Event Series Esmé Quartet

Musica Viva Australia: Esmé Quartet

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Eloquent. Spellbinding. Monumental. Exquisite. How else can we describe the Esmé Quartet? Based in Germany, this ensemble launched its international career by winning first prize at the 2018 International String Quartet Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall. The ensemble then embarked on a whirlwind year of concerts in North America, Hong…

Event Series Kirill Gerstein

Musica Viva Australia: Kirill Gerstein

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Kirill Gerstein is a showman, a philosopher, and a poet of the piano. He grew up playing jazz, switched to classical and won the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition at just 22. Since then, he has carved out a formidable reputation as a fearless artist who makes the impossible…
Event Series Rachmaninov – The Symphonies

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninov – The Symphonies 1

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
A rare opportunity to hear all three of Rachmaninov’s mighty symphonies performed in one unmissable immersive concert series. We begin with his ominous Symphony No.1, where restless themes are cast back and forth, searching for a peace that never comes. His widely revered Symphony No.2 opens with mood-building strings that…
Event Series Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
When the cello sings, we hear something akin to the human voice: sensuous, rich, profound. When German-French Nicolas Altstaedt holds the bow, the cello is all that and more, becoming a master storyteller. It’s been more than a decade since the young cellist burst onto the world stage as a…
Event Series Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
When the cello sings, we hear something akin to the human voice: sensuous, rich, profound. When German-French Nicolas Altstaedt holds the bow, the cello is all that and more, becoming a master storyteller. It’s been more than a decade since the young cellist burst onto the world stage as a…
Event Series Rachmaninov – The Symphonies

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninov – The Symphonies 2

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
A rare opportunity to hear all three of Rachmaninov’s mighty symphonies performed in one unmissable immersive concert series. We begin with his ominous Symphony No.1, where restless themes are cast back and forth, searching for a peace that never comes. His widely revered Symphony No.2 opens with mood-building strings that…
Event Series Rachmaninov – The Symphonies

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninov – The Symphonies 3

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
A rare opportunity to hear all three of Rachmaninov’s mighty symphonies performed in one unmissable immersive concert series. We begin with his ominous Symphony No.1, where restless themes are cast back and forth, searching for a peace that never comes. His widely revered Symphony No.2 opens with mood-building strings that…

Musica Viva Australia: The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Every year on Christmas Eve listeners around the world tune in to hear The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge celebrate the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in a glorious display of the British choral tradition. Now this unique and precious sound returns to Australia. The Choir will perform soaring…

Musica Viva Australia: The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Every year on Christmas Eve listeners around the world tune in to hear The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge celebrate the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in a glorious display of the British choral tradition. Now this unique and precious sound returns to Australia. The Choir will perform soaring…
Event Series Silence & Rapture

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Silence & Rapture

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Composing three centuries apart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt’s timeless music speaks to the human soul. From rockstars and writers to artists and filmmakers, these composers are revered by music lovers across genres and generations. The last time the ACO performed their music together, it was a sell-out. Richard…
Event Series Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane

Musica Viva Australia: Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Pekka Kuusisto is an acclaimed violinist. Gabriel Kahane is a composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist. Both classically trained, both comfortable inside and outside the box, they wander those sometimes strange, sometimes quirky, but always beautiful borderlands where creativity thrives. They come together in a new collaboration, commissioned for recording and performance…