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Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra with Kate Miller-Heidke (centre) and Barbara Lowing (far right), photographed by Alex Jamieson Presented as part of Brisbane Festival, Camerata: Your Eternal Memories was a rollercoaster concert, bringing the chamber orchestra together with national treasures Kate Miller-Heidke and Barbara Lowing to share memories and music with warmth and playful humour.... Continue Reading →
The Rite of Spring 20-22 February 2025 QPAC Concert Hall An audacious and innovative staging of The Rite of Spring will challenge perceptions of live performance when Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) opens its 2025 Season. QSO will join forces with the internationally acclaimed contemporary circus company, Circa, to present a bold and stunning interpretation of... Continue Reading →
Jessica Pratt as Lucia, photographed by Murray Summerville Presented as part of Opera Queensland’s inaugural Brisbane Bel Canto festival, Lucia di Lammermoor is a pared-back production that serves to showcase the astonishing virtuosity of starring soprano Jessica Pratt. Lucia di Lammermoor is a three-act tragic opera by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was... Continue Reading →
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey. Photographed by Peter Wallis. Queensland Symphony Orchestra transported its audience from concert hall to art gallery with Pictures at an Exhibition: Musical Vignettes, conducted by Benjamin Northey. In addition to the titular work by Modest Mussorgsky, the Maestro concert also included Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Overture from May Night and... Continue Reading →
QSO Conductor Laureate Johannes Fritzsch and pianist Daniel de Borah. Photographed by Peter Wallis. It was a delight to be able to return QPAC’s Concert Hall on Friday night for Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s stirring final Maestro concert of 2020 - Beethoven’s Emperor. As well as being the 2020 season finale, this concert marks the end... Continue Reading →
Queensland Symphony Orchestra farewelled outgoing Music Director Alondra de la Parra and 2019 Artist in Residence Paul Lewis in a spectacular concert that showcased the best of both. In an exciting first for Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the concert was also livestreamed globally via Facebook and to venues across the state, reaching a potential audience of... Continue Reading →
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra brings to Brisbane a musical journey both mythical and medieval, with Karakorum: A Medieval Musical Journey, the debut Queensland performance of French ensemble La Camera delle Lacrime and featuring narration by Australian acting legend David Wenham. Backstreet Brisbane has a double pass to give away to this extraordinary musical event... Continue Reading →
Where? Concert Hall, QPAC When? March 1-2, 8pm The Manganiyar Seduction mesmerised Brisbane audiences at QPAC for two nights only (Melbourne and Adelaide, they’re coming for you next!). First created by Roysten Abel to open the Delhi Film Festival in 2006, this original work features 40 musicians from 3 generations sharing a stage. As hypnotic... Continue Reading →
Where? Concert Hall, QPAC When? October 14, 2017 Globally-acclaimed pianist Piers Lane joined Queensland Symphony Orchestra on the Concert Hall stage to celebrate 40 years since his first performance with QSO. London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane’s lists of achievements are a mile long – his discography of over 50 CDS, the many positions he... Continue Reading →
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