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Marshall McGuire To Deliver 2025 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address

The Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address will be delivered by harpist and Australian Music Centre Chair, Marshall McGuire, in Sydney (Gadigal), in October 2025.
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The IncrediBows Win Strike A Chord 2025

Musica Viva Australia  has announced The IncrediBows as the winner of Strike A Chord 2025. The ensemble has been awarded the Robert Salzer First Prize, of $5,000. The IncrediBows are a string quartet formed in 2022 by four childhood friends, united by enthusiasm and camaraderie. Coached by Tim Li, they were finalists in Strike A…
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Glebe Music Festival 2025

The 36th annual Glebe Music Festival runs through November at various locations in Glebe, Sydney and featuring a variety of genres from chamber music to jazz, music theatre, solo instruments and voices.
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Art Music Awards Winners 2025 Announced

Congratulations to the winners and all the nominees in the 2025 Art Music Awards!
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Latest reviews

Concert Review: The Art of Violin / Bach Akademie Australia

The Art of Violin, presented by Bach Akademie Australia in its debut performance in the Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House, was a riveting exploration of the art of the Baroque violin at the end of the 17th century.

Opera Review: The Magic Flute/Pacific Opera Studio

Hot on the heels of their performance of Handel’s magnificent oratorio Samson in May, Pacific Opera Studio’s ensemble of developing operatic artists presented a “pocket opera” version of Mozart’s great singspiel Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute).