Sounds Like Sydney

Klassik Underground Comes To Sydney
2023-08-05 19:00 (Australia/Sydney) | The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Suite 3, 13A Hickson Rd, Dawes Point, NSW, 2000, Australia
Virtuoso violist and innovator Tahlia Petrosian brings Klassik Underground to Australia, performing in Sydney at Pier 2/3, as well as at Adelaide’s Illuminate Festival, Melbourne’s Recital Centre and in Canberra.
Sydney born and Leipzig based, Tahlia Petrosian is recognised as one of the foremost creative forces who is transforming classical music in the 21st century. Her unique approach to classical performance has garnered international attention and acclaim for her ability to redefine the boundaries of the genre.
Tahlia Petrosian’s Klassic Underground is a concert series that combines classical music with the urban culture of the 21st century to create exciting, innovative and extraordinary concert experiences. The two KU Illuminate concerts, one of which will feature the musicians from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, will create a unique and immersive experience for audiences, blurring the lines between classical sounds, spellbinding visuals and alternative spaces, all performed by a network of local and international collaborators and conspirators.
The Gewandhausorchester is the oldest civic symphony orchestra in the world with its roots going back to 1793. It is renowned for its highly individual, warm, dark sound palette and the extraordinarily rich diversity of its repertoire. In addition to their performance at Klassik Underground at Illuminate Festival, the eight musicians from this prestigious orchestra will perform a program an all-Schubert program in concerts at Ukaria, Melbourne Recital Centre and Pier 2/3 in Sydney.
The eight Musicians of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig are: Yun-Jin Cho Violin (Gewandhaus Associate Concertmaster), Karl Heinrich Niebuhr Violin (Gewandhaus Principal Second Violin),Tahlia Petrosian Viola, Axel von Huene Cello, Burak Marlali Double Bass (Gewandhaus Principal Double Bass), Edgar Heßke Clarinet (Gewandhaus Principal E flat Clarinet), Axel Benoit Bassoon (Gewandhaus First Principal Bassoon), Simen Fegran Horn.
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Sydney: Musicians from the Gewandhaus Orchestra at Pier 2/3, Sydney – Saturday 5 August
Adelaide: Klassik Underground at Illuminate Festival, Adelaide – Fri 21 July & Sat 22 July, Dom Polski Centre
Ukaria, SA: Musicians from the Gewandhaus Orchestra & ANAM at Ukaria, SA, Weekend festival ‘The Relevance of Cultural Tradition’ curated by Tahlia Petrosian– Saturday 29 & Sun 30 July
Melbourne: Musicians from the Gewandhaus Orchestra at Melbourne Recital Centre – Friday 4 August
Canberra: Tahlia Petrosian with ANU Chamber Orchestra at ANU Canberra– Friday 18 August

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Tours With Beethoven and Mendelssohn
2023-08-07 19:00 | City Recital Hall, 2 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra completes its 2023 10th Anniversary season with a national tour, taking 41 of Australia’s finest musicians to Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney, Penrith & Chatswood as well as the popular Voyage of Musical Discovery music education series.
The Midsummer Dreams: Mendelssohn Scottish & Beethoven Eight tour features the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, conducted by playing music by the iconic Classical & Romantic composers Beethoven & Mendelssohn.
The program: MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.61 (1826)/ BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8 in F major, Op.93 (1812)/ MENDELSSOHN ‘Scottish’ Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 (1829-42)
Like all European young men of means in the 19th century, Felix Mendelssohn set off on a Grand Tour of Europe at the age of 20. Unusually, however, Mendelssohn elected to begin in Scotland – and while there he was greatly moved by the dramatic landscape and the bloody history of Mary Queen of Scots. He began writing his Scottish Symphony while on his tour, although he didn’t complete it until a decade later. But clearly, Scotland had left its mark on him, and the symphony seems to evoke the striking countryside.
Equally evocative is Mendelssohn’s Overture to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written when he was just 16 – the quick, playful strings at the start suggest the scampering of fairies’ feet, and later one can hear the braying of Bottom after he has been turned into a donkey.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 features a lightness of touch, but it is perhaps his most radical symphony. It completely abandons the traditional structure of a symphony, leaps from loud to soft without warning, and at every turn surprises and confounds expectations. When asked by his pupil Carl Czerny why the eighth was less popular than the seventh symphony, Beethoven is said to have replied, “because the eighth is so much better” – an appropriately enigmatic answer for a fascinating work!
The 31 July Voyage of Musical Discovery in Brisbane – entitled ‘Musical Identities’ – reveals the multiple identities of composer and performer and the links between them. Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra and Muses Trio will explore common threads in music from the past and in the latest Australian music. At the 7 August Voyage in Sydney, the orchestra and Australia’s musical trailblazers Ensemble Offspring will do likewise, featuring the latest works by Australian women composers. And in Melbourne on 3 August, the guest ensemble is the Australian Art Orchestra presenting music by their artistic director, Aaron Choulai.
Image credit Robert Catto.
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Sydney Concerts: Mon 7 August 6.30pm | City Recital Hall, Sydney (Voyage)/ Tue 8 August 7.00pm | The Concourse, Chatswood
Regional and Interstate:
Sun 30 July 3.00pm | Brisbane City Hall
Mon 31 July 11.30am | St Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly (Voyage)
Tue 1 August 7.00pm | Albert Hall, Canberra
Thu 3 August 6.30pm | Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne (Voyage)
Fri 4 August 7.00pm | Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne
Sat 5 August 7.00pm | Newcastle City Hall
Sun 6 August 3.00pm | Richard Bonynge Concert Hall, JSPAC, Penrith

