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June 2018
Selby & Friends: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Romantic
Australia’s unique chamber music series returns in 2018 for a season devoted to celebrating musical partnerships
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society Presents The Seraphim Trio
The Seraphim Trio is one of Australia’s pre-eminent piano trios.
Find out more »Opera Bites: Family Fun Opera – “Don Pasquale”
Tickets: Adults $45 / Children $25 / Concession or Student $40 / Family Ticket $110 (+ booking fee) Opera the whole family can enjoy! Opera Bites, Sydney's favourite boutique opera company brings you a fully costumed, condensed comic opera for a truly accessible opera experience. Sung in English, this lively performance is perfect for opera newbies and seasoned opera-goers alike. Student, Concession and Family Tickets available. Early booking is recommended as our events regularly sell out. Don Pasquale Comic opera at…
Find out more »Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: Concerto Competition 2018
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Terracini
Find out more »Avan Yu: Sydney Recital
Avan Yu, winner of the 2012 Sydney International Piano Competition, will perform an exclusive recital in Sydney on 30 June at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The program will include Mozart’s Piano Sonata No.18 in D Major K.576, Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, Liszt’s Sonetto 123 and 104 del Petrarca S.161, and Sonata in B minor S.178. One of Canada’s most exciting young pianists, Yu won his first national piano competition, the Canadian Music Competition, at the age of 13.…
Find out more »July 2018
Opera Bites: Opera Wine & Dine Series – “Masquerade Ball”
You are invited to dine at one of Sydney CBD’s most beautiful heritage listed dining rooms whilst luxuriating in some of the opera world's most beautiful music. Be treated like royalty for the night! Back by popular demand! Opera Bites has once again partnered with The Castlereagh Boutique Hotel to bring you an unforgettable evening of fully costumed popular opera complete with a bespoke menu and select fine wines to match. As you step through the doors of this breath-taking heritage listed dining room…
Find out more »The Art of Voice and Piano
After a successful performance with glowing reviews from Australia's capital city of Canberra, soprano Ayse Goknur Shanal and pianist Alan Hicks decided to come together to present lavish songs and arias in French, German, Italian, Czech, and many more beautiful surprises, for their Sydney audience...
Find out more »Ensemble Offspring presents: Hatched Open Mic
For Hatched Open Mic 2018 we have chosen a bunch of awesome emerging Sydney artists who we think you need to know about. Come along to 107 Projects on July 7 to experience Freya Schack-Arnott and friends, Sho Prince Henry Liang in partnership with flute genius Naomi Johnson, and a crazy improvisatory set from Ensemble Onsombl. The theme of blurred lines of musical authorship as well as blurred lines of sound pervades all three programs. Each show shines a spotlight…
Find out more »Acacia Quartet Presents 4 + Viola!
Acacia Quartet has the pleasure of being able to present another program of viola quintets with international viola soloist Emile Cantor.
Find out more »Musica Viva Coffee Concert: Winners of the MICMC
Enjoy the winners of The Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition fresh from the victory in this exclusive experience for Sydney audiences.
Find out more »Australian Youth Orchestra with Andrey Gugnin
The Australian Youth Orchestra’s flagship ensemble will join forces with 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition winner Andrey Gugnin for an exclusive concert in Sydney on 14 July. There is no mistaking the opening bars of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 – it has been a favourite in concert halls around the globe for over a century. AYO with Gugnin will present a dazzlingly fresh performance of this beloved work, brimming with charming Russian folk melodies. Conducted under the masterful baton of Courtney Lewis,…
Find out more »The Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Final
Tickets: Adults $45, Concession $37 (+b/f) Eight of the most promising young singers from Australia and New Zealand will perform accompanied by the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Steven Hillinger, in The Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Final. One of the most coveted awards for young opera singers, it has launched the careers of countless Australian opera singers since it began in 1933. This event launched the career of Dame Joan Sutherland in 1949, and 84 years…
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BackStage Music: Ensemble Offspring, Julian Day + Georgina Oakes (Hatched Academy)
Game On brings together musical mavericks Julian Day and Ensemble Offspring to explore performance practices derived from game theory and sport.
