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Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Art Gallery Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Waakya (meaning ‘the crow moving its feathers’) is a bold cross-cultural collaboration between Yolŋu artists Daniel and David Wilfred and electro-acoustic musicians Martin Ng, Ben Carey and Matt McGuigan. Over the last decade, the Wilfreds have developed an international reputation as innovators of Yolŋu music traditions, seeking to develop new artistic directions for the ancestral music of Arnhem Land. Through this collaboration, the artists were inspired to bring new life to manikay (song), the ancestral songs of Arnhem Land.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Lazy Thinking
- 380 New Canterbury Road
- Dulwich Hill NSW 2203
BELIEVE is returning to Lazy Thinking for a night of electroacoustic improvisations.
Novak Manojlovic; Farfisa Organ and electronics,
Laurence Pike; drums and percussion,
Peter Farrar; saxophones and percussion, and
Clayton Thomas double bass and objects
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Phoenix Central Park
- 49 O'Connor St
- Chippendale NSW 2008
Bhairavi Raman is an Indian-Australian violinist blending concepts and techniques developed through her training and expertise in Carnatic (South Indian Classical) and Western Classical music.
Accompanying Bhairavi Raman is Nanthesh Sivarajah, a percussionist, trained in both South Indian Classical (Carnatic) and Western forms, and proficient in the Mridangam, Kanjira, Ghatam, Morsing, Drumkit and several other percussion instruments.
Tickets: Free, by ballot only
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Monday, October 6, 2025, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Maria Hincapie Duque, flute. With Anna Rutkowska Schock.
Amparo Ángel – El encantador de Pájaros 72 Paulo
Costa Lima – Aboio II for Flute Alone
Tania Leon – Alma for Flute and Piano
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Etude #3
Gabriel McMahon, Chloe Chung, Chinese flutes. With Anna Rutkowska Schock.
Wang Chenwei - (winds of affinity) for Dizi, Matusiflute, and Piano
Liz Cheung - (Deciduous tree), a new composition for Dizi and flute
Gabriel McMahon, Chloe Chung - Dithering, a new composition for Dizi and flute
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Monday, October 6, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
1. Sonata 1 for Flute and Piano (1956)
2. Metaborphoses: Six Pieces for Two Flutes (1981)
3. Sonata 2 for Flute and Piano (1982)
4. Eight Monos for Flute and Electronic Keyboard (1989)
5. Concertino for Five Flutes (1990)
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Sunday, October 5, 2025, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Lazy Thinking
- 380 New Canterbury Road
- Dulwich Hill NSW 2203
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Sunday, October 5, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- The Church
- 9 Mitchell Road
- Alexandria, NSW, 2015
- Australia
Paul Cutlan has composed a cycle of songs to poems in some of the languages which have helped shape the cross-cultural journey of the group MARA. For this project, the MARA! quintet is joined by a string quartet.
Mara Kiek, Lew Kiek, Sandy Evans, Paul Cutlan, Lloyd Swanton
Lisa Pallandi, Riikka Sintonen, Beth Condon, Oliver Miller
Tickets: Free, by ballot only
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Sunday, October 5, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Diane Berger and Sydney Flutists
Melody Eotvos – Tardigradus for solo flute/picc, vibraphone and fixed electronics
Katrina Penman – Distant Landscapes for Two Flutes (2023)
Stephen Lalor – Flute Quartet I. Flying II. Reflection III. East-West
Ian Clarke – Zig Zag Zoo for Flute Quintet
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
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Sunday, October 5, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Alena Walentin; Collaborative Artist: Anna Rutkowska-Schock
Anže Rozman (b.1989) – Phoenix (2015)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) – Nocturne from the Suite “Belshazzar’s feast” Op. 51 (1906)
André Jolivet (1905-1974) – Chant de Linos (1944)
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Sunday, October 5, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Works all composed in 2025 by Australian women
Iran Sanadzadeh – Weave
Anne Cawrse – Killing the Angel in the House
Melissa Douglas – Swift Fly the Wings
Alex Manton – Women Wear Capes
Samantha Wolf – Vox Serpentis
Naomi Dodd – Two Voices
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Saturday, October 4, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
- Leichhardt Town Hall
- Corner of Marion and Norton St
- Leichhardt NSW 2040
Van Diemen’s Band with Ensemble Kaboul featuring musicians Khaled Arman (rubab), Siar Hashimi (tablā and vocals) and Masud Hashimi (zerbaghali and percussion).