Soulfood a Cappella Goes To The Movies
2023-08-12 14:30 - 19:30 | ARA Darling Quarter Theatre, 1-25 Harbour Street #3, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
This winter, Soulfood a Cappella vocal ensemble presents Soulfood at the Movies, channelling the silver screen, putting its fresh, unique twist on A-list tunes from cinema greats in two performances, one at 2.30 and again at 7.30. Hear Hollywood soundtracks reimagined in the signature Soulfood sound.
Featuring songs from flick favourites like Star Wars, Encanto, A Star is Born, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Frozen, Love Actually, and Strictly Ballroom it’s a franchise of musical storytelling. And that’s just the trailer.
This multi-award-winning vocal group brings nine-part harmonies, banging beatboxing and original arrangements. Get red-carpet ready for a genre montage of the classics, the swoon-worthy, the memorable melodies, the pop anthems and the animation icons.
The final cut is ready, so grab your tickets for this five-star, family-friendly show and remember to throw in a bag of popcorn for the full movie experience!
Early bird prices currently available until first 150 tickets sold for each show.
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Opera Imitates Life in OCDiva
2023-08-12 17:30 - 2023-08-13 17:30 | Arts & Cultural Exchange, 8 Victoria Road, Parramatta, NSW, 2150, Australia
Opera imitates life in OCDiva, a new, one-woman, autobiographical opera about one woman’s struggle to ‘do’ life, art and mental health.
OCDiva by by Eve Klein with libretto by Yasmin Arkinstall, Sharna Galvin and Sarah Penicka-Smith features Yasmin Arkinstall, a twenty-something-year-old opera singer, TikTok dancer and Western Sydney girl, whose life is turned upside-down by her search for diagnosis and treatmentfor sensorimotor Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Follow Yas on her journey through various therapies and therapists, with a bit of R&B, a dash of music theatre, a TikTok dance, and a whole lot of delicious, defiant, and occasionally heartbreaking, opera.
OCDiva was conceived in 2019, and awarded an Australia Council grant in 2020 to commission Dr Eve Klein’s composition of the score. OCDiva has been in development for nearly five years. The opera is technology-enabled to allow Arkinstall, who lives with significant disability, full control of each performance, including what she sings, and when.
According to Music Director Sarah Penicka-Smith, who conceived the project after seeing Arkinstall in an audition, ‘the creative team has created a work which leans into the uncertainties of, and risks in, performing with a disability, and made the artist’s ability to choose a ground-breaking structural element of the work.’ The creative team has worked to ensure that there is
true representation of Arkinstall’s lived experience in the music and libretto. And on a more practical level, rehearsals and recording sessions remained flexible in a bid to reduce feelings of overwhelm or triggering. ‘This has allowed me to put forward my best self artistically,’ says Arkinstall.
The opera’s all-female, all Australian, creative team, many of whom have lived experience of chronic illness or disability, challenge ideas of what opera can be, how it can be presented, and who can participate. With Arkinstall as the sole performer, OCDiva features a sumptuous and eclectic new score by award-winning composer and sound artist Dr Eve Klein, setting a libretto co-written by Arkinstall, Sarah Penicka-Smith, and theatre director Sharna Galvin, who was also part of the show’s original project development team. Movement Direction is by celebrated dancer and choreographer Jana Castillo, and
Design is by emerging Brisbane-based artist Olivia Watkins. The show’s producer Melanie Penicka-Smith is the final critical part of the original development team and creative team.
OCDiva premieres at the Arts & Cultural Exchange in Parramatta (12, 13 August) before touring to Wagga Wagga at the CSU Playhouse, Waga Wagga 7.00pm, 26 August 2023/ the Blue Mountains at the Mechanics Institute, Lawson 7.00pm, 29 September 2023 and Phillips Hall, Blackheath Community Centre, Blackheath 5.00pm, 30 September 2023 and the Northern Rivers.
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Sydney University Graduate Choir Presents Handel's Esther
2023-08-13 15:00 | Great Hall, Science Road, Campoerdown, NSW, 2050, Australia
The Sydney University Graduate Choir performs Handel’s magnificent oratorio Esther in the grand surroundings of the Great Hall of Sydney University.

Set in the ancient court of King Xerxes of Persia, Handel’s first ever oratorio tells the story of Esther, a Jewish orphan who wins the affection of the King and becomes the Queen of Persia, unmasking the treachery of Prime Minister Haman to save the Jewish people from a horrible fate.

This landmark work was so successful, it marked the birth of the English oratorio and includes beautiful dramatic and lyrical movements, ending with a virtuosic and grandiose 13 minute long final chorus that only a young 33 year old ambitious and outrageously gifted Handel could have written.

Christopher Bowen OAM will conduct the choir and orchestra with six wonderful soloists, sopranos Amy Moore and tler, alto Timothy Chung, tenors Richard Butler and Alexander Young and bass Simon Lobelson.

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Australian Indian Orchestra Makes Its Debut
2023-08-13 17:00 | Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
There is a new orchestra in Sydney and it has an unusual twist.
Enter, the Australian Indian Orchestra, (AIO) formed in 2023, the brainchild of the Sydney-based Australian-Indian brothers, Sagar and Suraj Nagaraj. This ensemble will feature some of the best of Indian and Australian musicians, building on the strong links between Australia and India.
The two nations have long enjoyed solid sporting links and share a common history through the Commonwealth. Now, there is a resident joint cultural venture. A first for Australia, it presents a vision of connecting Australians and Indians through music. The AIO will be dedicated to performing Indian music, by Australian and Indian musicians, for audiences through a cultural fusion.
The AIO’s inaugural concert Sydney to Mumbai: A Symphonic Journey to Incredible India will feature some of the most popular Bollywood songs performed by a 60-piece symphony orchestra comprising emerging and established talents from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Sydney Youth Orchestras and led by the Nagaraj brothers.
Sagar, 26, concertmaster of the AIO is an accomplished violinist who has performed with the Australian World Orchestra. Suraj, 20, who will conduct the orchestra has arranged an engaging program of Bollywood songs for the event. Suraj is currently also the concertmaster of the Sydney Youth Orchestra, where he has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs at the Sydney Opera House.
The orchestra will be joined by Sydney-based vocalists Avijit Sarkar, Ruhani Dhillon, Vikas Kolar, and Rucha Lange with Indian instrumentalists including Abhijit Dan playing tabla, sitar player R. Nagraj, Behzad Ansari playing santour, Mayank Singh and Vijendra playing guitar and Satyajeet Roy playing keyboard and piano. They will perform some of the most memorable songs from celebrated Bollywood movies and artists across the decades including Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar.
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Thorough Bass Presents Epigraphs
2023-08-19 16:00 | Mosman Art Gallery, 1, Art Gallery Way,, Mosman, NSW, 2088, Australia
Thorough Bass presents Epigraphs in which Mary & Me, duo partners Mary Sambell and Diana Weston will be sharing a piano stool for duets by Debussy, Schubert, Blom and Kats-Chernin.
Debussy’s sensual Epigraphes Antiques are inspired by a collection of erotic poems. Schubert’s Divertissement à la Hongroise alludes to Hungarian folk-music, and to an evening of light entertainment. Diana Blom’s lovers share dreams in Dream Weaving while Elena Kats-Chernin’s For Richard is a memorial to a promising young man.
Tickets $35/$30. Pay at the door. Cards accepted
Also: St Jude’s Wednesday Lunchtime Concert Series, August 9 at 1.15pm at St Jude’s Church, Bendooley St, Bowral

