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Tony Burke

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Firebird exceptionally professional!

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Stravinsky’s The Firebird 13 June, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW “The evil that men do lives after them – the good is oft interred with their bones.” So said Shakespeare’s Mark Anthony. Thus Anatoly Liadov is primarily remembered for his failure to deliver on time a score for “The Firebird” to Sergei Diaghilev, giving an opportunity

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The Sydney Chamber Music Festival | The Art Of Tenderness

The Art of Tenderness invites listeners into a world where stillness, warmth, and expressive detail come to the fore. This thoughtfully curated program brings together three master musicians in a sequence of works that reveal how delicacy and emotional nuance can coexist with depth, power, and expressive freedom. The concert opens with Philippe Gaubert’s Pièce Romantique — a luminous, single-movement

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Warren Wills

Great Passions, Great Opposites – Bravo MSO and ANAM

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Great Passions 21 May, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC MSO + ANAM  Conductor – Jaime Martín The Occasion  A balmy Thursday night in Melbourne set against ongoing seismic global upheaval and commotion. Tonight, here at Hamer Hall, the opposites were united.  The youth with the pros, the precocious Viennese gifted upstart alongside the pained ever-fresh Russian

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IWCB Concert Band | Mystery & Mayhem

Join the IWCB Concert Band for a musical afternoon of intrigue, suspense, and drama at Mystery & Mayhem. This concert will take you from the shadowy elegance of Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Dmitri Shostakovich’s haunting Waltz No. 2 to the thrill of Incredibles 2, and the time-travelling adventure of Doctor Who. Prepare for music that keeps you guessing, builds spine-tingling

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Australian Youth Orchestra | Brave New Worlds – Sydney

The Australian Youth Orchestra marks an exciting milestone as we travel to the Top End for the first time in over 30 years before returning to Sydney’s City Recital Hall with a thrilling program featuring Shostakovich’s haunting Cello Concerto No. 1 and the sweeping gestures of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, conducted by the dynamic Antony Hermus. Internationally acclaimed cellist and AYO alumna, Charlotte

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Australian Youth Orchestra | Brave New Worlds – Darwin

The Australian Youth Orchestra marks an exciting milestone as we travel to the Top End for the first time in over 30 years before returning to Sydney’s City Recital Hall with a thrilling program featuring Shostakovich’s haunting Cello Concerto No. 1 and the sweeping gestures of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, conducted by the dynamic Antony Hermus. Internationally acclaimed cellist and AYO alumna, Charlotte

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Pepe Newton

Balmain Sinfonia – Starlight, Rising Stars and Shostakovich

Balmain Sinfonia | New Dawn March 21, 2026, Leichhardt Town Hall, NSW There is something very heartening about walking into an inner suburban town hall and finding it almost full for an orchestral concert. Leichhardt Town Hall, with its warm acoustic, was a great choice for Balmain Sinfonia’s Inner West performance, and the strong audience turnout suggests these concerts have

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MPAC Sound Gallery Series | Affinity Quartet

Celebrated worldwide for their potent and energised playing, the multi-award winning Affinity Quartet perform as part of MPAC’s Sound Gallery Series. Internationally acclaimed Affinity Quartet brings their exceptional musicianship to the David Li Sound Gallery for an evening of powerful chamber music. Recognised as one of Australia’s most exciting ensembles, the quartet has performed at major festivals including Germany’s Rheingau

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Tony Burke

Australia Ensemble UNSW’s Soldier’s Tale nothing less than sublime

Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 1 March 14, 2026, University of NSW, NSW To hear a cleverly inspired solo actor play is a privilege – when it is accompanied by brilliantly conceived and played musical accompaniment, it is nothing less than sublime. Written at the time of the Great War with the collaboration of playwright Charles Ramuz, as a play

