Genesis Baroque | Take Six 19 May 2026, Victorian Artists’ Society, East Melbourne, VIC Performers: Meg Cohen & Jennifer Kirsner, violins Steven King & Anna Webb, violas Josephine Vains & Natasha Kraemer, cello MOZART/Anon & BRAHMS This was very much a case of Genesis Post-Baroque, as, like a welcome number of period instrument ensembles, the performers explored the delights of
Join Genesis Baroque’s Artistic Director Jennifer Kirsner and Principal Music Director Donald Nicolson and friends for works by some of their all-time favourite composers. The ultimate mixed bag of treats from Bohemia to England, via Italy, Spain, and France. A wintery, warming, eclectic musical romp that showcases the trailblazing imagination of the baroque age.
Melbourne Classical Quartet | The Classical Flute May 2, 2026, St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Richmond, VIC Cameron Jamieson; Meg Cohen, violins; Katie Yap, viola; Rosanne Hunt, cello, with Kim Tan, classical flute I’ve played piano in St. Stephen’s, previously, so I knew what a pleasant, welcoming space it is: light, airy, some beautiful stained-glass and, not to be overlooked,
Wattleseed Ensemble | The Orchid and the Wasp Saturday 29 November, 2025, Oratory, Abbotsford Convent Beginning with music from 12-century polymath Hildegard von Bingen, ending with contemporary Swedish fiddle music, and covering everything from Bach to multidisciplinary sound art in-between, it’s hard to imagine any other string trio pulling off the kaleidoscopic journey that was “The Orchid and the Wasp”,
Craig Hill with the MBO Classical Quartet | Mozart Clarinet Quintet 28 June 2025, St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Richmond, VIC Craig Hill, basset horn and basset clarinet; Cameron Jamieson and Meg Cohen, violins; Caroline Henbest, viola; Rosanne Hunt, cello Craig Hill’s expertise in historical clarinets covers a wide range of periods and types, but in this concert the focus was
Wattleseed Ensemble | The Orchid and the Wasp 15th February 2025, Nexus Arts, Adelaide, SA Wattleseed Ensemble is a modern string trio led by co-artistic directors Meg Cohen (violin) and Katie Yap (viola), with cellist David Moran. Despite being based in Melbourne and competing with other major events on this particular Saturday evening (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, comedian Aaron Chen, and
Melbourne Baroque Orchestra Classical Quartet | The Emergence of the String Quartet 27 July 2024, St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Richmond If Haydn is the acknowledged ‘father’ of the string quartet, did he conceive of the form or simply nurture it to maturity? If the latter, then who were the quartet’s earlier ancestors? Appearing as part of the St Stephen’s recital
Moirai Ensemble | Bundanon Residency Preview Sunday 12 May, 2024, Glasshouse Gallery, VIC On a classic chilly Naarm/Melbourne autumn evening with the borealis lighting up the skies, a crowd headed down a cobblestone laneway lined with converted factories into a whitebox gallery space dominated by a single large artwork suspended mid gallery, with a trio of instruments set up in
Music, She Wrote: Concert 1 Moirai Ensemble | Mother Lines 20th March 2024, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC Music, She Wrote is back for its fourth year, fresh and inventive as ever under the leadership of Artistic Director Katie Yap. With a focus on the role of women in oral and musical tradition and the importance of memory in passing on
Salut! Baroque | The Genius February 18, 2024, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Performers: Anna Fraser, soprano Sally Walker, baroque flute Sally Melhuish and Alana Blackburn, recorders Meg Cohen and Sarah Papadopoulos, baroque violins Suzie Kim, baroque viola Tim Blomfield, bass violin Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo/baroque guitar Chad Kelly, harpsichord, who impressively stepped in at short notice for Monika Kornel. Salut! Baroque’s ‘The
The Muses’ Delight | Neo/Classical Serenades 21 November, 2022, Tempo Rubato Even on an uncharacteristically blustery, wet November day, the doors of Brunswick’s Tempo Rubato were flung welcomingly open. Chatter accompanied by clinking glassware drifted into the street – Tempo Rubato’s theme song. The huge Stuart & Sons piano, the resident giant, filled most of the stage and lent itself
Bach Akademie Australia Madeleine Easton – musical director Friday November 26, 2021 Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney A large and devoted audience greeted the Bach Akademie Australia in its concert of festive works by Johan Sebastian Bach in the delightful Christ Church St Laurence. Due to Covid restrictions on the arts over the last 18 months or so Sydney has
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 […]
In the first of two concerts during his residency at ANAM, superstar violinist Richard Tognetti brings together the fascinating sound worlds of American composers Charles Ives and Ruth Crawford Seeger, alongside […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oriana Choir at Their Finest The Sunshine Coast’s premier vocal group, Oriana Choir presents An Oriana Songbook on Sunday 28 June at 2:00pm at Sella Maris Primary School Hall, Maroochydore, […]
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. […]
Join 3MBS Classically Kids this July for Once Upon A Storytime — an interactive musical adventure created and performed by flautist extraordinaire Eliza Shephard. Designed especially for young audiences, this joyful […]
Join 3MBS Classically Kids this July for Once Upon A Storytime — an interactive musical adventure created and performed by flautist extraordinaire Eliza Shephard. Designed especially for young audiences, this joyful […]
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 […]
A concert of magnificent duets by master violin composers Jean-Marie Leclair, Pierre Baillot, Charles de Beriot, and Charles Dancla. Ivan Skawronski and Perrin Walker have been performing violin duets together since early […]