Salut! Baroque Plays Corelli
2023-08-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Salut! Baroque presents some of Sydney’s finest baroque musicians in Corelli’s Magic in Canberra and Sydney.
The art of baroque ornamentation in music is showcased in this program of music by Corelli, his students Francesco Geminiani and Pietro Locatelli, and composers who dedicated works to him including Georg Philipp Telemann, François Couperin, Johan Helmich Roman and Giovanni Battista Reali.
Canberra: Albert Hall, Canberra, Friday 18 August, 7.30pm
Performers: Sally Melhuish and Hans-Dieter Michatz, Recorder/ John Ma and Ella Bennetts, Baroque Violin/ Heather Lloyd, Baroque Viola/ Tim Blomfield, Baroque Cello/ Will Hansen, Baroque Double Bass/ Monika Kornel, Harpsichord
The program: Francesco Geminiani – Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op. 3 No. 6/ Georg Philipp Telemann – Corellisantes: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, TWV 42:h3/ Giuseppe Valentini – Bizzarria Op. 2 No.1 in D major / François Couperin – Le Parnasse, ou L’apothéose de Corelli/ Giovanni Battista Reali – La Follia Op. 1/ Johan Helmich Roman – Psalm 24 alla Corelli/ Alessandro Stradella – Sinfonia in D major A concertino e concerto grosso distinti/ Pietro Antonio Locatelli – Sinfonia Funebre/ Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso in C minor Op. 6 No. 3
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The Metropolitan Orchestra's Carnivals & Adventures
2023-08-20 15:30 - 17:00 | Marrickville Town Hall, 303 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, NSW, 2204, Australia
The Metropolitan Orchestra’s third Met Concert of 2023, Music for a New World, promises an event filled with masterworks and new sounds inspired by new worlds.
The concert opens with two Australian works, starting with Stephen Lalor’s moving Mima Concert Overture followed by a world-premiere from one of Australia’s powerhouse new composers and contemporary artist Heather Shannon of the Jezabels. Titled Strange Roses, this unique new work will meld the sounds of the synthesizer performed by Shannon, with a full orchestra to showcase how music can constantly evolve to shape a changing new world.
Led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, yje concert includes Dvořák’s sumptuous Symphony Number 9, New World. Performed in the ornate Marrickville Town Hall at the family friendly time of 3:30pm on Sunday August 20th, this is an event for young and old, fans of fine music or newcomers to the power and finesse of a live orchestra.
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Sydney Youth Orchestras Big Busk 2023
2023-09-20 08:00 - 17:00 | NSW
The Sydney CBD will be ringing to the sounds of young buskers as Sydney Youth Orchestras (SYO) present Big Busk 2023 on 28 September with 600 talented musicians busking on the streets in a day of live music and community connection.

Big Busk 2023 is a celebration of the power of music to inspire, unite, and create positive change in our community. The SYO invite everyone to join us in person or online in supporting the future of music and witnessing the incredible talents of our young musicians. The re will be live performances across Sydney, including the Pitt Street Mall, The QVB, Dixon Street Mall, Grosvenor Place, and even Parliament House. And if you can’t make it in person, there will be a livestream of studio performances too.

Before the main event, SYO’s Western Sydney Youth Orchestra will be warming up with an evening of music on Tuesday, September 26th, at Centenary Square in Parramatta starting at 6pm, playing classics and favourites, including the themes from Pirates of the Caribbean, How to Train your Dragon and more.

Big Busk 2023 is all about helping SYO continue its mission of providing young musicians with training and performance opportunities. A non-profit charity in its 50th year, the SYO relies on support from the community as it receives less than 7% of its budget in government funding.

Sydney Chamber Choir Gives Voice To The Human Spirit
2023-09-23 19:30 | Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Sydney Chamber Choir conducted by Sam Allchurch gives voice to powerful Latvian traditions of songs against oppression, to poetic visions and an exquisite celebration of Australian nature in a concert entitled The Human Spirit.
The Human Spirit includes the world premiere of Espoir (Hope) by rising star Elizabeth Younan, When the World Closes its Eyes by fellow Sydney composer Ella Macens with a glorious mix of pop, classical, folk and Baltic traditions – and her salute to a famed Latvian song of national resistance. Direct from Latvia, where singing is so integral to its culture, come the radiant Kyrie and Gloria from Missa Rigensis by Uģis Prauliņš, a boy chorister himself in Riga Cathedral and later eclectic rock musician. It’s an intense and intimate work melding, he says, his own traditions with the great Renaissance choral masses, “but without overwhelming force or volume”.
Central to The Human Spirit concert is An Australian song cycle by the prolific screen and symphonic composer Joe Twist, with his evocative visions of our landscape, drawing words from seven of our best poets – and its devastation from bushfires. Applauded for his recent Adelaide Festival oratorio Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan, Twist says his first inspiration for this major song cycle was the vibrant rainforests of his childhood on the Gold Coast.
The Human Spirit includes the Credo from Missa Unitatis, a radically exuberant celebration of the traditionally solemn mass by British composer Antony Pitts, former AD of Sydney’s Song Company.
Tickets From $50 (concessions available)
Bookings www.sydneychamberchoir.org
Phone 1300 661 738
Read our review of Sydney Chamber Choir’s last concert, Winter Nights.
The Human Spirit is also available streamed as a digital concert on Thursday, 28 September at 7.30pm.
Price $24. Tickets at Australian Digital Concert Hall.
Image by Pedro Greig.

