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This year, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra finished the season with a long tour of Victoria and New South Wales. Being December, the program is features some Christmas Carol favourites but also a unique musical twist. This is a …
As we near the end of the 2025 season for Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the countdown is on for their followers to squeeze as many of the few remaining concerts as possible into the diary. The orchestra did not play …
Last night, The Tallis Scholars completed the final concert of their 2025 Australian tour in the Concert Hall of Sydney Opera House. It marks the end of their 11th tour of Australia, not nearly enough times, according to …
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The City Recital Hall was crammed to the rafters last night. The crowd were keen to see the much anticipated opening to the tour “Cocteau’s Circle” with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Based around the …
Curated by Finnish cellist Timo-Veikko Valve for ACO’s 50th anniversary season, Musical Awakenings was a program that seemed designed to regulate both body and mind — guiding listeners through states of stillness, movement, and release. Valve curated an arc that …
Sydney’s City Recital Hall in Angel Place held a full house last night for the continuation of Sydney Symphony’s most excellent series “International Pianists in Recital”. This time we were lucky enough to hear the world renowned concert soloist Marc-André …
ANAM Sketches 2025 presented by the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in partnership with Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) from 3pm Sunday 7th September 2025 at The Neilson, ACO On The Pier
THE REPERTOIRE –
(a) Erkki VELTHEIM (b. 1976)…
This year The Australian World Orchestra celebrates its 15th Anniversary. Unique in format, once a year, the Orchestra draws expatriate Australian musicians back to their homeland from where they are working professionally. Reading their resumes in the program demonstrates that …
Each year the Melbourne-based, Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) brings together 70 of Australia’s finest graduate-level musicians for an intense program comprising lessons, classes, coaching, seminars, rehearsals and over 200 public concerts.
The training program includes industry partnerships with …
On August 18, 2025, the Takács Quartet—Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola), András Fejér (cello)—graced Sydney’s City Recital Hall, marking Musica Viva’s 80th birthday of bringing world-class classical artists to Australia. Touring capital cities through August, this …