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Alan Holley

Starburst a hugely successful night for Omega Ensemble

Omega Ensemble | Starburst 12th February, 2026, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW David Elton solo trumpet Vatche Jambazian solo piano David Rowden solo clarinet Jessie Montgomery – Starburst Gerald Finzi – Clarinet Concerto Dmitri Shostakovich – Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings Lachlan Skipworth – A Turning Sky World Premiere Australia’s leading classical trumpeter David Elton was the

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The Australian World Orchestra | Stravinksy, Mills & Shostakovich

Following the resounding success of the Australian World Orchestra’s 2025 season, Alexander Briger returns with Australia’s finest for an unforgettable 2026 program. The AWO celebrates its 15th Anniversary with two 20th-century masterpieces and the world premiere of Songs for a Stranger — a song cycle inspired by the Opera Eucalyptus by Jonathan Mills, featuring Australian tenor Michael Petruccelli. Stravinsky’s Petrushka bursts with colour and

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The Australian World Orchestra | Stravinksy, Mills & Shostakovich

In 2026 the AWO brings two towering 20th-century masterpieces to life, alongside the world premiere of Songs for a Stranger a song cycle commissioned by the Australian World Orchestra, composed by Jonathan Mills. Stravinsky’s Petrushka bursts with colour and vitality, a kaleidoscopic score brimming with wit, wonder and heart. The puppet Petrushka springs to life in a whirlwind of rhythm and emotion, his

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Camerata | Old. New. Borrowed. Blue. – Brisbane

From Bach to Brubeck Dive into a kaleidoscope of sound. Featuring Brisbane-born international pianist Anthony Romaniuk, you will be treated to a curation of musical gems from the baroque elegance of JS Bach to the modern vision of Olli Mustonen and everything in between. Lovers of jazz will delight in the opportunity to hear Dave Brubeck’s iconic Blue Rondo à la

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Camerata | Old. New. Borrowed. Blue. – Toowoomba

From Bach to Brubeck Dive into a kaleidoscope of sound. Featuring Brisbane-born international pianist Anthony Romaniuk, you will be treated to a curation of musical gems from the baroque elegance of JS Bach to the modern vision of Olli Mustonen and everything in between. Lovers of jazz will delight in the opportunity to hear Dave Brubeck’s iconic Blue Rondo à la

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Alan Holley

Javier Perianes performs an exemplary Saint-Saëns with SSO

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Javier Perianes performs Saint-Saëns Wednesday 30 July, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI conductor JAVIER PERIANES piano  ROSSINI (1792–1868)   Overture William Tell  SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)   Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, Op.103, The Egyptian  SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)   Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141 (1972)   Shostakovich’s 15th Symphony is a work that after experiencing

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Tony Burke

WSO’s Rhapsody – superb programme, excellent orchestra and soloist

Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Rhapsody July 27, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW The Willoughby Symphony Orchestra under its  now famous conductor Dr Nicholas Milton goes from strength to strength. I say ‘famous’ because  Nicholas also leads prominent orchestras in Germany and Austria, and during 23 years with the WSO is familiar not only for the way he galvanises his charges

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Alexander Melnikov with SSO – brilliantly executed by a superb orchestra and soloist

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Alexander Melnikov performs Shostakovich June 23, 2024, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture Piano Concerto No.1 R STRAUSS Don Juan Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks ARTISTS GIORDANO BELLINCAMPI conductor ALEXANDER MELNIKOV piano DAVID ELTON trumpet The programme for this concert was interesting in that it featured two composers who suffered struggles with political authority. Shostakovich’s problems with Stalin are

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Tony Burke

Selby & The Goldners – I was bowled over by a superb afternoon’s listening

Selby & Friends | Luminaries 11 May, 2024, Turramurra Uniting Church, NSW A celebration, not a farewell, applies to the imminent retirement of the Goldner Quartet who seem to be busier than ever in their final year. Add a touch of Kathryn Selby and you have an explosive mixture which any audience would be delighted to ignite. Mozart himself adapted

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