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Emma Matthews: The Space Between

A diva sings her final note and is plunged into an abyss of memory and madness. Can she find the thread of meaning to her existence that will lead her back out of the maelstrom? Australia’s sharpest creative minds ...

Australian National Piano Award Oliver She

Oliver She wins 2018 Australian National Piano Award

September 10 - Latest News, Music

Oliver She has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Australian National Piano Award following the Grand Final performance in Shepparton on Saturday 8 September 2018. The 27-year-old Brisbane-based performer to...

This Woman’s Work – The Songs of Kate Bush

September 8 - Music, Performance

Dust off your red dress, embrace your inner Kate Bush and sing-a-long to hit after hit, as Kate Finkelstein celebrates 40 years of this musical icon in This Woman’s Work – The Songs of Kate Bush for one-night...

Ana de la Vega: Mozart & Myslivecek’s Flute Concertos

September 5 - Music

Rapidly becoming one of the most exciting ambassadors of the flute, Australian flautist Ana de la Vega is attracting unbridled attention for her recent recording of Mozart & Myslivecek’s Flute Concertos with th...

Rose Riebl and Chris Howlett - photo by Cat Black

Music in the Round returns for 2018

September 3 - Music, Performance

The Abbotsford Convent will once again come to life with classical music this spring, thanks to the return of Music in the Round on Sunday 9 September 2018. A favourite on the annual classical music calendar, this day-lo...

Australian National Piano Award returns to Shepparton

August 30 - Latest News, Music, Performance

The Australian National Piano Award is a world-class competition, like no other – where the hottest pianists in Australia make beautiful classical music over a week this September, in Shepparton in country Victoria...

Stardust: The Songs of Willie Nelson

August 27 - Music, Performance

Linda Bull, one half of the luminous Bull Sisters, has today announced a new, collaborative show featuring the songs of the Red Headed Stranger – Stardust: The Songs of Willie Nelson – set to play at Arts Cen...

Selby and Friends: Tormented Souls

August 25 - Latest Reviews, Music

A packed house greeted Selby and Friends for its penultimate concert in the James O. Fairfax Theatre at the National Gallery of Australia. The James O. Fairfax Theatre has been home to the ensemble for some years, and su...