Young Mannheim Symphonists In Concert
2023-10-07 15:30 | Conservatorium High School Sydney, Conservatorium Road, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
The Young Mannheim Symphonists present their NSW Intensive Final Concert conducted by Rachael Beesley performing music by Mozart and Beethoven amongst music by Stamitz, Reicha and other composers of the classical and romatic eras.
Run by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, the Young Mannheim Symphonists youth orchestra program is a unique and exciting program designed to give secondary and tertiary students and emerging musicians the opportunity to discover for themselves the magic of approaching music with a historical performance style.
After a hugely successful VIC Intensive, the ensemble is in Sydney for the YMS 2023 NSW Intensive, where 32 young musicians have learnt, rehearsed and now perform magnificent Mannheim, Classical and Romantic orchestral and chamber works in historically informed performance (HIP) style.
The program includes Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” Overture and Beethoven’s exuberant Symphony No.7.
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Academy Of St Martin In The Fields Returns
2023-10-07 19:00 - 2023-10-09 19:00 | Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
The incomparable Academy of St Martin in the Fields led by violinist and music director Joshua Bell, returns to Sydney in October for three performances at the Sydney Opera House, in its first Australian tour in six years. The third program will be exclusive to Sydney.

The Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell will lead the orchestra through a program of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens and Prokofiev, with the third program exclusive to Sydney.

The ASMF will also perform concerts at Melbourne Recital Centre on 4 and 5 October, and Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane on 11 and 12 October.

Established in 1958 by Sir Neville Marriner, the ASMF gave its first performance in its namesake church in London, in November 1959. Since then, the ASMF has become a widely admired chamber orchestra, familiar to music-lovers for its 1969 bestseller, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Amadeus.

Joshua Bell, is one of the most celebrated artists of his era, retaining the collegiate spirit and flexibility of the original small, conductor-less ensemble, an ASMF hallmark. Under Bell’s direction, and with the support of Leader/Director Tomo Keller, the ASMF continues to push the boundaries of player-directed performance to new heights, presenting symphonic repertoire and chamber music on a grand scale at prestigious venues around the globe.

Read our review of the ASMF’s last concert in Sydney.

Sydney Opera House | PROGRAM

PROGRAM 1 (Sat 7 Oct): PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony/MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor/ MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3, Scottish

PROGRAM 2 (Sun 8 Oct): MOZART The Marriage of Figaro: Overture/BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto/MOZART Symphony No.40

PROGRAM 3 (Mon 9 Oct – Sydney Exclusive): MOZART The Marriage of Figaro: Overture/JS BACH Violin Concerto in A minor
SAINT-SAENS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso/MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4, Italian

TICKETS: From $89 // sydneyoperahouse.com // +61 2 9250 7777
Early Bird discount pre-sale and Insiders pre-sale: 9AM, Tuesday 23 May 2023 (15% discount, expiring midnight, Monday 29 May)
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Salut! Baroque The Cosmopolitans
2023-10-08 15:00 | Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Salut! Baroque’s 2023 concert series concludes in October with ‘The Cosmopolitans’ performed in Sydney and also in Canberra with a program that includes music by Lully, Couperin, J S Bach, Georg Muffat, Rameau and Telemann.
Behind seemingly effortless ornamentation, strict rules had to be observed to establish the character, emotion and aesthetics of the music. JS Bach commented that, “It is … somewhat strange that German musicians are expected to be capable of performing at once and ex tempore all kinds of music, whether it come from Italy or France, English or Poland”. Travelling musicians and composers pollinated new ideas across cultures but it was through the cosmopolitan Georg Muffat’s seminal work published in four languages, Florilegium primum (1695) and secundum (1698), that musicians became fluent in the language of French and Italian music, and “how to use, with judgment, beautiful decorations and appropriate ornaments, which light up the piece … like precious stones”.
The program: Jean-Philippe Rameau – Ouverture from Opera Zoroastre/ Georg Philipp Telemann – Ouverture in B flat major Les Nations / Johann Rosenmüller – Sinfonia quinta in D minor / Michele Mascitti – Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 8 / François Couperin – Second Ordre L’Espagnole from Les Nations / Jean Baptiste Lully – Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs / Johann Joseph Fux – Concerto Le dolcezze e l’amarezze della notte / Johann Sebastian Bach – Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 18 / Luigi Boccherini – Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid / Georg Muffat – Suite No.2 in G minor Sperantis gaudia/ Henry Eccles – Sonata in G minor / André Campra – from L’Europe Galante
Salut! Performers: Sally Melhuish, Alicia Crossley, recorders/ John Ma, Bridgitte Holden, baroque violins/ Heather Lloyd, Suzie Kim, baroque violas/ Tim Blomfield, baroque cello/ Will Hansen, double bass/ Jack Peggie, percussion/ Monika Kornel, harpsichord
Friday 6 October, 7.30pm Albert Hall, Canberra
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Bach in the Dark Cello Sextet
2023-10-13 19:00 | online
Bach in the Dark presents Cello Sextet Live Stream – Cellissimo with founding artistic director and cellist Rachel Scott sayin “The only thing better than one cello, in my opinion, is more cellos.”
Bach in the Dark finishes 2023 with a special live-streamed concert so everyone around the country (and beyond) can join in. Performing woth Scott is her former teacher, dear friend and audience favourite, David Pereira, senior lecturer at the Australian National University. For this concert, he brings four of his best students to join in the music-making for a night to remember, celebrating all things cello, as well as a celebration of David’s teaching.
The concert will start with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No 6, and also feature music by Mendelssohn, Fauré, Strauss and finish with a few dances in this unusally large Bach in the Dark ensemble.
Ticket sales will close at 4.30pm on the day of the concert. The stream will also stay accessible for a week after the concert. Dark,The live stream will be broadcast on the YouTube platform. You will need a link to access the stream – this link will be emailed to all ticket purchasers 2 hours before the event. If you have not received the link by 5.30pm (Sydney time) on the day of the concert, please email bachinthedark@gmail.com so it can be sent to you directly.
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Mara! Big Band Releases New Album ‘Zashto?'
2023-10-13 20:00 | The Great Club, 160, Livingstone Road,, Marrickville, NSW, 2204, Australia
Mara! Big Band releases its new album ‘Zashto?’ on 13, October at The Great Club, 160 Livingston Road, Marrickville.
This vibrant 13-piece ensemble, straddles the Eastern European Gypsy brass band and jazz big band traditions and includes a line-up of Australian jazz and world music royalty.
The band will play original music by the Mara! Big Band focusing on the migrant experience in Australia and the spectre of
incarceration (physical and psychological) hovering over it in the past 235 years. Three women (Irish, Bulgarian & Iranian) speak to us from different times and different circumstances of the trauma that scarred them and we pose the question ‘Zashto?’ (‘Why?’ in Bulgarian language).
The performers: Mara Kiek – Voice and percussion/ Llew Kiek – Bouzouki, bağlama, acoustic and electric guitars/Sandy Evans – Soprano and tenor saxophones/ Paul Cutlan – Clarinets and saxophones/Lloyd Swanton – Double bass/Andrew Robson – Alto and baritone saxophones /Sam Golding – Trumpet, tuba, woodwinds/James Greening – Pocket trumpet, trombone/Gary Daley – Piano accordion/Jess Ciampa – Drums and percussion/Silvia Entcheva – Voice (soprano)/Jenny Dornan – Voice (soprano)/Jarnie Birmingham – Voice (alto)
Friday 13 October, 8pm (doors open 7.30pm)
Tickets: http://bit.ly/44IWKO4

