Festivals

Sandwiches, Story-Theatre and Sonic Utopias: Brisbane Music Festival NOV 2025

Brisbane Music Festival | 2025 November 14 – 30 , FourthWall Arts, Brisbane, QLD When you speak with festival director Alex Raineri, you quickly sense that the Brisbane Music Festival isn’t just a curated program of concerts, it’s an evolving conversation. A creative playground. A provocation. And, occasionally, a place where a sandwich becomes an instrument. Now in its eighth

Pepe Newton October 18, 2025

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A Patch of Blue Somewhere – Rubiks Collective’s The Big Idea is absurdly brilliant

Rubiks Collective | The Big Idea 26 September 2025, ACO on the Pier – The Studio, Sydney, NSW by Matthew Shlomowitz & Vid Simoniti | World Premiere Artists: flautist Tamara Kohler, percussionist Kaylie Melville, cellist/bassist Gemma Kneale, guest pianist Alex Raineri and mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean From the very first beat, literally, drama unfolded in this intimate space at ACO

Pepe Newton September 27, 2025

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Camerata’s Sprightly Start to the Year

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra | Alex Raineri: Beethoven February 17, 2024, QPAC, Brisbane Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, kicked off their 2024 performance season with a sprightly and joyous concert on Saturday night in the QPAC Concert Hall. Camerata were joined by special guests, pianist Alex Raineri and vocalist Adam Lopez, making for an entertaining evening. The concert

Claire Matthews February 19, 2024

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Brisbane Music Festival, getting back to the roots of chamber music

Brisbane Music Festival | Gala Concert 2 October 27, 2023, Fourthwall Arts, Brisbane, QLD Nestled in the heart of Brisbane’s pulsing CBD, Fourthwall Arts is an intimate theatre space for chamber music recitals. This is the new home of the Brisbane Music Festival, directed by Alex Raineri, going back to the true roots of chamber music. On Friday night, I

Claire Matthews October 30, 2023

Orchestras

Camerata – Queenland’s Chamber Orchestra launches 2024

“Every Camerata concert I have attended has left me in wonder.” – Caroline B, audience member Experience the wonder and joy that is Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra across four mainstage concerts, a regional Queensland tour, and two seasons with Queensland Ballet as their Live Music Partner, with a recital series yet to be announced. February’s opening concert sees the

Pepe Newton October 29, 2023

Festivals

6th Brisbane Music Festival launches

Brisbane Music Festival Part One – October 23-29 Part Two – December 4-10 Curated by Alex Raineri and praised for its “diverse programming” (Limelight), the annual Brisbane Music Festival (BMF) is currently in its sixth year of operation. It has swiftly established itself as one of the most vibrant happenings within Australia’s cultural calendar. Celebrating eclectic approaches to programming, the

Pepe Newton September 20, 2023

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Camerata pulls on our heartstrings

Camerata | Heartstrings Saturday February 25, QPAC, Brisbane Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra presented a romantic evening of chamber music on Saturday night in the QPAC concert hall. Heartstrings was a fitting title for a program full of warmth and passion that really tugged on our heartstrings. It brought together classical and contemporary works for a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The

Claire Matthews February 27, 2023

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Brisbane Music Festival brings together dynamic writing, poetry, and music

Brisbane Music Festival – ‘When We Speak’ Sunday 30 Oct , 2022, Fortitude Valley Poetry and chamber music collided in Brisbane Music Festival’s When We Speak on Saturday afternoon. Held in the Holy Trinity Hall in Fortitude Valley, this was a refreshing and stimulating concert. Presented in collaboration with Brisbane Writer’s Festival, this concert featured three new chamber music compositions,

Claire Matthews October 31, 2022

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