Find out more »Sumi Jo: Mad For Love
The internationally celebrated Grammy-award winning coloratura soprano Sumi Jo returns to Sydney for an unmissable recital at the City Recital Hall on July 19. One of the world’s greatest exponents of bel canto (beautiful singing), Sumi Jo will perform a magnificent program of music from her unsurpassed repertoire, joined on stage for the first time by dashing Argentine-born baritone José Carbó. With over 50 recordings to her credit Sumi Jo is one of the highest selling classical singers in the…
Find out more »The Sydney Eisteddfod John Allison & Kawai Piano Scholarship Final
Tickets: Adult $32; Concession $27 (+bf) With four outstanding pianists competing for a total prize purse of $13,500, the final round of The Sydney Eisteddfod John Allison & Kawai Piano Scholarship showcases the finest talent from across the nation. It is sure to impress all lovers of piano music. Two Finalists will also be invited to compete in the ‘2018 Fine Music Young Virtuoso Award’ state final on Sunday 14 October at The Founders Studio, Fine Music 102.5.
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Halcyon | This Kind of Life
TICKETS $35/$25 As Halcyon celebrates 20 years of exceptional music-making, come and join us for a midwinter evening of intriguing and eclectic new chamber music. The program features Australian premieres by mid-career composers, Japanese-born Dai Fujikura and Belgian Annelies Van Parys alongside a couple of songs from Halcyon's Kingfisher project and a brand new work by Elliott Gyger, celebrating his 50th birthday this year. Halcyon’s long and fruitful relationship with composer Elliott Gyger, spanning more than three decades, has produced…
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Midsummer Mendelssohn Gala (A Prelude in Tea Concert)
Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles.
Find out more »August 2018
Australia Ensemble: Free Lunchtime Concert
Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.
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Ironwood: Viennese Treats
Ironwood continues its exploration of the piano music of Anton Eberl by opening Season 2 with his Piano Quartet in G minor.
Find out more »The Sydney Eisteddfod NSW Drs Orchestra Instrumental Scholarship Final
Tickets: Adult $32; Concession $27 (+bf) The Sydney Eisteddfod NSW Drs Orchestra Instrumental Scholarship attracts the finest players from across the nation. The final is always an inspiring occasion that no devotee of classical music should miss. Sponsored by the NSW Doctors Orchestra- Musicus Medicus and The Brian Shearman Memorial Trust Fund the Scholarship itself endeavours to discover and encourage an outstanding instrumentalist in the fields of strings (bowed and plucked), woodwind or brass instruments. Two Finalists will also be…
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Schubert Songs – with David Greco
The Ensemble brings you a stunning selection of Schubert’s most-loved songs in newly commissioned chamber arrangements for string quintet and baritone.
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BackStage Music: Sound-Light Geometries + Enzembil Onssommble
SOUND-LIGHT GEOMETRIES explores the combination of music and light, architecture and the movement of instruments and bodies on stage.
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Brahms and Mozart
A musical legacy in and of itself, this concert pays homage to the nature of artistic inheritance and influence that left many composers overlooked in favour of former colleagues.
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Schubert Songs – with David Greco
The Ensemble brings you a stunning selection of Schubert’s most-loved songs in newly commissioned chamber arrangements for string quintet and baritone.
Find out more »Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: Community Concert – Young Talent
Featuring the concerto competition finalists.
Find out more »ARCO | Richard Gill presents Voices & Instruments
Richard Gill Presents a Voyage of Musical Discovery promises to become an invaluable addition to current music education in Australia.
Find out more »Path of Miracles
Journey to the edge of the world in Joby Talbot’s stunning acapella pilgrimage; a contemporary classic. Setting the words of English poet Robert Dickinson and multilingual historical and sacred documents, the four movements of Path of Miracles follow the great pilgrim trail of Camino de Santiago. PROGRAM: Joby Talbot Path of Miracles PERFORMERS: Brett Weymark conductor Chamber Singers The hardships and ecstasies of travel are brought to life in a spine-tingling choral tour de force. From the optimism of setting out, the agonies of…
Find out more »Meet the Orchestra – Peter Seymour Orchestra
The conductor started with a tap tap tap and the strings began to sing la-la-la . Then the flutes joined in with a tootle toot too and the trumpets butted in with a pah-pa-rah-pa! And the sound of the drums shook the room with a boom, boom boom! Meet the Orchestra concerts are a wonderful way to introduce orchestral music to families and young children. Performed by the SYO's Peter Seymour Orchestra, this relaxed and informal concert has been specially…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Tormented Souls
Australia’s unique chamber music series returns in 2018 for a season devoted to celebrating musical partnerships
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »ARCO | Poetical Memories: Elegiac & Daring
The sublime string section of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra takes centre stage in this program
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Tormented Souls
Australia’s unique chamber music series returns in 2018 for a season devoted to celebrating musical partnerships
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Love Notes: I’ll Sing Yours If You’ll Play Mine
When two composers join forces on stage, anything is possible! Baritone Michael Lampard and pianist Ross Fiddes perform each other’s song cycles, along with music of Bach, Beethoven, Verdi and Cole Porter. Program Beethoven - “An die ferne Geliebte” (“To the Distant Beloved”, Op. 98) (probably the very first song cycle) Lampard - So Young and Fair (texts by James Joyce) - Sydney premiere Verdi - Arias – “Di Provenza” (La Traviata), Alzati! Eritu (Un Ballo in Maschera) Interval Fiddes…
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society Presents The Australian Haydn Ensemble
Formed in 2011, the Australian Haydn Ensemble is now regarded as one of Australia’s finest orchestras and chamber music groups.