Van Diemen’s Band’s period instruments interweave with the melodic patterns of traditional Afghan and Persian music, while vocals merge with the late 19th century piano compositions of Erik Satie. Traditional Persian compositions have been arranged for this ensemble, and Western classical pieces selected, creating an interplay between Central Asian and European musical traditions.
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Saturday, October 4, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Ralema Fairhead - The Journey: Emma Tan - Cello; Ye Chen (Jasmine) - Vibraphone; Olivia (Wei Mun) Wang - Flute; Jacinta Na - Piano
Eric Avery (Kabi Marrawuy Mumbulla) – Gliding (2020)
Avraham Eilam-Amzallag (1941–) – Desolation (1973)
Yuko Uebayashi (1958–) – Au-delà du Temps (Beyond Time) (2002) I. La Lumière lointaine de nuit (The Distant Light of Night)
W. A. Mozart (1756–1791) – Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major K.314 (1777) I. Allegro aperto
Rosie Gallagher - A Dancing Wish: Lee Dionne, piano; Jodie Michael, percussion
JS Bach – Partita in A Minor for solo flute BWV 1013 (1723) arr. Gallagher
Elizabeth Younan – Fantasie No.II for solo flute (2018)
Valerie Coleman – Wish Sonatine (2014)
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Saturday, October 4, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Liza Lim – Bioluminescence
Messiaen – Le Merle Noir
JS Bach – Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030 I. Andante II. Largo e dolce III. Presto
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne for Flute and Piano
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Saturday, October 4, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Ralema Fairhead: Welcome to Country; Ross Edwards – Yanada
Yulugi (Keyna Wilkins, David Barnett, Raph Hat): Running On Red Sand
Jacaranda Flute Collective: Monash Lal - Cardiac Adventure (2024)
Kim Falconer: Gabriel Faure - Fantasie
Queensland Conservatorium Flutes: Tim Munro – Lake of Spaces (2025)
Mark Xiao: Camille Saint Saëns – Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso
Flutes and Flutists Quintet: John Rutter - Suite Antique (arr. Neille)
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Thursday, October 2, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Johnston St Jazz
- 81 Johnston Street
- Annandale, NSW, 2038
- Australia
Melbourne bassist Monty Shnier is developing a new set of works, drawing from classical, jazz, folk, and film music to present music dripping with lyricism and drama.
Jack Stoneham: Alto Saxophone
Lauren Tsamouras: Piano
Alexander Inman-Hislop: Drums
Monty Shnier: Bass
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Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
- Sydney Opera House Utzon Room
- Bennelong Point
- Sydney NSW 2000
New music by Nicole Murphy and Archie Tulk, alongside work by works by Orlande de Lassus, Frank Nyuts, Gavin Bryars, and more.
Mezzo-Soprano & Artistic Director: AJ America, Baritone: Lucien Fischer, Soprano: Josephine Brereton, Soprano: Rachel Mink, Bass-Baritone: Alasdair Stretch, Tenor: Dan Walker, Conductor: Roland Peelman AM
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Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- UNSW Io Myers Studio
- High St
- Kensington NSW 2033
Long-term MARA! member and composer Paul Cutlan is studying cross-cultural, stylistic hybridity in his PhD research. Cutlan has composed a cycle of songs, to poems in some of the languages which have helped shape MARA!'s cross-cultural journey.
Mara Kiek | vocal & percussion; Llew Kiek | guitar & bouzouki; Sandy Evans | soprano & tenor saxophones; Paul Cutlan | composer, clarinets & alto flute; Lloyd Swanton | double bass; Liisa Pallandi | violin; Riikka Sintonen | violin; Beth Condon | viola; Oliver Miller | cello
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- The Domain
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
Berlin-based musician and composer Jules Reidy has created a musical accompaniment to the 38th Kaldor Public Art Project 38, Thomas Demand: The Object Lesson.
Local musicians and sound artists will reinterpret Reidy’s score for their performances. Banana is M Hopkins and Alexandra Spence, two local sound artists/musicians who use small instruments, domestic objects and electronic devices to play, record, listen, forget, transcribe; then play, record, listen, forget, transcribe; then play …
