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Chamber Music Adelaide champions the vibrant chamber music community of South Australia. We're here to support over 160 musicians from Baroque specialists to experimental innovators - helping them create, perform, and thrive.
As Australia's only member-based chamber music organisation, we commission new Australian works, provide performance platforms, and advocate for the artists who make our musical landscape so rich and diverse.
Whether you're a lifelong chamber music devotee or curious to discover something new, there's a world of intimate, powerful musical experiences waiting for you.
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Explore our concert diary to find performances across Adelaide and regional South Australia- from grand cultural institutions to unexpected spaces, featuring everything from beloved classics to brand-new commissions
What’s On
James Huon George, piano
Programme:
Maurice Ravel - Prelude in A minor
Amy Beach - Children’s Album, Op. 36
Peggy Glanville-Hicks - Prelude for a Pensive Pupil
Erik Satie - Gnossiennes
Erik Satie - Je Te Veux
Erik Satie - La Piccadilly
Gil Sullivan, piano
Ljiljana Vukelja, piano
Hannah Kim, violin
Greg Tuske, cello
Programme:
Mozart - Violin Sonata in E minor
Brahms - Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, Op.101
Julian Cochran - Piano Trio "Pegasus' Travels"
Hamish Strathdee, guitar
Featuring works by John Dowland, Mauro Giuliani, Agustin Barrios, Elizabeth Younan, Olivia Davies and Harry Sdraulig
Martin Hayes’ artistry is grounded in the organic soul of Irish music, reawakening traditional melodies with his vibrant spirit and fresh interpretations. ‘For me, music is about heart, feeling, trust, freedom, communication and true aliveness in the moment,’ he says…
Roomful of Teeth is a GRAMMY Award-winning vocal ensemble dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice. The ensemble’s work is built upon creative collaborations with a spirit of curiosity and fearless experimentation, creating genre-defying, imaginative repertoire that pushes the boundaries of vocal music…
Melodic yet rhythmic, the koto is an appeal for all, which has been proven for this will be her 6th consecutive year to return to Adelaide to perform at the Adelaide Fringe. The superb acoustics of Adelaide Town Hall is a great asset.
Let Etsuko Kawaguchi, master of the koto, lead you to the far away land of the rising sun.
Award-winning musician and vibes virtuoso Nick Parnell performs music from his forthcoming album ‘Home’— musical echoes of the soul. From the haunting elegance of Satie’s Gnossienne No.1 to the evocative Scarborough Fair, Parnell’s performances which draws upon classical, folk and jazz elements, have been described as “like pure silver”.
Seizing on the milestone of the fortieth anniversary of his debut, Makoto formed the new trio TRiNFiNiTY, featuring young rising stars Shimpei Ogawa on bass and Kunito Kitai on drums…
The early 1700's saw a new period in the Arts, a time of great change and transformation with incredible advances in composition and performance. The Age of Reason, termed The Age of Enlightenment, promoted ideas such as liberty, progress, and democracy. Our program highlights composers including Mozart, Haydn, and Mendelssohn.
Clarinettist Tommaso Lonquich, cellist Umberto Clerici and pianist Claudio Martínez Mehner each enjoy distinguished international careers. Together as a clarinet trio, they have transcended geographical distance to cultivate a profound artistic partnership, which they describe as ‘an enduring source of inspiration and dialogue’…
Join Adelaide-based flute ensemble Coruscalia Collective as they explore the complex relationships between ecosystems, climate and humanity. Become immersed in soundscapes and melodies that will transport you from hazy eucalypt forests to the chaos of forest fires and dust storms, and the stillness of the desert at dawn. This program of contemporary art music includes works by Australian composers Fran Griffin, Diana Blom and Christopher Sainsbury.
Adelaide flutist Melanie Walters and her piccolo return to the Adelaide Fringe with a new concert of contemporary music for the much-maligned little instrument.
Once again St Francis Xavier's Cathedral is opening its doors for our popular lunch time organ recitals.
The early 1700's saw a new period in the Arts, a time of great change and transformation with incredible advances in composition and performance. The Age of Reason, termed The Age of Enlightenment, promoted ideas such as liberty, progress, and democracy. Our program highlights composers including Mozart, Haydn, and Mendelssohn.
Matthew Shiel made history by performing the world’s first piano recital of music composed by artificial intelligence at the Edinburgh Festival 2025; this event was broadcast on Al Jazeera and subsequently commissioned by Dame Wendy Hall's Web Science Institute (UK). AI Mozart is a ground-breaking concert of original piano pieces composed by artificial intelligences in an eclectic variety of styles blurring the line between human genius and artificial intelligence. For the grand finale, YOU the audience compose a brand new piece using AI! This show is where Mozart meets machine.
The early 1700's saw a new period in the Arts, a time of great change and transformation with incredible advances in composition and performance. The Age of Reason, termed The Age of Enlightenment, promoted ideas such as liberty, progress, and democracy. Our program highlights composers including Mozart, Haydn, and Mendelssohn.
Following last year’s sold-out Edinburgh Fringe show, romantic piano pieces meet candlelit Venetian masked balls as award-winning British pianist Matthew Shiel exposes the scandalous love affairs of the great composers. Features a new romance composed specially for tonight's artist by Dr Alfredo Caponnetto – Notturno VI, alongside digital animations by acclaimed Shanghai artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen.
The early 1700's saw a new period in the Arts, a time of great change and transformation with incredible advances in composition and performance. The Age of Reason, termed The Age of Enlightenment, promoted ideas such as liberty, progress, and democracy. Our program highlights composers including Mozart, Haydn, and Mendelssohn.
A mix of well known classical music, some Latin vibes, and a Belgian touch. Original arrangements for an unusual combination of instruments that will bring a smile on your face, a tear in your eye and a heartwarming feeling!
The early 1700's saw a new period in the Arts, a time of great change and transformation with incredible advances in composition and performance. The Age of Reason, termed The Age of Enlightenment, promoted ideas such as liberty, progress, and democracy. Our program highlights composers including Mozart, Haydn, and Mendelssohn.
Experience the emotional power of JS Bach’s choral genius in this Adelaide Festival exclusive. Framed by music born of the Thirty Years’ War, this program explores how composers sought beauty and consolation amid political and spiritual upheaval. It features what was perhaps Bach’s first cantata, alongside his most ambitious and inspiring motet, in the hands of the finest Baroque performers of today.
Mustonen’s Beethoven cycle opens with the composer’s very earliest sonatas, youthful works full of wit and invention. The concert closes with the famed Appassionata, a work of staggering technical demands written as Beethoven grappled with his hearing loss.
The second concert in Mustonen’s Beethoven cycle centres on three consecutive sonatas written in a period of intense creativity, culminating in the famed Les Adieux, and preceded in the first half by two elegant early works.
The early 1700's saw a new period in the Arts, a time of great change and transformation with incredible advances in composition and performance. The Age of Reason, termed The Age of Enlightenment, promoted ideas such as liberty, progress, and democracy. Our program highlights composers including Mozart, Haydn, and Mendelssohn.
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A powerful evening of story and song with singer-songwriter Nathan May, a chamber music concert that blurs the lines between contemporary country, folk and Baroque traditions. In a collaboration with genre-defying violinist, Julian Ferraretto and Adelaide Baroque string quartet. Directed by Chris Drummond. Created with the support of Create SA, Chamber Music Adelaide and Nexus Arts. Presented by Chamber Music Adelaide.