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MEDIA RELEASE October 14 2025 Melbourne Chamber Orchestra presents Musical Dialogues: From Bach to Bluegrass   An intimate evening of chamber music with MCO’s principal players — from the elegance of Bach to the rhythmic energy of Bluegrass. Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (MCO) brings its acclaimed artistry to Shepparton for a special one-night-only concert, Musical Dialogues: From Bach to Bluegrass , on Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 7.30pm at St Paul’s Lutheran Church . This captivating program showcases the versatility and expressive power of string playing across three centuries—from the timeless counterpoint of J.S. Bach’s Inventions, through Beethoven’s stormy String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4, to the rhythmic vitality of Bluegrass masters Edgar Meyer and Mark O’Connor. MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell says, “I’m really looking forward to returning to Shepparton with this wonderful program. Together with my MCO colleagues, we’ll be performing music that spans from the ...

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 October, 2025 Van Diemen’s Band and Ensemble Kaboul conclude Where Everything is Music national tour with record audiences and landmark recording Van Diemen’s Band’s most ambitious self-presented project to date has come to a close, with the Where Everything is Music national tour reaching a total audience of 2,157 across five cities, and marking a new chapter in the ensemble’s artistic evolution. Across two weeks , the project encompassed five major concerts—at Melbourne Recital Centre, UKARIA Cultural Centre, Brisbane Powerhouse, Leichhardt Town Hall , and Theatre Royal (nipaluna/Hobart) —alongside four days of recording at Frying Pan Studios. With sold-out performances in Sydney and at UKARIA, and near-capacity houses in Hobart and Melbourne, this tour set a new benchmark for Van Diemen’s Band’s national reach and audience engagement, including the ensemble’s largest-ever Hobart attendance . More than 268 (pre-orders for the forthcoming ...

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 September, 2025 Ensemble Kaboul and Van Diemen’s Band: Khaled Arman, Siar Hashimi, Masud Hashimi — Where Everything is Music, Brisbane Powerhouse, 5 October Van Diemen’s Band and Ensemble Kaboul present a powerful cross-cultural concert at Brisbane Powerhouse Queensland audiences will have a rare opportunity to experience one of Australia’s most acclaimed cross-cultural collaborations when Van Diemen’s Band and Ensemble Kaboul bring Where Everything is Music to the Brisbane Powerhouse on Sunday 5 October, 6:30pm . Created for MONA FOMA 2023 and performed to sold-out audiences across the country, this project reunites Tasmania’s leading baroque ensemble with legendary masters of Persian-Afghan music for a program that is both an artistic dialogue and an act of cultural resistance. Drawing its title from the Persian mystic and poet Rumi, the concert explores profound connections between Persian-Afghan traditions and Western classical music forms...