Canberra International Music Festival | Pianos & Percussion: Festival Finale 3 May, 2026, Snow Concert Hall, Red Hill, ACT The Canberra International Music Festival drew to a close in the […]
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens Summer March 1, 2026, Glebe, NSW Ensemble Offspring opens its 2026 season not in a concert hall but in a generous supporter’s living room. The […]
Homophonic! and the Consort of Melbourne | Moonlite 26 July, 2025, Fitzroy Town Hall, VIC Based on The Moonlite Papers, the letters and statements of Andrew George Scott, which were […]
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 […]
Véronique Serret | ‘Migrating Bird’ Album Launch May 31, 2024, The Great Club, Marrickville, NSW How great is The Great?! In the heart of Marrickville the transformed 1950’s Greek Macedonian […]
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens I April 27, 2024, A Backyard in Inner West Sydney, NSW In their first Avant Gardens performance of the year, Ensemble Offspring leveraged the innate […]
Ensemble Offspring | Psychedelic Frenzy March 23, 2024, The Neilson Theatre, Walsh Bay ‘Beijing: loud, foggy, smoggy, Chaotic, dense, intense …still quite charming’ (Gander 2010) And so was the opening […]
Ensemble Offspring | Lone Hemispheres December 9, 2023, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Guest reviewer: Tristan Coelho New music concerts can be thrilling in many ways. You never quite know what […]
Music, She Wrote, Concert 2: Rubiks Collective March 30, 2023, ALPHA60, Melbourne Is there a group more at home in Katie Yap’s ‘Music, She Wrote’ festival than contemporary music dynamo […]
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens 1 Sunday February 26, 2023, A home in Alexandria Back in 2020 Ensemble Offspring got creative, rather than just sitting around waiting for venues to […]
Backstage Music: The Mechanical Fiddle Saturday, 4 February 7:30pm, Woodburn Creatives, Waterloo Featuring Kyla Matsuura-Miller on violin, and Claire Edwardes with Niki Johnson, Jack Peggie, Kerryn Joyce and Alison Pratt […]
Ensemble Offspring | Listen up! Sunday September 11, 6pm | Cell Block Theatre Unfamiliarity is my friend. Most of us were brought up on music of a classical nature […]
Ensemble Offspring | Time as Revelator Sat 16 July, 2022 | Carriageworks ‘Twas a brisk Winter’s evening in Sydney, but this did not curb the enthusiasm of the full house […]
Innocence and Experience | Sydney Chamber Choir Saturday 26 June, The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay What a treat to be able to hear a concert in an amazing […]
Melbourne Baroque Orchestra | Courting the Timpani February 13, 2022, 3pm at Toorak Uniting Church Right now is a very special time to attend concerts. Musicians whose diaries had previously […]
Just down the street from Sydney’s Green Square station, is a funkily designed space with high ceilings, terrazzo flooring and tessellated tiles, to me Mecca coffee screams out “make music […]
Offspring for All is the new digital series from APRA AMCOS State Luminary Award Winners – Ensemble Offspring. Bringing a handful of their highlight concerts each year to hungry ears […]
Rubiks Collective, This Soft Eclipse Thursday April 29, 2021 Back in their element in the return to the Melbourne Recital Centre, Rubiks Collective – joined by guests Kim Tan, Lucy […]
Canberra International Music Festival | Pianos & Percussion: Festival Finale 3 May, 2026, Snow Concert Hall, Red Hill, ACT The Canberra International Music Festival drew to a close in the Snow Concert Hall with a program that felt very true to the overall spirit of the festival — ambitious, diverse and immersed in culture. With lawns outside inviting a glass
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens Summer March 1, 2026, Glebe, NSW Ensemble Offspring opens its 2026 season not in a concert hall but in a generous supporter’s living room. The Avant Gardens series – this year spanning summer, autumn and spring – is salon culture revived with new music at its heart. The exact address is only revealed the week
Homophonic! and the Consort of Melbourne | Moonlite 26 July, 2025, Fitzroy Town Hall, VIC Based on The Moonlite Papers, the letters and statements of Andrew George Scott, which were written on death row in the late 19th century in Sydney’s Darlinghurst Goal and are now held in the archives of the National Library of Australia, ‘Moonlite’ an oratorio contains
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
Véronique Serret | ‘Migrating Bird’ Album Launch May 31, 2024, The Great Club, Marrickville, NSW How great is The Great?! In the heart of Marrickville the transformed 1950’s Greek Macedonian Club was the the perfect venue for an album launch. A unique stage for a unique performance to showcase Véronique Serret’s just released album Migrating Bird. Classical music lovers will
