Discover more about my upcoming performances. There’s something for everyone - concerts on modern and historical instruments, chamber music fare and family events.
Upcoming events
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2PM, 5 October, 2025
Dialogos with Ken Murray
Wyselaskie Yuma Auditorium, 29 College Crescent, Parkville
Program announced soon. Why not buy a yearly subscription to the Lyrebird Music Society? The best value for money chamber music around!
Fish Creek / East Melbourne / Daylesford mini-tour
Experiencing Schubert's momentous work on gut strings will introduce audiences to the vivid colours and expressive sensitivities that Schubert intended, bringing it to new life. With brilliant colleagues Anna McMichael and Jennifer Kirsner (violins) and Meg Cohen (viola).
Wyselaskie Yuma Auditorium, 29 College Crescent, Parkville
Reuniting with intrepid colleagues violinist Racheal Beesley and percussionist Rob Cossom, Ensemble Old and New invites audiences into a reflective sound world, with a diverse mix of repertoire from Bach to Ross Edwards, Cossom, Henryson and Messiaen. Full program announced in due course.
An eclectic program showcasing music from different angles - from Schumann's take on Bach, Schubert played on an unintended instrument, to violin music transcribed for the cello. With a complimentary glass of sherry or juice, experience how composers quote / steal / borrow and pay homage to other composer's works, with wonderful pianist Stewart Kelly. Tickets $25
14 & 16 March, 5 April, 2025
Telemann in Paris
Williamstown, Carlton, Newtown
Luxuriate in the chamber music of Paris in the 1730s when Telemann visited and played with flautist Michel Blavet, violinist Jean-Pierre
Guignon, gambist Jean-Baptiste Forqueray and a mystery cellist known as Prince Édouard. Australian traverso treasure Greg Dikmans leads alongside Shane Lestideau, (violin), Laura Vaughan (gamba) and Samantha Cohen (theorbo). Tickets $50/40/35/20
11.30AM, 7 March, 2025
Ensemble Old and New in Orange
Red Hill Barn, Belgravia
Bringing our program 'Music for Reflection' to the Orange Chamber Music Festival, EON presents a textured and timbral program by Bach, Edwards, Ravel, Ravenscroft and more. With violinist Rachael Beesley, I'll be playing cello, spoons and rainstick!
7.30PM, 28 February, 2025
Firebird Trio at the Geelong Chamber Music Society
Performing with Firebird Trio for the good burghers of Geelong. This concert centres around Ravel's great Piano Trio (1914) with satellite works by Boulanger, Britten, Casella/Clementi and Stravinsky. Tickets $55/45/10
8PM, 24 February, 2025
Imaginista Quartet with oboist Emma Black
Tempo Rubato, 34 Breese Street, Brunswick
Premiere performance of the Imaginista Quartet alongside internationally renowned oboist, Emma Black. With Zoe Black and Liisa Pallandi (violins), Caroline Henbest (viola) playing on historical instruments in string quartets by Haydn, and virtuosic oboe quintets by Boccherini and Myslivecek. Tickets $35/25
8PM, 19 February, 2025
Firebird Trio at the Brunswick Beethoven Festival
Brunswick Uniting Church, 212 Sydney Road, Brunswick
In our first performance for 2025, Firebird Trio presents the iconic Ravel Piano Trio alongside some of Benjamin Britten's Sea Interludes arranged by our pianist Benjamin Martin. A quirky neoclassical work by Alfredo Casella and a surprise Beethoven offering complete the program. Tickets $35/25/20 with Full and Half Season passes available.
14-16 February, 2025
Music by the Springs Festival
Mineral Springs Hotel, Hepburn Springs
3 days of chamber music with friends at this gorgeous boutique festival in the heart of the Spa country. Music, food and wine all brilliantly curated by Festival Director Stewart Kelly. Repertoire by Schubert, Bach, Barvinsky, Popper, Queen and more.
10am, 22 December, 2024
Coffee and Cello at BENCH
BENCH Coffee Co Roastery, 38 Breese Street, Brunswick
Enjoy a cup of coffee, pastries and Shokupan toast in the BENCH light-filled roastery. There will be free cello music to enjoy your coffee by - the usual suspects will appear (that means you JS Bach).
2.30 PM, 23 November, 2024
The Italian Devil in Woodend
ST AMBROSE CHURCH, WOODEND
Feel like a drive to picturesque Woodend? You can hear THE ITALIAN DEVIL program in the lovely acoustic of St Ambrose Church, where Accademia Arcadia recorded our album 'Il Diavolo'. Cover art courtesy of the iconic Michael Leunig.