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News: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season 2026 – Celebrating 120 Years

15th August, 2025

Victorian Opera: Abduction

14th August, 2025

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday: TENERA

13th August, 2025

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin and Shostakovich

12th August, 2025

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

10th August, 2025

Changing Wilds Ensemble: Our Duty to Care

2nd August, 2025

Reviews

Victorian Opera: Abduction

by Heather Leviston 14th August, 2025

This “reimagined” version of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), now running at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda …

by Heather Leviston 14th August, 2025

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday: TENERA

13th August, 2025
by Nicholas Tolhurst 13th August, 2025

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin and Shostakovich

12th August, 2025
by Stewart Kelly 12th August, 2025

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

10th August, 2025
by Heather Leviston 10th August, 2025

Changing Wilds Ensemble: Our Duty to Care

2nd August, 2025
by Evan J Lawson 2nd August, 2025

News

News: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season 2026 – Celebrating 120 Years

by Heather Leviston 15th August, 2025

On Wednesday night we had an important double treat: a “Symphonic Send-Off” in the form of a preview of some of …

by Heather Leviston 15th August, 2025

NEWS: fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025

24th April, 2025
by Classic Melbourne 24th April, 2025

Albury Chamber Music Festival 2025: Superlative Times

19th April, 2025
by Classic Melbourne 19th April, 2025

Peninsula Summer Music Festival, 4 – 10 January 2025

31st December, 2024
by Classic Melbourne 31st December, 2024

The Annual OperaChaser Awards 2024

28th December, 2024
by Classic Melbourne 28th December, 2024

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Events Calendar

35 events found.
  • August 2025

Calendar of Events

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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

August 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

Playing the works from their vast back catalogue that have earned the brothers justifiable recognition as Australia’s finest classical guitarists.

$52 – $65

0 events, 2

1 event, 3

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

August 3 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

Ethereal French melodies to elevate your soul and senses. This is truly music of the ethereal realm. A French program featuring…

$30 – $65

1 event, 4

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

August 4 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

Anna Rabinowicz, flute Molly Collier-O’Boyle, viola Melina van Leeuwen, harp Much like the creeping, evergreen perennial, Violets trio have hit the…

$22 – $30

1 event, 5

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

August 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

Marking the 130th birthday of the German-American composer, violist, music theorist, conductor and teacher Paul Hindemith in a concert featuring works…

Free

2 events, 6

6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with conductor Shiyeon Sung. Join us for an hour in some…

$15 – $19
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with conductor Shiyeon Sung. Join us for an hour in some…

$15 – $19

2 events, 7

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196
7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

One of classical music’s most striking and captivating musical personalities, Simone Lamsma makes her MSO debut performing Tchaikovsky’s expressive and virtuosic…

$20 – $127

1 event, 8

7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

August 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

'The most sought-after singer on the planet' - BBC Superstar soprano Danielle de Niese shot to stardom in Australia at the age…

$35 – $149

3 events, 9

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

A celebration of trailblazing women composers. Join Melbourne musicians Jasper Ly (oboe) and Peter Dumsday (piano) for TENERA, a journey through…

$30 – $37
7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

One of classical music’s most striking and captivating musical personalities, Simone Lamsma makes her MSO debut performing Tchaikovsky’s expressive and virtuosic…

$20 – $127

4 events, 10

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

Can music describe a person? Flinders Quartet explores this with new pieces by Eötvös, Singh, and Nicolas, and Borodin’s second quartet.…

$40 – $50
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander…

$30 – $167
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

Choristry's second concert of 2025 features choral music about birds. This eclectic program ranges from Orlando Gibbons to contemporary pieces by…

$35
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 10 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196

1 event, 11

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander…

$30 – $167

2 events, 12

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

August 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

Can music describe a person? Flinders Quartet explores this with new pieces by Eötvös, Singh, and Nicolas, and Borodin’s second quartet.…

$42 – $53
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

1 event, 13

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

The MSO is about to hit the road on its first European tour in more than a decade. Join Jaime Martín…

$37.40 – $49

2 events, 14

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Musica Viva Australia: Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken

August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Musica Viva Australia: Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken

Is Takács Quartet the world's greatest string quartet? 'You will not hear better string quartet playing anywhere in the world today.'…

$56 – $153
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

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7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 16 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

Choristry's second concert of 2025 features choral music about birds. This eclectic program ranges from Orlando Gibbons to contemporary pieces by…

$35
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

St Stephen’s Recital Series, no 3: ZOE KNIGHTON & AMIR FARID

August 16 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

St Stephen’s Recital Series, no 3: ZOE KNIGHTON & AMIR FARID

Amir Farid, piano and Zoe Knighton, cello perform Brahms' mighty E minor Sonata alongside transcriptions of lieder by Clara Schumann and…

$20 – $40
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

At the afternoon matinee concert, the RMP Oratorio Festival Choir and Orchestra will present a magnificent one hour long concert featuring…

$29 – $59
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

Omega Ensemble presents Elevator Music, a captivating showcase of the clarinet featuring legendary British clarinettist Michael Collins in his first Australian…

7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

An evening of romantic and dramatic chamber music. Witness three of Australia’s most compelling musicians unite for an evening of richly…

$20 – $53
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

At the afternoon matinee concert, the RMP Oratorio Festival Choir and Orchestra will present a magnificent one hour long concert featuring…

$29 – $59
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

3 events, 17

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia presents two bold and breathtaking works by acclaimed Australian composer Chloé Charody. This transformative concert seamlessly fuses…

$45 – $55
5:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony Concert

August 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony Concert

Join The University of Melbourne's Wind Symphony for their third concert of 2025. The ensemble's energetic program kicks off with the…

Free
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia presents two bold and breathtaking works by acclaimed Australian composer Chloé Charody. This transformative concert seamlessly fuses…

$45 – $55

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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: When All Is Still and Quiet

August 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: When All Is Still and Quiet

Students from the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School return for a program of excellence in performance. Opening with the…

$37.75 – $58.75

1 event, 21

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

August 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

Liana plays the electro-acoustic pedal harp, coupled with amplification and analogue effects pedals to extend the sonority of her instrument.

$20

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7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

August 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

Excelsis, Chime Choir and the Yarra Philharmonic Orchestra give the Australian première of Dan Forrest's 'Creation', with soloists Rachael Joyce (Soprano)…

$25 – $30

1 event, 31

2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

August 31 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

A Cathedral in Sound : Bach’s Mass in B minor

$70
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August 1
August 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

  • There are no events on this day.
August 3
August 3 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

August 4
August 4 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

August 5
August 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

August 6
August 6 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 7
August 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 8
August 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

August 9
August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

August 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 10
August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 10 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 11
August 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 12
August 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

August 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 13
August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

August 14
August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Musica Viva Australia: Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken

August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

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August 16
August 16 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 16 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

St Stephen’s Recital Series, no 3: ZOE KNIGHTON & AMIR FARID

August 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Event Series

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Dan Forrest’s REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING and the 2025 RMP ARIA FINAL

August 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 17
August 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony Concert

August 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 17
August 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

August 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony Concert

August 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Event Series

Nightingale Performing Arts Australia: Stories that Must be Heard: Truth in the Cage and Limbo

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August 20
August 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School: When All Is Still and Quiet

August 21
August 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

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August 30
August 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

August 31
August 31 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

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