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens I April 27, 2024, A Backyard in Inner West Sydney, NSW In their first Avant Gardens performance of the year, Ensemble Offspring leveraged the innate intimacy of this ‘house concert’ series to offer the audience a wonderfully eclectic program of modern chamber music. Featuring works by composers from Australia and across the globe, this program
Ensemble Offspring | Psychedelic Frenzy March 23, 2024, The Neilson Theatre, Walsh Bay ‘Beijing: loud, foggy, smoggy, Chaotic, dense, intense …still quite charming’ (Gander 2010) And so was the opening work of Ensemble Offspring’s concert on Saturday night, based on the theme of ‘Psychedelic Frenzy’. In the intimate yet stylish concert space of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Sydney-based purveyor
Ensemble Offspring | Lone Hemispheres December 9, 2023, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Guest reviewer: Tristan Coelho New music concerts can be thrilling in many ways. You never quite know what to expect, especially if freshly written works are on the program. These concerts invariably push audiences to see and hear the world in rich, new ways, even if the music
Music, She Wrote, Concert 2: Rubiks Collective March 30, 2023, ALPHA60, Melbourne Is there a group more at home in Katie Yap’s ‘Music, She Wrote’ festival than contemporary music dynamo Rubiks Collective? Having championed women composers since their inception in 2015, Rubiks are renowned for their bold and innovative programs. The second concert instalment of Katie Yap’s celebration of women
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens 1 Sunday February 26, 2023, A home in Alexandria Back in 2020 Ensemble Offspring got creative, rather than just sitting around waiting for venues to get back to normal they created a series of outdoor events starting with ‘Ah Tempe!’, a musical walking tour of an inner Sydney suburb, and in 2022 ‘Avant Gardens’ was
Backstage Music: The Mechanical Fiddle Saturday, 4 February 7:30pm, Woodburn Creatives, Waterloo Featuring Kyla Matsuura-Miller on violin, and Claire Edwardes with Niki Johnson, Jack Peggie, Kerryn Joyce and Alison Pratt on percussion. For those not familiar with Backstage Music, it is a Sydney based collective of musicians who foster new and adventurous music performed by both emerging and established artists;
Ensemble Offspring | Listen up! Sunday September 11, 6pm | Cell Block Theatre Unfamiliarity is my friend. Most of us were brought up on music of a classical nature where rhyme and metrics lend themselves to a more immediate understanding. Listen up: it’s quite OK to be pitched out of one’s comfort zone. Sunday night’s program at the Cell
Ensemble Offspring | Time as Revelator Sat 16 July, 2022 | Carriageworks ‘Twas a brisk Winter’s evening in Sydney, but this did not curb the enthusiasm of the full house for Ensemble Offspring’s latest large-scale performance, in partnership with Carriageworks. Although our party was halved, the tickets were snapped up by an eager waiting list and we were warmly welcomed
Innocence and Experience | Sydney Chamber Choir Saturday 26 June, The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay What a treat to be able to hear a concert in an amazing new performance space, on a sunny, winter’s afternoon on the revamped Pier 2/3 in Walsh Bay. The new space, created on an old pier, was a great way to get
Melbourne Baroque Orchestra | Courting the Timpani February 13, 2022, 3pm at Toorak Uniting Church Right now is a very special time to attend concerts. Musicians whose diaries had previously been overrun found themselves without any bookings, but suddenly had plenty of time for practice and self-reflection. Now that live concerts are finally reappearing (without being almost immediately cancelled!), the
Just down the street from Sydney’s Green Square station, is a funkily designed space with high ceilings, terrazzo flooring and tessellated tiles, to me Mecca coffee screams out “make music in me!” and that is exactly what Vladimir Fanshil, co-founder of Live at Yours, is doing. Partnering with Mecca, and with the support of City of Sydney, Live at Yours
Offspring for All is the new digital series from APRA AMCOS State Luminary Award Winners – Ensemble Offspring. Bringing a handful of their highlight concerts each year to hungry ears from around Australia and the world, this ongoing initiative will stream live and pre-recorded concerts to YouTube which will then be available on-demand on the group’s website. Launch Date The
Rubiks Collective, This Soft Eclipse Thursday April 29, 2021 Back in their element in the return to the Melbourne Recital Centre, Rubiks Collective – joined by guests Kim Tan, Lucy Price, and Natasha Fearnside – displayed a thoughtful and evocative programme of musics young and old, with an underlying focus on meditation and transformation. The title of the programme, This
Join the Sydney Art Quartet for an unforgettable evening of chamber music as they perform Franz Schubert’s final chamber work, his String Quintet in C major, alongside guest cellist Paul […]