The Metropolitan Orchestra Goes to Hollywood
2023-10-14 19:00 | Riverside Theatre, Parramatta
The Metropolitan Orchestra returns to Riverside Theatre in Parramatta with Hollywood in Concert, a special event showcasing some of the greatest movie music ever written.
Led by dynamic Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams and backed by a huge 65 piece orchestra, this event will feature music from cinematic hits including Star Wars, Star Trek, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, Superman, Batman, Sorcerer’s Apprentice and more, including featuring an emotive solo performance from TMO Concert master Victoria Jacono-Gilmovich in the theme from Schindler’s List.
Other program features include music from Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt and the Adagio for Strings from Albinoni as featured in the movie Gallipoli.
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Freedman Classical Fellowship Finals
2023-10-15 15:00 - 18:00 | The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Suite 3, 13A Hickson Rd, Dawes Point, NSW, 2000, Australia
Three exceptional musicians have been selected to participate in the finals of the 2023 Freedman Classical Fellowship. They are violinist Courtenay Cleary 29, from Queensland, violist Henry Justo 28, also from Queensland and flautist Jonty Coy 27, from Western Australia.
The winner will be selected after deciding finals concert adjudicated by a judging panel comprising Professor Kim Cunio (Head of ANU School of Music), Lamorna Nightingale (member of one of Australia’s leading ensembles, Ensemble Offspring), and Simon Tedeschi (pianist and author). The finals performance will be streamed live online. See ticketing link.
The Freedman Classical Fellowship invites the best musicians under 35 in Australia to envision projects of significant scale to the value of $21,000, proposing career-defining projects, ranging from multidisciplinary concerts and large ensemble commissions to international professional development and innovative recording projects.
Since 2001, The Freedman Fellowship has successfully identified the future leaders of new music & contemporary classical music. Past Fellows include luminaries like Genevieve Lacey (2001), Karin Schaupp (2002), William Barton (2003), Claire Edwardes (2005), Joseph Tawadros (2006), Aviva Endean (2015), and Rohan Dasika (2019) and Katie Yap (2022).
The finalists and their projects:
Courtenay Cleary is a leading Australian violinist who has lived and worked in New York and London. Since returning to Brisbane, she has performed in many major music festivals. Courtenay has developed a significant curatorial presence with her popular ‘Courtenay and Friends’ concert series. Impressively for one so young, she was recently appointed to the faculty of the University of Queensland. Cleary’s Fellowship project proposal showcases Australian music for violin both locally and overseas. Additionally, she would inspire young instrumentalists and composers to explore contemporary styles of classic through workshops and masterclasses at The Royal Academy of Music, Juilliard, and local schools in Brisbane.
Henry Justo was a Freedman Classical Fellowship finalist in 2023. He has a wide-ranging appetite for all kinds of music at a very high level of sophistication. He is “inspired by the infinite possibilities of human interaction with sound” and can execute creative multidisciplinary projects with flair and passion. Henry’s proposed fellowship Connect is a curated installation piece reflecting on how each connect with place and ourselves. Working with composer Cathy Milliken and media artist Mike Daly in a collaborative process, they will together explore the human need for connection to where we are in the world.
Jonty Coy is an Australian flautist specialising in historical performance practice. He holds a master’s degree in Early Music from the Royal Conservatory in the Hague, and a Bachelor of Philosophy (Hons) from the UWA Conservatorium of Music in Perth, Western Australia. He has appeared as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician with numerous prestigious ensembles and professional choirs in both Australia and the Netherlands. Jonty’s proposed Fellowship The Warder Flute is a new commission for renaissance flute and electronics also by Australian composer Kate Milligan. He proposes to present and tour this new work at multiple venues across Australia and in the Netherlands, alongside a program of historically appropriate repertoire.
The Freedman Classical Fellowship is funded by The Freedman Foundation, a philanthropic foundation centred on assisting young Australians in music and visual arts, as well as providing support to medical and scientific programs chaired by Laurence Freedman AM and Kathy Freedman AM. The Fellowships are managed by The Music Trust and administered by the SIMA.
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Halcyon presents The Dance of Life
2023-10-20 19:00 | Choirs Rehearsal Studio, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Pier 4/5, Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, 2000, Australia
Halcyon presents The Dance of Life, featuring artistic director and co-founder, Jenny Duck-Chong, alongside an extended cast of Halcyon friends and familiars. At the heart of this celebration of art music are 25 years of craft, collaboration and creation. The Dance of Life is a celebration of existence in all its varied shades, and a tribute to Halcyon’s longevity, as well as the rich diversity of music and people that have characterised its history.
A collection of intimate chamber music, from Elliott Carter’s spectral atmospheres to Ross Edwards’ lush depictions of nature, the duet is the starring form of the program. Halcyon’s ensemble, a chameleon in its configuration, evolves and blooms across the program, the narrator of life from its smallest corners to its largest, most symbolic networks. As it blossoms, life is reflected in the smallest flutter of insect wings in Rachel Clement’s fracture, to the spellbinding glow of the moon in Rósa Lind Page’s Claire de Lune.
The culmination of the program, Elliott Gyger’s This Kind of Life, is a nod to both these moments of simplicity and to the significance of connection and friendship. This culinary narrative, a series of letters between chef Julia Child and her pen-pal, Avis DeVoto, is part of a long history of collaborations between Elliott Gyger and Jenny Duck-Chong, friends since university. Commissioned by one of Halcyon’s most significant supporters, Ian Dickson, for his partner Reg Holloway as a birthday gift, the piece was premiered in Halcyon’s 20th year and Elliott’s 50th.
Each of the works in The Dance of Life are as much a celebration of the growth and perseverance of the ensemble as they are a testament to the cultivated circle of musicians, artists and people who have become part of Halcyon’s community. Join Halcyon for a jam-packed concert of reminiscence and celebration.
The program features works by Kaija Saariaho, Rósa Lind Page, Rachel Clement, Alisha Redmond, Elliott Carter, Nigel Butterley, David Lumsdaine, Ross Edwards and Elliott Gyger.
Artists
Jane Sheldon soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano, Jane Bishop flute, John Lewis clarinet, James Larsen cello, Rowan Phemister harp and Jo Allan piano, Jack Symonds conductor
The Choirs Rehearsal Studio can be found behind the STC Box Office, in the breezeway, opposite the Sydney Dance Company
Tickets $50/$35 senior concession/$30 student concession
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Image: ‘Fireworks’ © Kathryn Cooper.
’Fireworks’ depicts a flock of starlings reacting to a bird of prey.

