Concert Diary
Upcoming Events from Member Ensembles
Recitals Australia // Lunch Hour Series // Esmond Choi
This Recitals Australia Lunch Hour series concert features pianist Esmond Choi.
Selby & Friends // Joyeux Anniversaire
The Selby & Friends 2025 Season begins in tribute to the great French composer Ravel for the 150th anniversary of his birth with Mozart and Zemlinsky.
Magpie Artsong Inaugural Recital
Magpie Artsong is excited to present its inaugural recital featuring co-artistic directors, tenor Kyle Stegall and pianist Penelope Cashman.
Showcasing the diversity of artsong and its power to evoke emotions, spark imagination, and inspire human connection, the program includes works by Beethoven, Schubert, Poulenc, Beach, and Ukrainian composer Yakiv Stepovyi.
Recitals Australia // Lunch Hour Series // Henry Say
This Recitals Australia Lunch Hour series concert features cellist, Henry Say.
Adelaide Baroque // Eastertide: Passions and Sorrows II
We visit again the rich collection of music inspired by the Passion of Christ as a start to our Orchestral series. This time with the powerful artistry of U.S. Tenor Kyle Stegall and music by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach and Biber.
Reginald Mobley with Paul Grabowsky // UKARIA
In a true meeting of musical minds, American countertenor Reginald Mobley and pianist Paul Grabowsky unite at UKARIA to present Mobley’s latest, much-feted album Because. Originally recorded with French jazz pianist Baptiste Trotignon, Because celebrates spiritual and gospel traditions, alongside music of black composers such as Florence Price and Harry Burleigh.
The Story Of Brigid BOOK LAUNCH
Jodie O’Regan launches her book: The Story Of Brigid - a song cycle for soprano and harp - telling the story of Brigid, Goddess of Ireland.
The songs are the narrator's ballads woven through Jodie’s chamber opera Fire Songs, re-crafted as a standalone song cycle.
Adelaide Baroque // Eastertide: Passions and Sorrows II // Coriole
We visit again the rich collection of music inspired by the Passion of Christ as a start to our Orchestral series. This time with the powerful artistry of U.S. Tenor Kyle Stegall and music by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach and Biber.
Recitals Australia // Lunch Hour Series // Jack Daws
This Recitals Australia Lunch Hour series concert features guitarist, Jack Daws.
Recitals Australia // Lunch Hour Series // James Skelton and Simón Pazos Quintana
This Recitals Australia Lunch Hour series concert features James Skelton and Simón Pazos Quintana.
Magpie Artsong // The Touch of Dreams
Mitchell Berick clarinet
Kyle Stegall tenor
Penelope Cashman piano
MAGPIE artsong’s artistic directors, Kyle Stegall and Penelope Cashman, join ASO clarinettist, Mitchell Berick, in an Elder Hall Lunchtime Recital exploring the unusual combination of clarinet, tenor and piano. This varied and evocative program features the American composer Martin Kennedy’s ‘The Touch of Dreams’, alongside works by Schubert, Sobeck and Spohr.
Australian String Quartet // Rapture
Rapture pulses with a vital force through the music of Beethoven, Perica, Janáček and Golijov that illustrates the power of the string quartet to express our deepest desires and greatest fears.
Australian String Quartet // Rapture
Rapture pulses with a vital force through the music of Beethoven, Perica, Janáček and Golijov that illustrates the power of the string quartet to express our deepest desires and greatest fears.
ACO Collective // UKARIA
In May 2025, ACO Collective travels to UKARIA for an intensive residency during which the ACO Emerging Artists will work side-by-side with their ACO Mentors. Together, they will immerse themselves in favourites from Romantic chamber repertoire and new Australian music.
Selby & Friends // This Mirror Has Three Faces
A breathtaking concert program with an Australian premiere by the renowned Lera Auerbach, Schumann’s tempestuous final piano trio and the heartbreaking piano trio by Smetana.
Daniel Lozakovich // UKARIA
In this special event, Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich performs an intimate recital of JS Bach’s music for solo violin. This recital, in which Lozakovich presents three works – the sunny E major Partita, the brooding G minor Sonata and the stormy D minor Partita (which includes the famous Chaconne) – is an opportunity to hear a young star converse with Bach at the beginning of their career.
ACO Weekend // UKARIA
The Australian Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director Richard Tognetti return to UKARIA with a three-program weekend, featuring a combination of much-loved masterworks and important contemporary voices that showcase the ACO’s world-renowned energy and spirit.
