The Sitkovetsky Trio is one of the pre-eminent piano trios at work on today’s global stage. Formed by classmates at the UK’s Menuhin School over twenty years ago, the trio performs regularly in venues such as Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and London’s Wigmore Hall, and their extensive discography for BIS Records has won numerous awards…

For their second concert, the Sitkovetsky Trio is joined by Australia’s own Stefanie Farrands, Principal Viola of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, in a program of distinctively Hungarian flavour. The scene is set with Haydn’s Hungarian-influenced Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, written during one of Haydn’s ‘liberating’ sojourns in London and dedicated to his student and intimate confidant Rebecca Schroeter…

Two world-class pianists. One extraordinary evening. Jayson Gillham returns to Australian stages with a project close to his heart, joined by Iyad Sughayer making his Australian debut.

Selby & Friends welcomes the return of violinist Natalie Chee and Richard Narroway, performing with pianist Kathyrn Selby in a suite for piano trio exploring Australia’s famously ferocious bush fires, two gorgeous works by Robert Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn’s final, passionate piano trio.

Andrea Lam is one of Australia’s most recognised concert pianists. The host and star of hit ABC TV series The Piano, Andrea is a passionate advocate for her instrument, introducing a new generation of Australians to its expressive power and possibility. In demand as concerto soloist with Australia’s major orchestras, and following a celebrated US career, Andrea returns for her first solo recital at UKARIA with a nuanced, wide-ranging program that showcases her interpretative sensitivity…

Programme:
Beethoven - Kurfürstensonata No. 1 in Eb
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Brahms - Sonata No. 2 in F# minor, Op. 2

Much loved Australian young person’s author Alison Lester’s book Are We There Yet? comes to life through music in this unique family performance.

Franz Liszt - "Sancta Dorothea" S. 187
Julian Cochran - "Night Scenes"
- "The Stars"
- "The Witch"
- "The Night Wind"
- "The Night Sea"
Carl Tausig - "L'Esperance" Op. 3
Satie - Cinq Nocturnes

Much loved Australian young person’s author Alison Lester’s book Are We There Yet? comes to life through music in this unique family performance.

Federico Bucaioni, piano
Gioia Barbera, piano

Two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Attacca Quartet is one of the most fearless and opinionated young quartets at work today. They make their UKARIA debut with a recital that exemplifies the ensemble’s unique character and programming style…

18th century Germany was a hotbed of innovation and exploration, with fascinating wind repertoire being conceived. Adelaide Baroque, with Emma Gregan and Brendan O’Donnell, present a colourful program of rarely heard works by Bach, Telemann, Graun, Zelenka and Fasch.

Haneulle Lovell, violin
Reuben Tsang, piano

Programme:
Alex Turley - Sonata for Violin and Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, Op.47 “Kreutzer”

Irish tenor Robin Tritschler returns to UKARIA with pianist Andrea Katz for a program inspired by the poetry of Heinrich Heine. Spanning German Lieder and songs in English, French and Russian, the recital celebrates Heine’s rich multilingual legacy before culminating in Robert Schumann’s beloved Dichterliebe.

Adelaide University’s Quartet-in-Residence, the Australian String Quartet (ASQ), joins forces with the Elder Conservatorium’s Dean, Professor Anna Goldsworthy, for a program that pairs fresh creative talent with one of the great cornerstones of the Romantic repertoire…

Paula Custodio, flute
Haowei Yang, piano

Programme:
Franck - Flute Sonata
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
More TBC

In this special collaboration between the Australian String Quartet and lifetime member of the Goldner String Quartet, cellist Julian Smiles, contemporary American composer Samuel Adams sets the tone for a moving program.

In the intricate weave of sounds that make up a baroque ensemble, the lute is central. It's fitting, then, that French-American lutenist Thomas Dunford is at the centre of some of the most exciting early music-making of the moment…

In his youth, Shostakovich was employed as a cinema pianist, improvising soundtracks for silent films. This theatrical flair and narrative sensibility can be found in his Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano. A suite of vignettes, each piece tells its own story and unfolds like a reel of miniature scenes. Composed during his so-called Year of Chamber Music’ ,  Schumann’s Piano Quintet won him the valuable approval of Richard Wagner, who remarked, ‘I liked the Quintet very much: I asked your lovely wife to play it twice.’

In the era after the legendary virtuosi of the nineteenth century, instrumentalists continually redefined the limits of technical brilliance and expressive possibility…