinet, Kristian Chong – piano MOVE Records Catalogue number MCD 668 The inspired coupling of music
CD Review Laura Chislett | 100 years of Australian Flute Music Wirripang: Catalogue number, WIRR 131 100 years of Australian Flute Music (1924-2024) is performed by Laura Chislett on flutes of various kinds, and Stephanie McCallum on piano for about half of the tracks. This CD is a fascinating exploration of the development of the flute repertoire in the last
Australia Chamber Orchestra | Cocteau’s Circle November 17, 2025, Melbourne Recital Hall The Occasion A Monday night in the inventive and exploratory hands of Richard Tognetti and the ingenious ACO, Australia Chamber Orchestra. Having scaled the West face of Everest in ‘Mountain’ merely a fortnight ago, we have now migrated to the Melbourne Recital Centre, and set our Time Machine
Australian Chamber Orchestra | Mountain October 30, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The Occasion Falling on the eve of All Hallows’ Eve, Mountain was well-timed for a little seasonal “trick or treat.” Halloween, as it is currently known, has recently found firmer footing in Australian life – more a playful import than a cultural fixture, but growing nonetheless. The performance
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Impressions of Paris October 25, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC César Franck might have said, as a certain diminutive, dapper detective did: “I am not Frrench, I am Belgian!” Living most of his life in Paris, including being organist at a posh Paris church, he took required French nationality when becoming head of organ studies at
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | A Masterclass with Daniel Müller-Schott 21 October 2025, St James Church, Sydney, NSW Daniel Müller-Schott performs Tchaikovsky 23 October 2025, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW Program: Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Stravinsky: Petrushka Artists: Lionel Bringuier: conductor Daniel Müller-Schott: cello Sydney Symphony Orchestra Considering both a masterclass and a concert
Elysian Fields | Swirling Flame Released 24 October, 2025 Swirling Flame is the latest release from Elysian Fields, a self-described ‘genre-defying’ ensemble. This is an apt description of a chamber jazz ensemble fronted by an electric Viola da Gamba alongside all the other instruments you’d expect from a jazz ensemble – piano, saxophones, bass, vocals and some violin and double
Queensland Symphony Orchestra | Franck and Ravel 18 October, 2025, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, QLD Conductor: Lionel Bringuier Soloist: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet This Maestro concert transported QSO subscribers to France as the conductor, Lionel Bringuier and concert pianist, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and repertoire were all French and yet the program wasn’t a casual stroll by the river Seine on a balmy
SSO – International Pianists in Recital | Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 20 October, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) Sérénade grotesque (1893) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) Miroirs (1904–05) Gaspard de la nuit (1908) Le tombeau de Couperin (1914–17) For many of the concertgoers at the piano recital of the music of Ravel, pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet would have touched
Australian String Quartet | Convergence October 21, 2025, The Neilson, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW There’s something that feels just right about hearing a string quartet in The Neilson. The warm wood panelling, the intimacy of the space, the sense of shared stillness between audience and performers, even from the balcony it feels close. It’s the ideal setting for the
Musica Viva Australia | Trio Isimsiz October 7, 2025 | Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC It’s ironic that musicians that play with the intimacy, drama and playfulness of closest friends should be called the Trio Isimsiz, which translates to ‘Anonymous Trio’ from Turkish. Formed in London in 2009, Trio Isimsiz comprises Pablo Hernán Benedí on violin, Edward Pogossian on cello
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Harry Bennetts performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto October 9, 2025, City Recital Hall, NSW The beginnings of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto did not augur well, as was common at the time – witness Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony – the orchestra did not receive the score until one day before the concert leaving no time for rehearsals. As if this
Sydney Chamber Choir | Connections 28 September 2025, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, NSW The Sydney Chamber Choir marks its 50th year in 2025 and what a year of celebrations it has been so far! This concert was as much a reunion as it was a performance. President Chris Matthies opened proceedings by welcoming 22 former choristers who were joining the ‘regular’
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 […]