Event Series Australian Series

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Heart-space

National Museum of Australia Lawson Crescent, Acton, ACT, Australia
This program invites us to engage the mind and the heart, exploring joy, love, loss and longing. Achingly beautiful, Ella Macens’ string quartet A Love Worth Fighting For creates space for love, grief and longing: ‘the multitude of different emotions and sensations that come up into the heart-space and the head-space’ when we…

Cyrus Meurant: Cyrus Meurant: Chamber Works

The Studio, Pier 2/3 ACO Pier 2/3, Suite 3, 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
Composer Cyrus Meurant presents a recital of his chamber works at The Studio, ACO Pier 2/3. Featuring ACO Violin Ilya Isakovich and violinist Tim Yu, violist Beth Condon, cellist Daniel Yeadon and guest saxophonist Andrew Smith (Nexas Quartet) along with Meurant himself on piano. The program will culminate in a…

Australian Baroque: Music and Mindfulness

Government House Ballroom, Perth 13 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
Join Australian Baroque and special guest Dr Craig Hassed OAM in the Government House Ballroom for Music & Mindfulness. Be part of a dynamic audience, guided through a series of mindfulness exercises as you listen to sublime music from the Baroque period. Melbourne-based Professor Craig Hassed is the coordinator of…
Event Series ANAM at the Convent

Australian National Academy of Music: Arithmetic of Sound

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
This exquisitely curated program is like a conversation with modernism. What does ‘modern’ music sound like? What makes it sound ‘modern’? How widely did its influence reach across the planet? At the head of the table is Debussy, and 13 of his keyboard preludes. You can hear the world of…
Event Series ANAM Masterclass

Australian National Academy of Music: Masterclass – Christoffer Sundqvist

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Each year, ANAM presents a series of masterclasses by some of the world’s leading classical instrumentalists, given as part of their work with our musicians on repertoire, technique and performance. These are up-close, 'open lesson' style masterclasses open to a public audience, offering priceless insights into the secrets that lie…

Australian National Academy of Music: Music Matinee

The Scots' Church, Melbourne Corner of Collins and Russell Sts, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
In 2024 ANAM is delighted to present a concert of stunning repertoire at Scot's Church music series, Music Matinee. From the exquisite Beleura grounds with its charming house and gardens, to intimate duo performances at MPavillion; our longstanding and cherished afternoon concerts at St. Silas, to our latest adventure with…
Event Series Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Noosa Chorale: Mendelssohn’s Elijah

The J Noosa 60 Noosa Dr, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah has been much loved ever since its first performance in 1846. A full orchestra, four soloists and the Noosa Chorale are conducted by Kim Kirkman, a maestro who brings out the best in all performers. The dramatic rhythms, stirring four-part choruses, and beautiful solos make for a…
Event Series Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Noosa Chorale: Mendelssohn’s Elijah

The J Noosa 60 Noosa Dr, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah has been much loved ever since its first performance in 1846. A full orchestra, four soloists and the Noosa Chorale are conducted by Kim Kirkman, a maestro who brings out the best in all performers. The dramatic rhythms, stirring four-part choruses, and beautiful solos make for a…
Event Series ANAM at the Convent

Australian National Academy of Music: Warm Winds

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
‘Every instrument is like a person sleeping, whom I must wake to life,’ Nielsen once said, and there is something enchanted about the opening of his Wind Quintet, in which the bassoon seems to bring the other instruments joyfully to life. Nielsen’s radiant work is joined by another classic of…

Dots + Loops: In Regolith

Warehouse 25 25 Finchley Street, Milton, QLD, Australia
Kieran Welch and Kate Miller combine to celebrate the release of Kieran’s debut single In Regolith, featuring a remix from Kate herself. From visceral live viola to irresistible dancefloor grooves, experience an immersive concert-club night like no other. Special guest Claire Litwinowicz opens proceedings with a hypnotically beautiful set of…

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