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Pepe Newton

Catherine Traicos | ‘In The Heart Of The Night’ album launch tour

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 glow of the moon, the sounds of eternity and the absence of any distraction forged a strikingly beautiful single body of work dissected into two longer pieces, Scene 1 and

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Sarah Cabrol-Douat

Sarah Cabrol-Douat | Solo piano recital

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 in F major, K.332 Franz SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus op. 90 Alexander SCRIABIN Sonata no. 3 in f sharp minor, op. 23

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Pepe Newton

Luke Zhang and Sean Kim | Restless Forms

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 identity. Emerging from years immersed in conservatorium life — shaped by discipline, obsession, uncertainty, and continual refinement — this program reflects the uneasy transition beyond institutional structure into a more

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Connor D'Netto

Courtenay Cleary & Connor D’Netto | Reminiscence

Violinist Courtenay Cleary performs works from her debut album Reminiscence, joined by Connor D’Netto on synth/electronics. Featuring works by Stephen Chin, Connor D’Netto, Elena Kats-Chernin, Missy Mazzoli, Chris Perrens, and Katherine Rawlings.

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Australian Harp Fest: Mark 2

Australian Harp Fest: Mark 2… the celebration continues! Harpists and composers Natalia Mann (Queensland), Paul Nicolaou (NSW) and Katia Mestrovic (VIC), converge at Tempo Rubato, to share an exciting program of new music for harp solo and trio. All of the works are Australian, from Lisa Cheney, Ross Edwards, Nigel Westlake, Christopher Larkin, Paul Nicolaou, Natalia Mann, and Katia Mestrovic.

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EO’s Double Symmetry at Tempo Rubato a truly captivating concert

Ensemble Offspring | Double Symmetry 29th May 2025, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, Melbourne Sometimes, a concert event lives up to the publicity hype that promoters and venues produce.  Ensemble Offspring is advertised as Australia’s leading new music group standing at the forefront of musical innovation for 30 years. The concert at Tempo Rubato in Melbourne on May 29 proved the claim.

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Daniel Brace

Laura Vaughan’s luscious depth of sound resonates across the centuries

Laura Vaughan | Wanderings 26 September, 2024, Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC Laura Vaughan is one of Australia’s leading performers on the viola da gamba and its relative, the baryton, and a solo artist at the peak of her technical and expressive abilities. Held in Brunswick’s cool and trendy Tempo Rubato, this solo program entitled ‘Wanderings’ was billed by the performer

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Molly Jenkins

Aether Duo launch – joyous, thought-provoking, and inspiring

Aether Duo | New Dawn June 29, 2024 | Tempo Rubato, Brunswick, VIC The launch of Aether Duo was joyous, thought-provoking, and inspiring close to Pride Month for 2024. Consisting of Robert McIntyre (flute) and Sam Williams (piano), the pair joined forces to champion LGBTQIA+ composers from across history. Considered programming saw the well-known voices of Francis Poulenc, John Cage

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Peter Hagen

Delightful balance and poise from Hannah Lane and Laura Vaughan

Liquid Pearls Hannah Lane – Baroque triple Harp, Laura Vaughan – Violas Da Gamba, Lirone Friday, 16 February 2024, Tempo Rubato, Melbourne A mainly 16th century programme with works by Diego Ortiz, Antonio de Cabezon, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Ricccardo Rognoni, Giovanni de Macque, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Bassano, Luiz de Ribayaz and two anonymous works from a manuscript in Rome. Tempo Rubato

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Katie Yap and Mindy Meng Wang weave a rich cloth of identity and community

Katie Yap | Multitudes: Migrant Swift with Mindy Meng Wang November 17, 2023, Tempo Rubato Guest review by Ruby Shirres At Katie Yap’s most recent sold-out concert in her Multitudes series, she wove together a story of identity and community that all in the audience could connect to. Held at Brunswick’s Tempo Rubato amongst the twinkling of fairy lights and

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Daniel Brace

Katie Yap and the Bowerbird Collective left us like jelly in the knees

Katie Yap | Multitudes: Passenger Pigeons with Bowerbird Collective November 10, 2023, Tempo Rubato I had a friend once who listed their occupation as “concert goer”. While most of us don’t see being an audience member as a full time job, those on the stage sure do. So it’s a special time in a musician’s career when they are actively

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Phillipa van Helden

Q&A with Tempo Rubato’s Georgina Lewis

Located in the inner-city suburb of Brunswick, Tempo Rubato is Melbourne’s newest and hottest destination for live classical music! Although the venue and bar only opened its doors on the 2nd of June, it has already garnered the attention of audiences and dogs alike (more on that later!). classikON’s Phillipa recently spoke to Tempo Rubato’s Georgina Lewis about the venue’s values

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