The festival opens with a stunning program for string quartet and guitar, featuring award winning Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch, recently returned from a sold out concert tour of the USA. Two evocative Australian guitar quintets, Anne Cawrse's 'Imperfect Fourth' and Iain Grandage’s ‘Black Dogs’, frame this program that beautifully combines bowed and plucked strings. Including […]

Immerse yourself in the tranquil and ever-changing beauty of the natural world with Still Waters, Shifting Skies, featuring Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Principal Harpist, Emily Granger. This program explores the serenity of dawn, rhythm of rain, shimmer of rivers, and the hush of snowfall through music inspired by nature’s many moods. Featuring works by Elena Kats-Chernin, Deborah […]

This wonderful duo will take us on a tour of Argentina, featuring the iconic tangos of Gardel and Piazzolla alongside lesser-known styles of Argentinian música folklórica found in the country’s regions: zambas, cuecas, tonadas and more. Andrew will also be performing solo guitar works from Argentina. The duo will have recently returned from a 25-concert […]

Back in the Megalong Valley by very popular demand, Scottish-born James Crabb is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading ambassadors of the classical accordion. Performed with the lush strings of the Bowerbird Collective, this recital will be an extraordinary musical journey from the Scottish Isle to Argentina. James Crabb - classical accordion | […]

Magic Sky is an enchanting and otherworldly program, featuring new works from Australian female composers for marimba and harp performed by two of Australia’s leading performers, Claire Edwardes and Emily Granger. A Hush Foundation project, Magic Sky speaks to the innate healing powers of music, reviewed as “expertly and vividly presented, occupying a rarified and alchemistic quality”. Program: […]

Join all 10 festival artists in an extravaganza of talent and musical vibrancy in a program that features unexpected instrumental combinations and a rare musical chemistry. Featuring Seckou Keita, James Crabb, Emily Granger, Claire Edwardes, Andrew Blanch and the Bowerbird Collective.