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Danaë Killian’s ‘My Heart’ a transcendental and sensory journey

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 […]

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Rieko Makita’s piano artistry debuts in Melbourne

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 […]

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Nexas @ WollCon – feel-good music, played with polish + humour

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 […]

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Viva La Cello! Summer concerts return to Eudlo

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 – […]

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MCO gives us treasures of the highest value in ‘Nightingale’

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; […]

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Review of new MOVE records CD: True Romantics

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 […]

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Flutist Laura Chislett’s new release reviewed

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 […]

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ACO’s Cocteau’s Circle – Encore Chloe Lankshear!

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, […]

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ACO’s delightful marriage of music and film – Mountain

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 […]

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Franck’s Symphony beautifully performed by MSO under the baton of Rodolfo Barráez

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, […]

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Daniel Müller-Schott – What a consummate musician!

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 […]

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CD Review: Elysian Fields | Swirling Flame

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 […]

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet + QSO thrilled the crowd

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 […]

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s electrifying Ravel – recipe for a brilliant recital

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) […]

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ASQ celebrates forty years of artistry from Elegy to Ecstasy

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 […]

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Trio Isimsiz a joy to watch

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 […]

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Harry Bennetts playing with SSO a revelation

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 […]

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Sydney Chamber Choir celebrates connection and a legacy alive and thriving

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 […]

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Paul Moulatlet

Danaë Killian’s ‘My Heart’ a transcendental and sensory journey

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),

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David Hood

Rieko Makita’s piano artistry debuts in Melbourne

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,

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Pepe Newton

Nexas @ WollCon – feel-good music, played with polish + humour

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,

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Pepe Newton

Viva La Cello! Summer concerts return to Eudlo

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

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David Hood

MCO gives us treasures of the highest value in ‘Nightingale’

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),

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Alan Holley

Review of new MOVE records CD: True Romantics

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

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Richard Wong

Flutist Laura Chislett’s new release reviewed

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

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Warren Wills

ACO’s Cocteau’s Circle – Encore Chloe Lankshear!

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

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Warren Wills

ACO’s delightful marriage of music and film – Mountain

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

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097 impressions of paris
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David Hood

Franck’s Symphony beautifully performed by MSO under the baton of Rodolfo Barráez

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

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Daniel Kaan

Daniel Müller-Schott – What a consummate musician!

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

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Brianna Louwen

CD Review: Elysian Fields | Swirling Flame

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

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Gillian Wills

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet + QSO thrilled the crowd

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

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Alan Holley

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s electrifying Ravel – recipe for a brilliant recital

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

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Pepe Newton

ASQ celebrates forty years of artistry from Elegy to Ecstasy

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

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Daniel Brace

Trio Isimsiz a joy to watch

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

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Tony Burke

Harry Bennetts playing with SSO a revelation

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

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Pepe Newton

Sydney Chamber Choir celebrates connection and a legacy alive and thriving

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’

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