Nobuntu with Academy Voices | Concert One // UKARIA
In this unique choral cultural exchange, UKARIA welcomes Nobuntu as Ensemble-in-Residence; a vocal quartet who embody a new wave of female African artists dedicated to sharing their heritage and traditions through the universal language of music. This residency opens a musical dialogue between Nobuntu and Academy Voices, a brand-new ensemble directed by Jonathan Bligh.
Inflame You // Adelaide Chamber Singers
Celebrating the sacred and profane with passion, fire, and madness! Inflame You is for early music lovers
Featuring music to die for by Gesualdo, Monteverdi and Pärt.
Conducted by Christie Anderson
Kristian Winther, Timo-Veikko Valve and Aura Go // UKARIA
Kristian Winther, Timo-Veikko Valve and Aura Go are no strangers to UKARIA. Each of these celebrated soloists and chamber musicians has featured frequently in recent years amid their busy and varied schedules around Australia and internationally, but Winther, Valve and Go have rarely performed together. This special performance for UKARIA is a unique opportunity to hear them explore the specificity and diversity of the piano trio genre.
Sjaella // UKARIA
The Leipzig-based vocal sextet Sjaella returns to UKARIA with a program exploring the age-old human dilemma between the head and the heart. Sjaella feeds the hearts and stimulates the minds of their listeners, as they ask: ‘How can we listen to both inner poles of reason and emotion, and learn to trust them?’
Selby & Friends // A Ghostly Afternoon
Opening with a gorgeous arrangement of Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun, two iconic works follow from the piano trio genre – Beethoven’s Ghost Trio and Shostakovich’s powerful and haunting second trio.
Javier Perianes // UKARIA
Internationally celebrated Spanish pianist Javier Perianes returns to UKARIA with a personal and evocative program of Italian and Spanish music composed over two centuries. In this program, Perianes puts Scarlatti’s response to Spanish musical culture in dialogue with two Spanish-born High Romantic, Impressionist voices.
Selby & Friends // Songs Without Words
A tribute to the song masters in the Mendelssohns by Australian Anne Cawrse followed by beautiful trios by forever favourites Chopin and Schubert.
Australian String Quartet // Convergence
The sublime meets the sensational in Convergence, with music by Mozart, Ligeti and Schubert that ignites the imagination and brings the stunning voices of three legendary composers into focus.
Australian String Quartet // Convergence
The sublime meets the sensational in Convergence, with music by Mozart, Ligeti and Schubert that ignites the imagination and brings the stunning voices of three legendary composers into focus.
Jane Downer & Lesley Lewis // Handel - 'Rinaldo' incl. 'Lascia ch'io pianga', Paul's Steeple, & more
Chamber music from early C18th London including divisions, Scottish folk songs, and pieces from Italian opera set for recorder, baroque oboe & harpsichord.
Celebrate You // Adelaide Chamber Singers
Adelaide Chamber Singers celebrate 40 years in 2025 with an equally grand offering. Forty for 40. Forty singers, forty parts. Thomas Tallis’ 40-part motet Spem in alium performed alongside a commissioned major work in 40 parts by Carl Crossin. Featuring members of Rising Voices and former-ACS singers conducted by Christie Anderson.
Brendan O'Donnell, Jane Downer & Kim Worley // J. S. Bach - 'Walking on Roses' Concerto from Cantata BWV 182, Telemann - Coro & Aria
Intimate chamber music arranged from cantatas by two of the Baroque era’s most celebrated composers. Vocal lines are substituted by the recorder, oboe, oboe d’amore and cello, with each instrument displaying poignant and ornate obbligato roles.
Jane Downer & Lesley Lewis // C. P. E. Bach - 'La Caroline' & others, F. Couperin - 'Portrait of Love'
Musical Portraits features two exceptionally gifted masters of the Baroque who inhabited stylistically different artistic environments - François Couperin, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Personalities and sentiments are evocatively depicted by the character pieces, and a ‘Portrait of Love’ showcases beautifully mellow tones of baroque oboe d’amore.
Jane Downer, baroque oboe d'amore
Lesley Lewis, harpsichord
Selby & Friends // Epic Diva
The Selby & Friends season closes with big piano quartets filled to the brim with the most gorgeous melodies by Fauré and Brahms along with a fabulous stand-alone work from Australian Matthew Hindson.
Raise You // Adelaide Chamber Singers
Adelaide Chamber Singers’ Rising Voices will help you end the year on a musical high as they lift our voices to ‘raise you’ with music of emotional power and inspiration. Conducted by Carl Crossin.