Join us for Jazz in June at St Jude's Bowral The Emerging Artist Concert Series presents City Tidda, a bold and personal project from trumpeter Sophia Rose. Created to share […]
Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most […]
Join the Sydney Art Quartet for an unforgettable evening of chamber music as they perform Franz Schubert’s final chamber work, his String Quintet in C major, alongside guest cellist Paul […]
Music & Tea at Wolllongong Art Gallery hosts the monthly Emerging Artist Concert Series. In June, we present City Tidda, a bold and personal project from trumpeter Sophia Rose. Created […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most […]
St James’ Music presents Serenade & Symphony, a vibrant collaboration between the Sydney Symphony Fellows and the Choir of St James’, where youthful instrumental brilliance meets choral tradition in the […]
TMO's second Met Concert for 2026 promises a night of dazzling colour and elemental rhythm. Led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, this performance showcases the orchestra’s longtime support for talented […]
In a program of four trios we hear Beethoven’s greatest Piano Trio, the Archduke, written at the end of his ‘heroic’ period. It has the amplitude, variety and formal elaboration […]
The Afternoon Hours evoke memories of calm, reflection, and nostalgia… a bridge between the active daytime and the quieter evening. On 7th of June, Apeiron is going to spend one […]
In Humour & Horizons, Alexander Yau traverses wit, lyricism, and drama across eras. Beethoven’s intimate Op. 101 and Schumann’s mercurial Humoreske reveal playful introspection, while Debussy’s evocative Préludes paint shifting sonic landscapes. […]
Tragic. Triumphant. Thrilling. ChorusOz is your chance to experience the energy and joy of our annual ‘big sing’ – an inspiring weekend of community and music-making at the Sydney Opera […]
Internationally acclaimed British violinist Daniel Hope joins pianist Marie-Sophie Hauzel for a captivating recital in Melbourne inspired by his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. For more than 35 years, Hope has been […]
Internationally acclaimed British violinist Daniel Hope returns to Sydney... for the first time since 2014, joining pianist Marie-Sophie Hauzel for a compelling recital inspired by his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. For […]
Welcome back Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers the Partridge String Quartet when they perform an irresistible program featuring Debussy's eloquent String Quartet and the Australian premiere of Holly Harrison's small but […]
El Palacio Español invites listeners into the sound world of the Spanish court, where poetry, dance, and song flourished in richly expressive forms. This programme gathers music from Spain’s Golden […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for […]
Melbourne Bach Choir sings Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil (Opus 37), plus Art Songs by Ukrainian composer Jul'ij Meitus. Proudly presented by the MBC Chamber Choir, the second of four celebratory […]
In the hands of Romantics like Bruckner and Brahms, music became increasingly expressive, harmonically inventive, passionate, theatrical. In the twentieth century, composers like Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Amy Beach […]
A concert of diverse new music, Of Rivers & Trees brings together works by eight Australian composers in an evocative program exploring landscape, memory and imagination. The concert features music […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for […]
Step into the coffee houses and concert halls of 1720s London where fashionable society argued passionately over two rival composers: Giovanni Bononcini and George Frideric Handel, inspiring the epigram that […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Award-winning jazz singer Michelle Nicolle and acclaimed composer and pianist Paul Grabowsky unveil the hidden poetry within beloved ballads by artists such as Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter, transforming familiar […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
Two soundworlds collide: 18th century Paris & 21st century Tasman Peninsula. Historical flautist Meredith Beardmore takes her flutes through unexpected terrains. Her recent release The Long Blue Horizon was created […]
A program of pulse and poetry, rhythm and resonance, this concert showcases the daring artistry and genre-defying imagination that define Ensemble Offspring — where every sound is alive, and every […]
A celebration of light, darkness and the shifting skies above us, Sun, Moon and Stars traces a radiant choral arc from dawn to dusk and back again. With works exploring […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
20 June 2026- 7:00pm Lux Aeterna A poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music from across the centuries Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music […]