The Metropolitan Orchestra Has Music Fun for Kids
2023-10-21 11:00 - 2023-10-22 15:00 | Balmain Town Hall, 370, Darling Street,, Balmain, NSW, 2041, Australia
The Metropolitan Orchestra presents some musical fun for the kids this weekend with the wonderful musical tale of Jack and the Beanstalk at Balmain Town Hall.
Presented by the always engaging Nat Jobe, and conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams, this is a chance to give children a first-class musical experience that adults will also enjoy. The show follows the highs and lows of Jack’s adventures as he meets the giant while providing a unique opportunity to get up close to the instruments of a symphony orchestra all without breaking the bank.
Show Times
Saturday October 21st – 11am, 1pm and 3pm
Sunday October 22nd – 11am, 1pm and 3pm
Bookings
Tickets from $18.00
Family passes from $56.00

Phoenix Collective Plays Vivaldi In Art Gallery Of NSW Debut
2023-10-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Art Gallery of NSW Ground level, Kaldor Hall, Art Gallery Road, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Chamber ensemble Phoenix Collective is bringing its dynamic performance style to debut at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, playing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
Founded in 2018 by violinist Dan Russell, Phoenix Collective includes violinist Pip Thompson, violist Ella Brinch and cellist Andrew Wilson has rapidly become a fixture of the Australian musical landscape, with its fresh and exciting programming.
Doors open at 6pm. Light refreshments available until 7.30pm from the Members Lounge and pop-up bar and enjoy a private exhibition viewing.
Seating will be concert style.

