Bluesfest Touring is proud to present Larkin Poe, the American Blues-Rock band who will be performing their gritty, soulful, southern heritage in Melbourne and Sydney this April. Originally from Atlanta, the now Nashville based sister duo are poised to make a mark all their own with the release of their fourth album ‘Venom & Faith’ which is […]
After a nation-wide search for the Australia’s best young classical musicians aged 30 and under, the three finalists – violinist Courtenay Cleary, percussionist Thea Rossen and clarinettist Oliver Shermacher – will compete live in concert for the title of 2018 Freedman Classical Fellow, and the career-changing $20,000 cash prize to undertake a proposed creative project. […]
Conservatorium Open Academy – Find the Music in You! Music is an extraordinary thing, it brings us joy, engages the ‘little grey cells’ just as well as any crossword and does no end of wonderous things for mental health and wellbeing. It is for everyone, young and old, experienced or novice; there is a musical […]
Concert pianist, composer and international keynote speaker Ambre Hammond launches her second album of exquisite original compositions. Night Flowers is a collaboration of music and photography between pianist/composer Ambre Hammond and photographer James O’Toole. James captured 24 night-images of flowers in gardens around Sydney. Ambre immortalised these images in music with the composition of 24 pieces for […]
Sparks fly when Lior and Paul Grabowsky combine their talents on stage. Acclaimed composer, pianist and polymath, Paul Grabowsky has received numerous awards in his illustrious 40-year career. In this distinctive collaboration, Grabowsky’s improvisational dexterity on piano reinforces Lior’s haunting vocal style, as together they reinvent some of Lior’s most cherished songs such as This […]
Read More… from Lior & Paul Grabowsky at The City Recital Hall
“Pedal, jump, dance and fly around Sydney Park” The City of Sydney’s popular bicycle festival returns bigger than ever this October, with the launch of a bumper festival program for people of all ages. Rolling out over four weeks from 6 October, the Sydney Rides Festival will feature 33 events that explore Sydney by bike. Launching […]
Keep your self-composed…Manly Jazz 2018 is back! The internationally acclaimed Manly Jazz is known worldwide for its beautiful location and the diversity of music it presents, from traditional New Orleans jazz to funk, Latin, fusion, blues, gospel, swing and roots -This family friendly event will have performances in multiple indoor and outdoor venues including major […]
“He reveals the very essence of his character and soul but, like any clever composer, he leaves you wanting more.” – Cut Common Magazine Five extraordinary musicians combine their talents to delivering a passionate, uncompromising performance of the most beloved loved tango repertoire ever conceived. With the passion of South America bubbling in his blood, […]
Roy Ayers (USA) Roy Ayers, is one of the most sampled artists of all times. He is a King of Neo Soul in Erykah Badu’s eyes. He is a jazz legend who made the vibraphone cool. A prodigious jazz talent raised in a musical Los Angeles household, Roy Ayers was literally handed a set of […]
Read More… from Raul Midón & Roy Ayers Live @ Bird’s Basement, Melbourne
Hailing from Cuba via New York, Grammy-nominated pianist/composer Elio Villafranca returns to Australia to launch his latest and most ambitious project to date, Cinque. The album has just received a glowing 4.5 stars review from Downbeat Magazine with Villafranca named in the Downbeat Critic’s Poll as one of the Rising Stars of 2018. This exceptional […]
Accolades for Bernadette Robinson come thick and fast and deservedly so as she is a unique talent. Her acclaimed performances in multiple sell-out seasons of the one-woman musical plays Songs For Nobodies and Pennsylvania Avenue have confirmed her standing as one of Australia’s leading singer/actresses. Australian audiences have discovered Bernadette’s uncanny ability to inhabit the […]
Read More… from Bernadette Robinson @ Randwick City Council Twilight Concerts
We’re bringing the Flamenco experience to the Sydney Opera House in a new partnership with guitarist and composer Juan Carmona and his troupe of fellow artists: guitars, double bass, flute, percussion, singer and dancer. The Juan Carmona Septet will begin the concert with a mesmerising display of original Flamenco in the traditional style. After interval […]
Read More… from Sydney Symphony Orchestra Presents Sinfonia Flamenca