Find out more »September 2018
Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: Classical Masterpieces
The KPO presents two beautiful concerts in which you will be immersed in some of the finest music from the classical and baroque eras.
Find out more »Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: Classical Masterpieces
The KPO presents two beautiful concerts in which you will be immersed in some of the finest music from the classical and baroque eras.
Find out more »Spring Orchestral Fundamentals Showcase
Join us as our students showcase their learning each term in a concert all are welcome to attend. These concerts are the perfect opportunity to come and see what SYO is all about. Additional Information: Young children are welcome at Sydney Youth Orchestra concerts. For all performances, children two years of age or older must have a ticket (even if the accompanying adult intends to sit the child on his/her knees).
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Free Lunchtime Concert
Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.
Find out more »Opera Bites: Opera Wine & Dine Series – “Sultry Spanish Nights”
You are invited to dine at one of Sydney CBD’s most beautiful heritage listed dining rooms whilst luxuriating in some of the opera world's most beautiful music. Be treated like royalty for the night! Back by popular demand! Opera Bites has once again partnered with The Castlereagh Boutique Hotel to bring you an unforgettable evening of fully costumed popular opera complete with a bespoke menu and select fine wines to match. As you step through the doors of this breath-taking heritage listed dining room…
Find out more »Ironwood: Classical Lyricism & Fervour
Juan Arriaga y Balzola was known as the ‘Spanish Mozart’- not just because he was born exactly fifty years after Mozart, but because he was also considered to be a prodigy composer from an early age.
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Schubert and the Guitar
The relationship between Schubert and the guitar may appear tenuous at best, however it forms the basis of a beautiful program, one which draws together music from the nineteenth century with sparkling Australian chamber works for guitar.
Find out more »Burgundian Consort Recital: The Spheres
The Burgundian Consort has existed as an elite arm of the Collegium Musicum Choir for many years (since about 1985).
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BackStage Music: Phoebe Green + Spiral
BackStage are thrilled to welcome Melbourne based violist Phoebe Green in a program featuring new Australian compositions for solo viola
Find out more »Sydney Youth Orchestra: Candide
Bernstein Candide Book by Hugh Wheeler Based on the satire by Voltaire Lyrics by Richard Wilbur With additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John LaTouche, Dorothy Parker, Lilliam Hellman and Leonard Bernstein Orchestration by Leonard Bernstein and Hershy Kay Musical continuity and additional orchestration by John Mauceri Brett Weymark conductor Mitchell Butel director Alexander Lewis Candide Symphony Chorus Festival Chorus Sydney Youth Orchestra From its rollicking overture to its string of affectionate parodies of opera, Gilbert and Sullivan, tango and Broadway glitz, Candide is a delight from start to finish – one that might just make you…
Find out more »Sydney Youth Orchestra: Candide
Bernstein Candide Book by Hugh Wheeler Based on the satire by Voltaire Lyrics by Richard Wilbur With additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John LaTouche, Dorothy Parker, Lilliam Hellman and Leonard Bernstein Orchestration by Leonard Bernstein and Hershy Kay Musical continuity and additional orchestration by John Mauceri Brett Weymark conductor Mitchell Butel director Alexander Lewis Candide Symphony Chorus Festival Chorus Sydney Youth Orchestra From its rollicking overture to its string of affectionate parodies of opera, Gilbert and Sullivan, tango and Broadway glitz, Candide is a delight from start to finish – one that might just make you…
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »October 2018
Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Free Lunchtime Concert
Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.
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