Apeiron Baroque | Pluckers and Scratchers 23 March 2025, Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, ACT PROGRAM BECKER, Dietrich (1623–1679) - Sonata a2 JARZEBSKI, Adam (1590–1649) - Concerto Secundo FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583–1643) - Toccate Tertii Toni from Codex Chigi...
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A kiss, a cry, a fall into darkness: Luminescence brings Gesualdo to Braidwood
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Gesualdo Tenebrae 22 March, 2025, Braidwood Uniting Church, NSW AJ America - mezzo soprano/artistic director Lucien Fischer - baritone Rachel Mink - soprano Jack Jordan - Tenor (Guest artist) Alasdair Stretch - bass Dan Walker - tenor...
Orange 2025 – Another Festival to Remember!
Orange Chamber Music Festival | 2025 March 6 to 9, 2025, Orange NSW The Orange Chamber Music Festival continues to cement its reputation as one of Australia’s most vibrant regional music festivals, offering a compelling mix of internationally renowned and local...
Sydney Mozart Society’s 2025 Season – individual concerts on sale now
Sydney Mozart Society | 2025 Season It is fitting that one of Australia’s leading historically informed chamber music orchestras, Australian Haydn Ensemble opens the 75th season promoting music by Mozart and his contemporaries. Single concerts go on sale at The...
Wattleseed Ensemble’s musical storytelling of the highest calibre
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...
Salut! celebrates three decades of bringing the best of Baroque to life
Salut! Baroque | Music to Celebrate Feb 2, 2025, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NSW Baroque music has always been about grandeur and transformation, and Salut! Baroque’s Music to Celebrate was no exception. Marking the beginning of their 30th anniversary season, the...
Bach Akademie Australia | 2025 Season
Madeleine Easton, Artistic Director of Bach Akademie Australia launches 2025! Here's what she had to say... This year marks eight years since I imagined bringing together Australia’s finest instrumentalists and singers to share with all Australians the profound joy...
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra 2025 Season Launch
The Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) has announced its 2025 program with a slew of mouth-watering concerts – including three major performances in Chatswood’s spectacular Concourse Concert Hall. KPO Artistic Director Paul Terracini confirmed that the acclaimed...
Orange Chamber Music Festival – 26 hrs Pass now on sale
Established in 2019 the Orange Chamber Music Festival highlights and celebrates the unique features of the Orange Region by combining classical music with carefully curated cultural experiences, in partnership with local businesses, organisations and individuals. The...
Gondwana Chorale – a showcase of excellence and innovation
Gondwana Chorale | Butterflies Dance January 16, 2025, St James' Church, Sydney, NSW Each January, the Gondwana National Choral School brings together hundreds of talented young singers from across Australia for an intensive residential program of rehearsals,...