New Waves

In a nostalgic mood, New Waves listens to the chamber music of Helen Gifford, works spanning 50 years of her career, curated by harpist Jacinta Dennet for Australian National Academy of Music's 'Australian Voices' concert series.

Cathy Milliken's award-winning orchestral work, performed by soprano Jessica Aszodi and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adelaide Festival Tectonics curator Ilan Volkov.

New string quartets by five great Australian jazz composers.

A new chamber opera based on Dostoyevsky's novella by composer Jack Symonds and librettist Pierce Wilcox.

A new chamber opera based on Dostoyevsky's novella by composer Jack Symonds and librettist Pierce Wilcox.

Master musicians from Australia and South Korea meet 20 early career musicians in the isolation of the Tasmanian highlands to explore the similarities and differences of their approach to improvised music.

A live set by three of Australia's most virtuosic improvisers.

Three striking new works for percussion by composers Kate Moore, Cat Hope, and James Hullick.

Decibel ensemble present treasures from the archive - electro-acoustic chamber music from one of Perth's founding new musical voices.

More immense and immersive spatial electro-acoustic music from Perth-based composers, featuring Cat Hope, Stuart James, and program curator Steve Paraskos.