Recitals Australia // Lunch Hour Series
The first of the Recitals Australia Lunch Hour Series features their current Fellowship recipient, Adam Draper, with Simón Pazos Quintana. Adam is a seasoned trombone player, studying under Howard Parkinson, with performance experience ranging from playing in the Adelaide Wind Orchestra, to his recent solo recitals in Recitals on the Fringe.
Recitals On The Fringe // Romantic Reveries
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Jenny Su, piano with violinist Kai Gerbi.
Coruscalia Collective // Animal Crackers
Flute ensemble Coruscalia Collective goes wonderfully wild at the Adelaide Fringe this year! Inspired by our feathered, furred and scaly friends, Coruscalia Collective brings a concert full of birds, cats and other curious creatures.
This eclectic program of jazz and classical music includes works with narration and visual art, and all the pieces are by living composers, including US composers Nicole Chamberlain and Michael Isaacson, and Adelaide composer Hannah Wilkinson.
Recitals On The Fringe // The Entertainer
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Adam Draper, trombone with pianist Simón Pazos Quintana.
Adelaide Baroque String Quartet // HAT's Courthouse Cultural Centre Auburn
Let Adelaide Baroque take you on a journey into musical history with a vitality that is timeless – relevant to life in 2024 and beyond! Since 1977, Adelaide Baroque has gained a reputation for original and creative programming performing a vast array of chamber music for smaller ensembles, featuring soloists on historic instruments. Our aim is to excite contemporary audiences with the power of baroque music.
Recitals On The Fringe // Beyond the Canon: Women's Perspectives in Music
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Bridget McCullough, viola with violinst Lucy Macourt.
Recitals On The Fringe // The Romantic Viola
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Bridget McCullough, viola with pianist.
Marta and Matej Sutora // 2 Violins & 8 Strings - Classical Music Gems
Get ready for another captivating evening of classical music with the dynamic violin duo, Marta and Matej Sutora!
This time, they'll be showcasing their exceptional talent with music pieces of two remarkable composers: Mozart's Violin Duo, a delightful and intricate composition, and Spohr's Duo Concertante, a stirring work that reveals the full emotional spectrum of the violin.
Recitals On The Fringe // The Elemental Flute
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Alex Byrne, flute with pianist.
Recitals On The Fringe // The Basson of the Paris Conservatoire
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Angus McBride, bassoon with pianist Simón Pazos Quintana.
Marta and Matej Sutora // 2 Violins & 8 Strings - Classical Music Gems
Get ready for another captivating evening of classical music with the dynamic violin duo, Marta and Matej Sutora!
This time, they'll be showcasing their exceptional talent with music pieces of two remarkable composers: Mozart's Violin Duo, a delightful and intricate composition, and Spohr's Duo Concertante, a stirring work that reveals the full emotional spectrum of the violin.
Trifonov & Goerne // Die schöne Müllerin
German baritone Matthias Goerne and Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov are regarded as the pinnacles of their respective worlds. Any chance to see them perform individually is a gem. To see them together is unmissable.
Together they perform Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The Fair Maid of the Mill), a beautiful “Lieder” based on the poems of Wilhelm Müller. A predecessor to Winterreise, this is a lyrical and emotional odyssey of love and heartbreak, with music just as gorgeous and captivating as its well-known successor.
Recitals On The Fringe // Romantic Reveries
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Jenny Su, piano with violinist Kai Gerbi.
Recitals On The Fringe // The Entertainer
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Bridget McCullough, viola with violinst Lucy Macourt.
Recitals On The Fringe // Beyond the Canon: Echoes of Resilience
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features violinist Lucy Macourt with other members of the 4 States Quartet: Isabelle Watson (violin), Sterling Rieck (viola), Chiara Kelle (Cello), and pianist
Trifonov & Goerne // Swan Songs
Two generation-defining artists turn to a composer close to their heart – Franz Schubert – for a very special two-concert Adelaide Festival residency.
Recitals On The Fringe // Beyond the Canon: Women's Perspectives in Music
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Bridget McCullough, viola with violinst Lucy Macourt.
Recitals On The Fringe // The Elemental Flute
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Alex Byrne, flute with pianist.
Heal You // Adelaide Chamber Singers
Adelaide Chamber Singers Heal You is a transformative journey of healing, peace, and belonging. Part of the 2025 Adelaide Festival program, ACS articulate this healing with exquisite musical responses, from early 20th Century works and contemporary repertoire. Also featuring music by Joanna Marsh, Ēriks Ešenvalds and Emeli Sandé.