In the hands of Romantics like Bruckner and Brahms, music became increasingly expressive, harmonically inventive, passionate, theatrical. In the twentieth century, composers like Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Amy Beach […]
20 June 2026- 7:00pm Lux Aeterna A poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music from across the centuries Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Tudor music meets winter celebration from the 13th century to the present, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s mass and motet O magnum mysterium. From reflective midwinter stillness to festive revelry, […]
Two Piano Recitals on Structure, Memory, and Collapse Restless Forms is a contemporary classical piano recital by Luke Zhang and Sean Kim exploring instability, transformation, and the search for artistic […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
In The Heart Of The Night was born in a studio by the sea by Catherine Traicos and her long-time collaborator and confidante Nick Huggins. The pull of the tides, the […]
Something extraordinary is coming to Manly this winter. The Sydney Chamber Music Festival returns to Manly Art Gallery and Museum on 27–28 June, with four unmissable concerts featuring some of […]
The Organ Music Society of Sydney presents its biennial Winter Organ Festival which includes a masterclass with Vincent Dubois, organiste Titulaire Nôtre-Dame de Paris, workshops, organ visits and recitals. […]
Tudor music meets winter celebration from the 13th century to the present, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s mass and motet O magnum mysterium. From reflective midwinter stillness to festive revelry, […]
An original composition by acclaimed composer Ian Munro based on the children’s book written by Jodie McLeod and illustrated by Eloise Short, Leonard the Lyrebird is a popular Australian bush animal story […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
2026 is the 42nd year the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) has run the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition. 6 individual finalists in the 2026 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition and […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
Slow down your Sunday afternoon with one of Australia’s most expressive and internationally celebrated pianists. Join Andrea Lam, ARIA Award winner and star of ABC’s The Piano, for a program […]
Experience an unforgettable afternoon of world-class orchestral music FREE OF CHARGE when two of America's leading youth orchestras perform in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. The 120-piece Greater […]
In July, the Emerging Artist Concert Series features soprano Mackenzie Lawrence with acclaimed pianist-composer John Martin. Together they present a program exploring the richness, humour, and dramatic range of vocal music. […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Bohemian Composers in Vienna Join the Australian Haydn Ensemble (AHE) for the second 2026 series of 18th Century Unpacked—our interactive lecture recitals designed to deepen your connection with our mainstage […]
The 2026 Keys of Gold Festival Launch Concert, in the historic Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate, brings together a glorious program of operatic favourites with renowned soprano Merlyn Quaife AM […]
Now based in Paris, Tasmanian pianist Sarah Cabrol-Douat is returning to perform at Tempo Rubato, Melbourne. The program includes works of Mozart, Schubert and Scriabin PROGRAM W.A.MOZART Sonata no. 12 […]
Magnificent. Dynamic. Sublime. The Creation is an absolute tonic – invigorating music that’s been lifting spirits since 1798! According to Brett Weymark, it’s easily the best thing Haydn ever wrote […]
Join the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra on a thrilling journey of musical discovery, featuring selections from two of Mussorgsky’s best-loved works, in a delightful one-hour concert for the young and young […]
Stroll through Mussorgsky’s musical art gallery with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in an unforgettable concert of Russian classics. Ravel’s colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano masterpiece Pictures […]
Stroll through Mussorgsky’s musical art gallery with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in an unforgettable concert of Russian classics. Ravel’s colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano masterpiece Pictures […]
Long live The King (of Instruments) - as the great Mozart called the pipe organ! And then Beethoven famously said that "Organists are the greatest of all virtuosos"! The recently […]
Prepare to be kissed by a fairy, haunted by a dream and transformed by music when Canadian virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz and fellow-Canadian pianist John Novacek bring their fantastical tales […]