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Friday, September 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
The SCM New Music Ensemble presents a vivid program of modern works.
Matthew Hindson* (b. 1968) - This Year’s Apocalypse
Paul Stanhope* (b. 1969) - Apollo
Liza Lim* (b. 1966) - Veil
Alexander Maltas+ - Two Contrasts
Bree Van Reyk* (b. 1978) - Infinity Opposing Eternity
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Friday, September 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
- Paddington Uniting Church
- 395 Oxford Street
- Paddington, NSW, 2021
- Australia
The trio with a night of new compositions and improvisations in the key of 'lusciousness', making the most of the giant sonic textures of their instruments, bouncing off the walls of this remarkable venue.
Lauren Tsamouras, grand piano
Niki Johnson, vibraphone
Clayton Thomas, double bass
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Thursday, September 18, 2025, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
- Sydney Opera House
- Bennelong Point
- Sydney NSW 2000
Virtuosic concert of two-piano music featuring: original works, transcriptions of popular songs, a toy piano and Barbie.
Tamara-Anna Cislowska Pianist
Andrey Gugnin Pianist
Robert Melbourne Composer
Sally Greenaway Composer
Paul Smith Composer
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Thursday, September 18, 2025, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
An intimate evening of music by Cyrus Meurant with guests Matthew Kneale, Kiran Phatak and Lloyd Van’t Hoff (Arcadia Winds).
Melody for solo bassoon
Sortie for solo piano
Pas de deux for solo piano
Three Pieces for flute, clarinet and bassoon
Stray Birds for bassoon and piano
Cyrus Meurant, piano; Matthew Kneale, bassoon; Kiran Phatak, flute; Lloyd Van’t Hoff, clarinet
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Sydney Park Pavilion
- Corner of Euston Road and Sydney Park Road Level 2 of the Ovals Stadium
- St Peters NSW 2044
Ryosuke Kiyasu (Japan) 9:30pm - Pioneering snare-drum soloist who has redefined percussion since 2003.
Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela (Sydney) 8:45pm - (fka Justice Yeldham) has been performing their signature instrument—shards of amplified glass—for over 20 years.
Party Ov One (Newcastle) 8:15pm - the solo audio undertaking of multidisciplinary artist Liza Kaplan.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Church Street Studios
- 62-68 Church St
- Camperdown NSW 2050
Lauren Tsamouras & Tom Avgenicos
Lauren Tsamouras - piano
Tom Avgenicos - trumpet & effects
Mina Johansson
Mina Johansson - saxophone
Thomas Odell - piano
Sabine Tapia - double bass
Jack Rosenzweig - drums
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Monday, September 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Stadium Rockdale
- 5 Tramway Arcade
- Rockdale, NSW, 2216
- Australia
Hill/Hall/Raymond: Gabriella Hill (tenor saxophone), Henry Hall (double bass) and Daniel Raymond (drums) have recently started playing together as a trio.
Bubble Trubble: Aidan Wong blowing long and spitty tones on tenor sax, Peter Farrar playing tiles submerged in water, all while the powerhouse guitar duo Eric Tsai and David Turner pluck away.
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Monday, September 15, 2025, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
- Church Street Studios
- 62-68 Church St
- Camperdown, NSW, 2050
Uncomfortable Science is a musical experiment in sweet controlled chaos, led by Melbourne’s own Lachlan Mitchell aka Laneous. Lachlan scribbles spontaneous chord progressions that a rotating cast of phenomenal musicians transform into fully improvised sonic journeys—no rehearsals, no safety nets, just raw, real-time creation.
Joining Laneous for this glorious night of experimental music are not one but two pianists! Novak Manjlovic and Danny Pliner, along with Alon Ilsar on drums and Jonathan Zwartz playing double bass.
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Monday, September 15, 2025, 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
- The Church
- 9 Mitchell Road
- Alexandria, NSW, 2015
- Australia
Solomon Frank is an Australian performer and composer living and working on Cammeraygal land, whose inter-disciplinary practice straddles cross-species musical collaboration, vacuum cleaners and time travel.
Award-winning and working across a range of performance modes, Harriet Gillies has presented works in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and North America. She’s been supported by arts organisations and government agencies at regional, national and international levels.
Tickets: Free, by ballot only
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Monday, September 15, 2025, 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM
- Bankstown Arts Centre
- 5 Olympic Parade
- Bankstown, NSW, 2200
- Australia
Ritual in concert features live readings from six poets weaved in and out of music by Persian music ensemble, Avaye Rood, led by composer Behzad Ansari and features poets:
Mualla Aydoğan, Ferdous Bahar, Meyrnah Khodr, Adrian Mouhajer, Rania Omar, Yahya Tresor Djomani-Ousmane.
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Monday, September 15, 2025, 4:00 AM – 6:00 AM
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Art Gallery Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Limite (1931), an astonishing landmark of early Latin American cinema with a newly commissioned live score.
The septet consists of Alister Hill (guitar), Darren Lesaguis (spoken word), Jenny Trinh aka Wytchings (electronics/vocals), Justin Tam aka Tzekin (saxophone), Mara Schwerdtfeger (viola/vocals), Reginald Harris (bass) and Thomas William Smith aka T.Morimoto (electronics).
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Sunday, September 14, 2025, 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM
- LAWSON INDUSTRIAL AREA
- Lawson NSW 2783
HEART ARMOUR is a Sydney three piece working at the intersections of ambient music, experimental pop, and R&B.
LOUISA is Sydney-based artist-producer creating dark, ethereal electronic-pop, characterised by driving, aggressive percussion, soaring synths and tight vocal melodies.
PEACHEY & MOSIG are engaged in ongoing deliberate explorations of various landscapes based around the process of field studies - returning to specific landscapes over time and the process of play.
SZEM is the left-field electronic project of visual and sound artist Laura Hunt.
LISTENING SPACE BY HAT HILL RECORDS Post-performance Listening Space by Hat Hill Records & Audio until late.
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Sunday, September 14, 2025, 4:00 AM – 6:00 AM
- Sydney Opera House
- Bennelong Point
- Sydney NSW 2000
Joanna MARSH A Plastic Theatre – Dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano, choir and orchestra
Alice CHANCE New work
Michael TIPPETT A Child of Our Time
Brett Weymark conductor; Elizabeth Scott conductor (Marsh, Chance)
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon soprano; Anna Dowsley mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Jones tenor; Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone
Symphony Chorus, Festival Chorus, VOX (Marsh, Chance), Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra with guests from The Sydney Youth Orchestra
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Saturday, September 13, 2025, 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
- Oxford Art Factory
- 38-46 Oxford Street
- Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010
- Australia
This final instalment of the series marks the highly anticipated return of the iconic Severed Heads to Oxford Street. Joining them are hardcore legends Straightjacket Nation, making a special appearance, alongside the amazing experimental artists YL Hooi and Silzedrek, who are traveling up from Naarm (Melbourne) for the occasion. A host of very special local artists will also be performing, including Perfect Actress, Gayab ग़ा यब, Spite, Til.K & Ch40, Boiling Hot Politician with Prop Records + Pass~Port + Love+Pop DJs spinning tunes all night.
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Saturday, September 13, 2025, 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
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- University of Sydney
- Camperdown, NSW, 2050
Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.
These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com
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Saturday, September 13, 2025, 3:00 AM – 4:00 AM
- St Stephens Uniting Church
- 197 Macquarie Street
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Clarinet Sonata, FP 184 - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) 1. Allegro tristemente 2. Romanza 3. Allegro con fuoco
Fantasie - Jorg Widmann (1973-)
Concerto for Clarinet - Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
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Friday, September 12, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Lazybones Lounge Restaurant & Bar
- 294 Marrickville Avenue
- Marrickville, NSW, 2204
- Australia
Valentitanic Trio - Sax - Alia Josephine, Guitar - Mike Kennett, Bass- Josh Shipton, Drums - Tim Bradley
Moo/Jim Denley/Peter Hollo - Mel Eden - voice, Jim Denley - winds, Peter Hollo - cello
The Dunning Krueger Experience - Josh Shipton & Mike Kennett
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Friday, September 12, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Johnston St Jazz
- 81 Johnston Street
- Annandale, NSW, 2038
- Australia
Australian Jazz icons Gary Daley (Bungarribee, The Catholics) and Lloyd Swanton (The Necks, The Catholics) are joined by emerging Jazz drummer and composer Kalon Captain for an evening of original compositions and free improvisation.
Gary Daley – Piano, Accordion
Lloyd Swanton – Bass
Kalon Captain – Drums, Cymbals
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Friday, September 12, 2025, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- 1 Conservatorium Road
- Sydney, NSW, 2000
- Australia
Elliott Carter (1908 - 2012) Statement (dedicated to Ole Bohn)
Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899) Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, Op. 21
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905 - 1963) Concerto funèbre, 1939
Ole Bohn, violin
Alexander Yau, piano
THE ELAN QUARTET
TIM LI ORCHESTRA
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Stadium Rockdale
- 5 tramway arcade rock
Marcus Whale
At Stadium Rockdale, I'll play with feedback, between microphone and speaker and inside the mixer, as mediated by my body and perhaps with an instrument or two in the mix.
Alloy
Ellen Kirkwood - trumpet, objects, voice
Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinets, punk colander, viola?
Hinano Fujisaki - tenor sax, flute, percussion
Matt Bell - trombone, euphonium, percussion
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Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 9:30 AM – Sun, Sep 14, 2025, 10:30 AM
- Erskineville Town Hall
- 104 Erskineville Road
- Erskineville, NSW, 2043
- Australia
Join flautist Melanie Walters for this concert of vibrant music inspired by television, pop music, children's literature, and other popular culture.
Five nights at 7:30 pm. The program includes music by Jacob TV, Eve Beglarian, Anne La Berge and Ian Clarke.
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Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 8:00 AM – Sun, Sep 14, 2025, 9:00 AM
- Erskineville Town Hall
- 104 Erskineville Road
- Erskineville, NSW, 2043
- Australia
After a wildly successful debut at the 2024 Sydney Fringe Festival culminating in a sold out show at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, Ravi's groundbreaking sitar experience returns, bigger and bolder than ever in "An Exploration of Sitar by Ravi".
Five nights at 6pm. Every night is a one-off sonic journey—no two shows are the same. With live collaborations, spontaneous improvisation, and surprise guest artists drawn from the audience, this interactive show blends classical Indian music with unexpected twists.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Delay 45
Tom Avgenicos - trumpet & electronics
Roshan Kumarage - piano
Dave Quinn - bass
Ashley Stoneham - drums
Another Green World
Lauren Tsamouras - piano
Harry Birch - double bass
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- The Red House
- Earlwood NSW 2206
The People’s Republic ushers in Spring with a very special Monday night performance, the debut of a new improvisational trio bringing together three true icons of new music in Australia, with a very special guest...PAD
Jim Denley [alto sax/flutes]
Chris Abrahams [piano/synthesiser]
Daryl Pratt [extended vibraphone]
with James Greening [trombone etc]
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Monday, September 8, 2025, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
- Harold Park Community Hall
- 1 Dalgal Way
- Forest Lodge, NSW, 2037
- Australia
Navigating times of uncertainty and fast-paced constant change, the Chronology Arts Collective is an Australian group of artists presenting co-devised contemporary performance improvisations.
This performance is about aboutness. It may be a bit of a heady meta-trip into vocal and movement patterns, some kind of ritualistic dark comedy, or something that is like coming home and switching on the lights for the first time.
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Monday, September 8, 2025, 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
- The Church
- 9 Mitchell Road
- Alexandria, NSW, 2015
- Australia
Over the past two years, composers/pianists/sound artists Lewis Mosley and Elizabeth Jigalin have explored the sonic intricacies and possibilities of The Church's pianos. Playing on the two grand pianos, they have investigated the potential of two similar yet separate instruments performing as one - all against the incredible acoustic backdrop of The Church. This collaborative project coalesces both Lewis and Elizabeth's musical backgrounds, encompassing performance in rock groups, experimental ensembles, and jazz bands, as well as more traditional forms of compositional thought.
Tickets: Free, by ballot only
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Monday, September 8, 2025, 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM
- Pier 2/3
- 13A Hickson Road
- Dawes Point, NSW, 2000
Erkki VELTHEIM Heiligenschein* for cello and electronics (2021)
Pierre BOULEZ Messagesquisse (1976)
Jane SHELDON Talking with herself alone**^ (2025)
Germaine TAILLEFERRE Partita pour piano, Op. 195: ii. Notturno (1957)
Richard MEALE Incredible Floridas (1971)
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Sunday, September 7, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Local Edition
- 277-279 Broadway
- Glebe, NSW, 2037
- Australia
Lee McIver - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Laptop, FX, Audio data
Ed Goyer - Vibraphone, Mallet Kat, Percussion
Ed Rodrigues - Drums, Drum triggers, iPad, Percussion
Polymorphic Orkestra is an electro-acoustic art music ensemble that creates improvised compositions using a blend of traditional instruments, media technology, audio effects, and pre-recorded audio stem data.
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Sunday, September 7, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Sutherland Arts Theatre
- 25 East Parade
- Sutherland, NSW, 2232
- Australia
Award-winning saxophonist Nick Russoniello delivers a captivating performance blending virtuosic saxophone, audience-generated sounds, live-looping, and body percussion. This electro-acoustic experience pushes boundaries, journeying from baroque to beatbox in an immersive musical exploration.
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Sunday, September 7, 2025, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
- Sydney Opera House Utzon Room
- Bennelong Point
- Sydney NSW 2000
Qiyun in Chinese aesthetics are intertwined energies across human breath, ink splashing and string sonic vibrations. Four extraordinary musicians Ying Liu (erhu), Chuqiao Zhao, Yuyan Tang (guzhengs) and Joshua Hill (percussion) and others perform new musics to short films curated by internationally active filmmaker Vincent Tay and composer Bruce Crossman, based on leading Asian-Australian artists Jin Sha, Louise Zhang, Mai Nguyễn-Long, Lucy Pulvers, Cheolyu Kim and Richard Wu, with poetic responses by Kate Fagan, Kim Pham and Joshua Mostafa.