Conducted by Christie Anderson
Paavali Jumppanen // Beethoven and Boulez
In their first encounter in Paris in 2001, Paavali Jumppanen performed the notoriously difficult second Piano Sonata for the composer Pierre Boulez. Boulez was so impressed that he invited Jumppanen to record his complete sonatas. He also advised Jumppanen to combine this Sonata with Beethoven’s momentous Piano Sonata No. 29 Hammerklavier. In this concert, this epic coupling is heard for the first time in Australia, as a special tribute to the 100th anniversary of Boulez.
Adelaide Baroque Quartet // Fringe 2025 Concert
For over 40 years Adelaide Baroque has given concerts of early music to enthusiastic audiences in Adelaide, interstate and abroad. Concert programs have been innovative and varied, featuring music from the vast repertoire of 17th and 18th century European music as well as some contemporary music from Australia, including new commissioned works.
Let Adelaide Baroque take you on a journey into musical history with a vitality that is timeless – relevant to life in 2024 and beyond! Since 1977, Adelaide Baroque has gained a reputation for original and creative programming performing a vast array of chamber music for smaller ensembles, featuring soloists on historic instruments. Our aim is to excite contemporary audiences with the power of baroque music.
Recitals On The Fringe // Music for the German Bassoon
A program of classical recitals presented by some of Adelaide’s best and brightest emerging artists!
This concert features Angus McBride, bassoon with pianist Simón Pazos Quintana.
Adelaide Baroque Quartet // Fringe 2025 Concert
For over 40 years Adelaide Baroque has given concerts of early music to enthusiastic audiences in Adelaide, interstate and abroad. Concert programs have been innovative and varied, featuring music from the vast repertoire of 17th and 18th century European music as well as some contemporary music from Australia, including new commissioned works.
Let Adelaide Baroque take you on a journey into musical history with a vitality that is timeless – relevant to life in 2024 and beyond! Since 1977, Adelaide Baroque has gained a reputation for original and creative programming performing a vast array of chamber music for smaller ensembles, featuring soloists on historic instruments. Our aim is to excite contemporary audiences with the power of baroque music.
ANAM // A Viennese Matinée
This performance showcases some of Vienna’s finest classical fruits, with Schubert’s Notturno for Piano Trio, Op. 148, a sparkling duet from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, Op. 47b for string quintet and the majestic Kaiser-Walzer Op. 437 by Johann Strauss (arr. Schoenberg). The talented young musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music, alongside Paavali Jumppanen on piano and Zoë Black on violin, bring to life this music as though it were written just yesterday.
Trio Da Kali, Australian String Quartet, Peni Candra Rini and Van-Anh Vo // Dialogues in Sound
Join us for a dazzling evening of music both familiar and explorative in Adelaide’s magnificent Town Hall with a virtuosic lineup of musicians from this year’s Horizons: Chamber Landscapes program.
This eclectic ensemble of music artists from across the world will explore the meeting points between the various landscapes of their craft. Exceptional instrumentalists and singers from Australia, Vietnam, Mali and Indonesia share the stage for astonishing interpretations and reinventions of western classical music – including works by Satie, Mahler, Purcell and Bach – alongside traditional forms from each of their countries.
Coruscalia Collective // Animal Crackers
Flute ensemble Coruscalia Collective goes wonderfully wild at the Adelaide Fringe this year! Inspired by our feathered, furred and scaly friends, Coruscalia Collective brings a concert full of birds, cats and other curious creatures.
This eclectic program of jazz and classical music includes works with narration and visual art, and all the pieces are by living composers, including US composers Nicole Chamberlain and Michael Isaacson, and Adelaide composer Hannah Wilkinson.
Nicolas Altstaedt plays Bach
French-German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, known to Australian and international audiences as one of the finest instrumentalists performing today, presents an intimate one-off Adelaide Festival performance as part of Daylight Express. Hailed as having “technique to burn, near perfect intonation, superb control of extreme registers and harmonics”, Altstaedt will perform the revered solo cello Suite No. 1 in G major and No. 5 in C minor of JS Bach, and Dutilleux's Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher on his 1749 Guadagnini cello.
Yangarra Estate // Adelaide Baroque String Quartet
Let Adelaide Baroque take you on a journey into musical history with a vitality that is timeless – relevant to life in 2024 and beyond! Since 1977, Adelaide Baroque has gained a reputation for original and creative programming performing a vast array of chamber music for smaller ensembles, featuring soloists on historic instruments. Our aim is to excite contemporary audiences with the power of baroque music
Horizons: Chamber Landscapes // Dream Collectors
In a fitting culmination, Horizons draws to a close with all artists on stage together. Presented from the stage by David Harrington, this collaborative concert culminates in a rhapsodic performance of Terry Riley’s cult hit Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector.