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Sydney Comedy Festival: Sydney Comedy Festival Gala

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sydney’s biggest month of comedy kicks off in grand style with the Sydney Comedy Festival Gala at the iconic Sydney Opera House on Thursday 25 April at 8pm. Featuring a dazzling line-up of the Festival’s funniest international stars, Australian legends and next-big-things in comedy, the Gala is the premier comedy…

Melbourne Recital Centre: Neurodivergent Meetup

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2024 Artist-in-Residence Nat Bartsch hosts her first Artist Meet Up to connect neurodivergent members of the Melbourne music scene. Hosted in the centre’s foyer, this informal get-together seeks to build a community amongst neurodivergent music industry folk, to create an atmosphere that caters to a diverse array…

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre: Music Talk with Dr Paul Smith – The Concerto and the Birth of the Musical Celebrity

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
This lecture will explore the history of the concerto and some of the most famous classical music performers in history. Delving into the development of the concerto form and drawing on a wide range of examples, this lecture will explain the musical characteristics of the classical concerto and also connect…

Dots + Loops: Vessel

Nickson Room, Zelman Cowen Building University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Dots+Loops Co-Director Flora Wong joins with ceramic artist Ruby Yu-Lu Yeh in this special FREE concert presented as part of the University of Queensland School of Music Lunchtime Concert Series. VESSEL sees violinist Flora Wong and ceramic artist Ruby Yu-Lu Yeh perform a sonic exploration of the process of creating…

American Australian Association: The Laramie Project

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
In an Australian first, New York’s Tectonic Theater Project together with the American Australian Association present a staged reading of The Laramie Project in Sydney.   The Laramie Project is the true story of the aftermath following the 1998 murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, that catalysed revolutionary LGBTQIA+ legislative change in…

Australian Baroque: Music and Mindfulness

Government House Ballroom, Perth 13 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
Join Australian Baroque and special guest Dr Craig Hassed OAM in the Government House Ballroom for Music & Mindfulness. Be part of a dynamic audience, guided through a series of mindfulness exercises as you listen to sublime music from the Baroque period. Melbourne-based Professor Craig Hassed is the coordinator of…

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre: Music Talk with Andy Bromberger – Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
The Ninth Symphony is one of the greatest works in the classical repertoire, regarded as the pinnacle of Beethoven’s achievements and a culmination of his genius. Written between 1822 – 1824, it is remarkable not only for its grandness of scale but also being the first symphony from a major…

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Discover – Beethoven with Asher Fisch

Perth Concert Hall 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
Beethoven’s Third Symphony stands as the ultimate testament to human resilience, ambition and inventiveness. A triumph of artistic will over adversity, it redefined the symphony itself, and its heroic narrative and raw power changed music forever. Presented on the Thursday night before Eroica, this concert of discovery provides a unique…
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Guests of Note – An Evening with Jaime Martín & William Barton

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Join the MSO’s Maestro Jaime Martín and yidaki (didgeridoo) virtuoso William Barton, for an intimate evening of conversation, fine food, wine – and of course music! – as we raise funds for the MSO’s Artistic Program. All funds raised will support the Orchestra’s core Artistic Program. So, your seat at…

Australian National Academy of Music: Masterclass – Jakub Jakowicz

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Each year, ANAM presents a series of masterclasses by some of the world’s leading classical instrumentalists, given as part of their work with our musicians on repertoire, technique and performance. These are up-close, 'open lesson' style masterclasses open to a public audience, offering priceless insights into the secrets that lie…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Guests of Note – An Evening with Roderick Williams & Siobhan Stagg

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Join baritone Roderick Williams and soprano Siobhan Stagg for an intimate evening of conversation, fine food, wine – and of course music! – as we raise funds for the MSO’s Artistic Program. All funds raised will support the Orchestra’s core Artistic Program. So, your seat at the table will directly…

Event Series In a Nutshell – The Poetry of Violence

Bell Shakespeare: In a Nutshell – The Poetry of Violence

The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
When Shakespeare explores violence it is often epic and cruel, but never gratuitous. Whether it’s Brutus considering a justification for murder in Julius Caesar, or Volumnia relishing the bravery and brutality of her warrior son in Coriolanus, Shakespeare asks questions about our relationship with violence. But he also uses the…

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