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Sunday, September 7, 2025, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Woodlands Studio
- 22 Woodlands Rd
- Ashbury NSW 2193
Nana Koizumi Trio from Japan:
Nana Koizumi (trumpet, voice)
Kousuke Kanatani (piano)
Naoto Oyama (bass)
Ephemera - Merging the sound worlds of jazz and contemporary classical, and set to real space sounds and projections, it is a unique sonic experience.
Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute/compositions)
Elsen Price (double bass)
Will Gilbert (trumpet)
Jodie Michael (drums)
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Saturday, September 6, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Paddington Uniting Church
- 395 Oxford Street
- Paddington, NSW, 2021
- Australia
These exceptional musicians combine Chris’s compositions with free group and solo improvisations to take the listener on a journey rich in groove and melody.
Chris Cody - piano, compositions
Sandy Evans - tenor and soprano saxophones
Peter Farrar - alto saxophone
Lloyd Swanton - double bass
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Saturday, September 6, 2025, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
- Woollahra Library at Double Bay
- 548 New South Head Road
- Double Bay, NSW, 2023
- Australia
After a wildly successful debut at the 2024 Sydney Fringe Festival culminating in a sold out show at Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, Ravi's groundbreaking sitar experience returns, bigger and bolder than ever in "An Exploration of Sitar by Ravi".
Every night is a one-off sonic journey—no two shows are the same. With live collaborations, spontaneous improvisation, and surprise guest artists drawn from the audience, this interactive show blends classical Indian music with unexpected twists.
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Friday, September 5, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Johnston Street Jazz
- 81 Johnston Street
- Annandale, NSW, 2038
- Australia
The sixth iteration of the Josh Shipton Orchestra shall feature the movement of air. A four section game piece, improvisational, compositional orchestra.
Elizabeth Jigalin, Hiske Weijers, Mike Kennett, Mitch Johnson, Liam O’Shea, Irene Nicola, Anousheh St Germain, Mel Eden, Bronwyn Eather, Eva Docekalova, Alia Josephine, Keyna Wilkins, Lyra Rosen, Payge Eminovski, Simon Peart +
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Thursday, September 4, 2025, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
- 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. Megan Alice Clune is a musician, artist and composer living in Sydney who explores the dynamic relationships between music, technology, the body and temporality through composition, performance and installation.
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Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 12:00 AM – Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:00 PM
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Monday, September 1, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Church Street Studios
- 62-68 Church St
- Camperdown, NSW, 2050
- Australia
Parallels is a series of improvised duo gigs curated by saxophonist Sam Gill, each presenting two duos and culminating in an all-in quartet set. For the fourth and final edition, the focus is on woodwinds and will feature four of Australia's most acclaimed improvising reeds players.
SAM GILL & PHILLIPPA MURPHY-HASTE
Sam Gill - saxophones
Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinets & viola
PAUL CUTLAN & ANDREW ROBSON
Paul Cutlan - saxophones & clarinets
Andrew Robson - saxophones
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Monday, September 1, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- White Bay Power Station
- Mullens Street
- Rozelle, NSW, 2039
- Australia
The final transmission of SOFT CENTRE 2025 draws together three singular artists for an elegiac finale to our multi-sensory four-day marathon.
Aarti Jadu Ensemble premieres SICFWYLF, a meditative invocation that reimagines mantra through acoustic instrumentation, trance repetitions, and rich percussive weight.
Beloved NTS resident Malibu [FR] follows, dissolving the boundary between memory and melody with her diaristic ambient compositions, a fog of reverbed vocals, wistful trance motifs and cascading strings.
Finally, the legendary Ryoji Ikeda [JP] unleashes 'ultratronics', a radical audiovisual encounter that fuses archival recordings with high-resolution sonic architecture.
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Monday, September 1, 2025, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- RSVP
- Alexandria, NSW, 2015
Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.
These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com
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Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 9:00 AM – Mon, Sep 1, 2025, 8:00 AM
- Hayes Street Studio
- 11 Hayes Street
- Neutral Bay, NSW, 2089
Saturday, August 30th, 7pm + Sunday August 31st, 5pm
Harry Sdraulig: Hat-trick for flute, bassoon and oboe (2020)
Antal Dorati: Pièces pour le hautbois seul : No.5 Lègerdemain (1980)
Thomas Adès: Darknesse Visible (1992)
Mark Applebaum: Aphasia (2009)
Francis Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (1924)
Flute: Rosie Gallagher; Oboe: Phoebe Xu; Bassoon: Todd GIbson-Cornish; Movement Performer: Elizabeth Jigalin; Piano: Lee Dionne
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