$110 non-member/$90 member

Bookings and enquiries: 02 9225 1878

Sirius Ensemble Celebrates Female Composers
2023-10-21 19:30 | Church Street Studios,, 62-68, Church Street, Campoerdown, NSW, 2050, Australia
Sirius Ensemble presents Virago – A celebration of female composers showcasing female composers and honouring the diversity of classical chamber music. The composers, carefully chosen for this program, composed between the 19th century to present day.
The program includes works by French composers Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944), Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983), as well as contemporary composers Margery Smith and Keyna Wilkins from Australia, Valerie Coleman and Jenni Brandon from the USA.
When researching this program the ensemble discoverd that the breadth of chamber music by female artists was too vast to showcase in one concert alone, encouraging them to program more female composers in theor 2024 program.
Louise Farrenc was a well-regarded pianist. She was a professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire between 1842 and 1873, and was the only female musician at that time to hold this prestigious rank. Whilst in this position, she fought bravely for equal pay. Another pianist composer celebrated in her lifetime was Cécile Chaminade who in 1913 was the first female composer to receive a Légion d’Honneur, the highest French order of merit usually bestowed to men for recognition of public service, military or civil bravery.
Latin for ‘female warrior’, Virago by Keyna Wilkins celebrates four contemporary female leaders, Greta Thunberg, Grace Tame, Jacinda Arden, and Angela Merkel. Each movement reflects the inspirational leadership, attributes and actions of these women who have notably overcome societal challenges, traumatic events and have inspiried nations worldwide with their profound speeches. By celebrating these women’s achievements, Sirius Ensemble acknowledge the efforts past and present to promote a gender equal world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
Performers: Melissa Coleman (flute), Ian Sykes (clarinet), Alison Evans (bassoon), Clare Kahn (cello), and guests Emily Long (violin) and Jeanell Carrigan (piano).
Church Street Studios are a 15-minute walk from Newtown Station or 16-minute bus from Central Station (get off before Missenden Rd). Street parking in surrounding streets or parking stations at nearby hospital.
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The Idea Of North Returns With Reunion Tour
2023-11-01 19:30 | The Concourse Concert Hall, 409, Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, NSW, 2067, Australia
The award-winning a capella ensemble The Idea of North has reunited after a hiatus of some years and are on tour aroud the country at the end of 2023. Established in 1993 in Canberra, today, the ensemble comprises founding tenor Nick Begbie, soprano Emma Rule, alto Naomi Crellin, bass Luke Thompson and Kai Kitamura.
Performing in Sydney on 1 November, the tour takes in all the Australian capital cities. TION’s distinctive smooth harmonies and clear blend of sound along with their explration of traditional and new repertorie have made them tremendously popular. Their artistry has been recognised with a ARIA awards in 2010 with James Morrison for the album Feels Like Spring and in 2013 for Smile, both from their impressive discography.
Read our review of TION’s ARIA award-winning album Smile.
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Andrey Gugnin Piano Recitals
2023-11-02 19:30 | City Recital Hall, 2 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Piano+ presents Andrey Gugnin, winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition in recital in Sydney and Mebourne.
The recitals will include works by Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Australian composer Carl Vine, along with the Three Bagatelles by Valentin Silvestrov before concluding with Stravinsky/Agnosti’s challenging The Firebird. Gugnin is a magnetic performer who is in high demand worldwide as a recitalist, chamber music partner and concerto soloist,
These concerts will mark the return by Andrey to Australia since his highly successful national tour in 2017, appearances at the Coriole Festival in 2018 and concerto collaborations with the Sydney and West Australian Symphony Orchestra before the pandemic.
Andrey has released numerous CDs, with his recording of Shostakovich’s solo piano works (Hyperion) winning the 2020 BBC music magazine awards for best Instrumentals. His recording of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.2 also featured on Steven Speilberg’s Oscar®- winning film Bridge of Spies.
Bookings
The program: Edvard Grieg: Ballade Op.24/ Pyotr Tchaikovsky/Mikhail Pletnev: The Nutcracker Suite/ Carl Vine: Piano Sonata No.2/ Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Bagatelles Op.1/ Igor Stravinsky/Guido Agosti: The Firebird
Melbourne Wednesday, 1st November 7:30pm/ Melbourne Recital Centre’s Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Corner of Southbank
Boulevard & Sturt Street, Melbourne
Tickets: $30-84
Sydney Thursday, 2nd November 7:30pm/ City Recital Hall – 2 Angel Place, Sydney NSW 2000, Sydney
Tickets: $30-$90

Miloš Returns To Australia
2023-11-05 17:00 | City Recital Hall, 2 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Classical guitarist Miloš returns to Australia after a decade with three concerts (Sydney, 5 November), Melbourne, 8,9 November and Perth,12 November.
Miloš came to note in 2011, when his debut album held the no. 1 position in the UK Classical charts for 28 weeks. He has since built an impressive international career with solo recitals and concertos at the world’s leading concert venues. His six studio albums have sold the equivalent of over half a million copies and conquered the classical album charts in multiple territories, earning him a Classical BRIT, Echo Klassik and two Gramophone Awards. His long list of musical collaborators includes Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Lisa Batiashvili, Alison Balsom, Tori Amos, Gregory Porter and Anoushka Shankar.
Miloš released his newest album Baroque in October 2023. The album features the music of the baroque masters including D Scarlatti, Handel, Couperin and Rameau. Miloš and his collaborators cellist, conductor and keyboard player Jonathon Cohen and guitarist and lutenist Michael Lewin perform with the ensemble Arcangelo on this album which marks Miloš’ debut on the Sony Classical label.
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Juan Diego Flórez Debuts In Australia
2023-11-05 20:00 | Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez will make his Australian debut in three recitals taking in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra accompanied by pianist Cecile Restier who will perform several piano solos as part of the recital.
Juan Diego Flórez is one of the world’s greatest singers. Enjoying a distunguished operatic and recital career, he has an extensive discography and has performed in every major international opera house around the world. He has carved a niche as a specialist exponent of the bel canto and French Romantic repertoire. His many distinctions include Peru’s highest honour, the Gran Cruz de la Orden El Sol, and being recognised as a Kammersänger by the Austrian government in 2012.
Born in Lima, Peru, Flórez had success as the lead singer and songwriter of his own rock band, while also performing Peruvian folk music and pop. Growing up, he sung in a pub where his mother worked in the Barranco district of Lima.
In 2011, Flórez founded Sinfonía por el Perú, an inclusive social project that operates orchestras and choirs throughout Peru to help the most vulnerable children and adolescents through music. In recognition of the foundation’s work, he was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and received the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award.
Bookings
Melbourne: Thursday 2 November at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall,
Tuesday 7 November at Llewellyn Hall in Canberra.
The program (subject to change):
Gioachino Rossini “Deh, tu m’assisti amore”, from Il signor Bruschino/ “La speranza più soave”, from Semiramide/ Extract from “Péchés de vieillesse” (piano solo)
Gaetano Donizetti “Una furtiva lagrima”, from L’elisir d’amore/ “Tombe degli avi miei… Fra poco a me ricovero”, from Lucia di Lammermoor/ Waltz in A major (piano solo)
Vincenzo Bellini “O di Capellio, generosi amici… È serbato a questo acciaro… L’amo tanto e m’è sì cara”, from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Édouard Lalo “Vainement, ma bien-aimée”, from Le Roi d’Ys
Charles Gounod “Ah! Lève-toi soleil”, from Roméo et Juliette
Georges Bizet Nocturne en D major (piano solo)
Giuseppe Verdi “Questa o quella”, from Rigoletto/ “Lunge da lei… De’ miei bollenti spiriti… O mio rimorso”, from La Traviata/
“Oh! Fede negar potessi… Quando le sere al placido… L’ara o l’avello”, from Luisa Miller
Ottorino Resphigi Intermezzo, from Re Enzo (arrangement for piano solo)
Giacomo Puccini “Che gelida manina”, from La bohème

