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Eli Beverley Schack

Phoenix Collective Quartet opens an enchanted gateway into Hisaishi’s music

Phoenix Collective Quartet | The Art Music of Joe Hisaishi 17 May, 2026, The Utzon Room | Sydney Opera House NSW As devotees of soirées at the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House heed, the early bird gets the best seats. Packed house with 20 minutes to go before the accomplished members of the Phoenix Collective Quartet strode onto the stage

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Pepe Newton

Baroque Without Borders at the Utzon Room a fascinating concert

Utzon Music | From Prague to Tasmania: Baroque Without Borders 10 May, 2026, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Helena Zemanová – Violin Julia Fredersdorff – Violin Jane Gower – Dulcian Lars Ulrik Mortensen – Harpsichord   At one point during this remarkable Utzon Music recital, harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen described the repertoire as “a kind of written-out improvisation.” It

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Heidi Hereth

Åkervinda’s Sydney Opera House debut a triumph in sound

Utzon Music – Åkervinda | Spellbound March 1, 2026, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW After Genevieve Lacey introduced the evening’s Spellbound concert in the Utzon Room, mentioning how appropriate this venue was for a Scandinavian theme, we were treated to an enchanting entrance by the four ladies, dressed in black and blood-red finery with tiaras of golden ovals. Some

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring | Future Classics 2026

A blossoming of voices from the next generation – discover the Future Classics of new Australian art music in this one-off Sydney Opera House showcase. The Ensemble Offspring Hatched Academy has been an incubator for the Australian music scene for more than a decade, with ‘fledgling’ composers taking flight all over Australia and beyond, bringing fresh ideas and creative excellence

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Daniel Kaan

Cocktail Hour with Rosemary Curtin – What an exquisite concert…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Cocktail Hour with Rosemary Curtin: Mostly Mozart January 31, 2026, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Program Mozart: Horn Quintet, K407 Mozart arr. Oguey: Adagio, K580a Mozart arr. anon: Grande Sestetto Concertante, after Sinfonia Concertante, K364 Performers Alexandre Oguey, cor anglais Lucy Smith, french horn Sophie Cole, violin Alexandrer Norton, violin Anne-Louise Comerford, viola Rosemary Curtin,

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Daniel Kaan

Hourglass Ensemble: three world premieres by Australian Composers – impressive!

Hourglass Ensemble | HeartFIRE 25 October 2025, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Program Robert Davidson: Three Bird Riffs Franz Schubert: Shepherd On The Rock Ollie Muller: Petrie Creek Road Robert Davidson: Leaf Gilad Cohen (Israel): Trio for a Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello, and Ruminating harp Amanda Harberg (USA): Court Dances Anna Hirst Friedman (with poetry by Jessy Chapnik Kahn):

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Daniel Kaan

Bach Akademie’s debut in the Sydney Opera House a resounding success

Bach Akademie Australia | The Art of Violin 26 September 2025, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW PROGRAM A. Vivaldi Violin Concerto RV 208 in D major, ‘Il grosso mogul’ J.M. Leclair Violin Concerto No.1 Op.7 in D minor G.F. Handel Violin Concerto in B flat major HWV 288 G. Telemann Violin Concerto in A minor TWV 51:A1 J.S. Bach

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Pepe Newton

Sun and Grigoryan – dazzling virtuosity meets pulse and fire

Utzon Music | Emily Sun & Slava Grigoryan 17 August 2025, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Today we witnessed the start of a musical partnership that feels like it’s been going for years, such was the spell cast by violinist Emily Sun and guitarist Slava Grigoryan in this intimate Utzon Music concert, a short and sunny Sunday afternoon program that

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Daniel Kaan

SSO’s Sounds of Australia bristling with life

Musicians of the SSO: Sounds of Australia 2 May 2025, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW PROGRAM: Brenda Gifford: Walimbaya (Return) Aaron Wyatt: Cirrus Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose: Palm & Ragonesi (World Premiere) Christopher Sainsbury: From the Deep Brenda Gifford: Mungala (Clouds) Nardi Simpson: Burruguu (Time of Creation) ARTISTS: Musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Benjamin Ward, double bass

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Hats off to emerging musicians in Art Songs at the Utzon Room

Shaumet Music | Art Songs 26 April 2025, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Artists Soprano – Camilla Wright Tenor – Daniel Verschuer Soprano – Xiaoxu Aleta Shang Repetiteur – Stacey Yang What an interesting idea, to present a small taste of art songs from different countries in one program. Three singers each presented two brackets, every bracket featuring a

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Alan Holley

A delight to be in the Utzon Room with AHE’s quartets

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Haydn’s Sunrise March 17, 2025, The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Skye McIntosh – Artistic Director and violin Matthew Greco – violin Karina Schmitz – viola Daniel Yeadon – cello HAYDN String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major Sunrise BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1 in F major FANNY MENDELSSOHN (HENSEL)

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Daniel Kaan

The Song Company, “ecstatically sung; a thrilling performance”

The Song Company| Fire Songs and Madrigals 21 September 2024, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW ARTISTS Susannah Lawergren – Soprano Amy Moore – Soprano Christie Anderson – Mezzo Soprano Timothy Reynolds – Tenor Hayden Barrington – Baritone James Fox – Bass PROGRAM Carl Crossin Part Needle, Part Thread Morten Lauridsen 6 Madrigali “Fire Songs” Claudio Monteverdi Ecco mormorar l’onde

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Heidi Hereth

Song Company’s Superbloom ‘a form of worship in song’ superbly performed

The Song Company | Superbloom March 7, 2024, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Superbloom describes the miraculous blooming of the desert after unusual rain – there is an extreme contrast between the arid and the lush. Guest Director Jane Sheldon embraced this concept to create an exciting program of contrasts, where some works are ‘arid’ in their sounds, while

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Heidi Hereth

Cheeky joyfulness of the Australian Haydn Ensemble quartet

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Love and Devotion February 18, 2024, Utzton Room, Sydney Three string quartets, each expressing different aspects of love and devotion, were on this eponymous evening program by the Australian Haydn Ensemble in the Utzon Room. Skye McIntosh introduced the program, saying there was more to ‘Love and Devotion’ than romantic, passionate love – there was also

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