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Takács Quartet & Angie Milliken 20 August 2025 QPAC Concert Hall, South Bank In a celebration of two major anniversaries, the Grammy Award-winning Takács Quartet returns to Australia this August to present the world premiere of Sonnet in Emigration, Australian composer Cathy Milliken’s new work for string quartet and spoken voice, narrated by Australian screen legend and... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Artshoot Media Jess Hitchcock & Penny Quartet 4 March 2025 QLD Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank Experience a feast of creativity as Melbourne-based Indigenous singer-songwriter Jess Hitchcock joins forces with the award-winning Penny Quartet for a five-city national tour, presented in association with the Adelaide Festival and Perth Festival. Musica Viva Australia is thrilled... Continue Reading →
Esmé Quartet, photographed by Tony McDonough Touring Australia for the first time, Berlin-based string ensemble Esmé Quartet made their Brisbane debut with a concert that revolved thematically around youth and passion, performed for one night only at the Conservatorium Theatre in South Bank. This is the ninth year of the Esmé Quartet, which is comprised... Continue Reading →
Esmé Quartet 13 May 2024 QLD Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank Musica Viva Australia presents the Australian debut of one of the world’s finest young string ensembles, the award-winning Germany-based Esmé Quartet, in a seven-city national tour. The quartet will perform a program of works by Webern, Mendelssohn, Debussy, and Frerer. Named after the medieval French word... Continue Reading →
Wildschut & Brauss 23 November 2023 QLD Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank Musica Viva Australia is thrilled to present the Australian debut of two of Europe’s finest young soloists in a star-studded musical partnership: 22-year-old Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut and 28-year German pianist Elisabeth Brauss. Artistic Director Paul Kildea has described the duo as “one of... Continue Reading →
Chopin's Piano 13 July 2023 QPAC Concert Hall, South Bank Musica Viva Australia is thrilled to present Chopin’s Piano, a fusion of chamber music and theatrical performance honouring Frederick Chopin’s revolutionary 24 Preludes, as well as the history of a small, craftsman’s pianino. Pianist Aura Go, a Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers alumnus, returns to the... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Pier Andrea Morolli Garrick Ohlsson in recital 1 June 2023 Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank Musica Viva Australia is delighted to present Garrick Ohlsson in recital, an exhilarating national tour opening in Brisbane and concluding in Perth, featuring one of the world’s finest pianists. A native of White Plains, New York, Ohlsson has been... Continue Reading →
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