Sydney Art Quartet Uncorked
2023-11-07 19:30 - 2023-11-08 19:30 | Urban Winery, Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park, NSW, 2021, Australia
The Sydney Art Quartet presents SAQ – Uncorked, an intimate evening of chamber music amidst the rustic barrels of the Urban Winery, Sydney. The SAQ, comprising violinists Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba and Anna Albert with violist Andrew Jezek and cellist Andy Hines will perform music by Beethoven, Shaw and Dvorak. Winemaker Alex Retief will join in with relaxed conversation about music and winemaking.
Tickets $75 including a complimentary glass of wine.

Omega Ensemble's New Now Showcases Emerging Composers
2023-11-09 19:00 | Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Circular Quay East, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Omega Ensemble celebrates exciting new directions and musical risk-taking with New Now which showcases the next generation of Australian compositional talent.
Featuring four world premiere works developed through its selective CoLAB: Composer Accelerator Program, the annual showcase has become a hot-ticket event for industry professionals and lovers of exciting new music.
The 2023 showcase includes world premiere music by Naomi Dodd, Ben Robinson, Andrew Howes and Natalie Nicolas.
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Sally Walker And Emily Granger Album Launch Tour
2023-11-09 20:00 | Camelot Lounge, 103 Marrickville Rd,, Marrickville, NSW, 2204, Australia
Flute and harp duo Sally Walker and Emily Granger launch their new album Something Like This on a tour of NSW, the ACT and QLD in October/November 2023 with two concerts in Sydney, one in Marrickville and the other in Pittwater. The debut recording by this pair on the AVIE label, Something Like This, is a collection of Walker and Granger’s favourite works for flute and harp, the result of decades of previous collaborations.
From their first performance together in 2020, flautist Sally Walker and harpist Emily Granger knew there was something special
between them. The duo has since performed recitals together at the Sydney Opera House, for Musica Viva Australia and Art Gallery of New South Wales.
In 2021, Sally’s father, an ardent music lover, passed away peacefully in his home with Sally playing his favourite tune to him in a profound connection as he took his last breaths. Just a week before, out of nowhere, he had declared, “I should have been a
composer!” Sally asked, “What kind of music would you have composed?” “Something like this,” he responded as he listened to some of his favourite music for the last time.
Moved by this story, Sally’s dear friend and composer, Elena Kats-Chernin, spontaneously sketched a tune calling it Something like this, wondering if it might have been something Sally’s father would have liked to have written and dedicated it to his memory.
This story and Kats-Chernin’s work form the concept of the album: the duo’s favourite pieces by their favourite composers. From new arrangements of Bach, Mozart and Satie by Granger to Australian works by Greenaway, Sainsbury and Skipworth, there is something for everyone.
Read our review of Sally Walker’s recital with pianist Simon Tedeschi.
Tour details and bookings
ORANGE 5 pm, November 4, The Old Convent.
CANBERRA 2 pm, November 5, Greenaway Studio.
SYDNEY (Marrickville) 8 pm, November 9, Camelot Lounge
SYDNEY (Pittwater) 8 pm, November 10, Penninsula Music Club
AVOCA BEACH 2 pm, November 12, Avoca Beach Theatre
BRISBANE 2 pm, December 17, 4 MBS FM Studios.

Australian Indian Orchestra Lights Up With A Diwali Concert
2023-11-10 19:00 | The Concourse Concert Hall, 409, Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, NSW, 2067, Australia
The newly inaugurated 60-piece Australian Indian Orchestra (AIO) returns to the stage with Symphony of Lights: Diwali in Concert to celebrate Diwali and ignite the festive season.
Capturing the true spirit of Diwali, Symphony of Lights: Diwali in Concert brings together 60 of the finest Australian and Indian musicians, singers, and dancers and showcases masterpieces by by Beethoven and Mozart as well as feature the symphonic premiere of A.R. Rahman’s Jai Ho from the movie Slumdog Millionaire.
The orchestra will be joined by Sydney-based vocalists Avijit Sarkar, Ruhani Dhillon, Vikas Kolar, and Rucha Lange with Abhijit Dan on tabla, Tanim Khan on sarod, Behzad Ansari on santoor, Mayank Singh on electric guitar, Sadiq Rehmani on acoustic guitar, Bobby Kumar on bass guitar, Satyajeet Roy on keyboard and piano and Preetam Telugu on drums. The concert will feature some memorable songs from celebrated Bollywood movies and artists across the decades, including Mohammed. Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Arijit Singh and more. Artistic Director & Conductor of the Australian Indian Orchestra, Suraj Nagaraj, 20, has made symphonic arrangements of the popular songs.
Riding the momentum from the runaway success of their debut sold-out concert Sydney to Mumbai at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music last August, Sydney brothers Sagar and Suraj Nagaraj are bringing back their majestic orchestra to the Chatswood Concourse. The inaugural concert saw audiences delighted with a fusion of Waltzing Matilda played on the sitar and Vande Mataram performed by the trumpets of the AIO. The program featured a variety of lyrical classics to blockbuster tunes and jazz.
The AIO is Australia’s first and only symphony orchestra dedicated to performing Indian music, and the biggest collaboration between Australian and Indian musicians. Its aims to meld the best Indian and Australian orchestral musicians and instrumentalists whilst strengthening the strong link between Australia and India.
Read our interview with Sagar Nagaraj, concertmaster of the AIO.
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