Composer

Conceived and created by Skye McIntosh (Artistic Director of the Australian Haydn Ensemble), this immersive new multimedia work is inspired by the lives of 19th-century illustrators and naturalists Harriet and Helena Scott and their acclaimed ‘Butterfly Book’, Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations. Drawing directly from the Library’s collection, it blends exquisite animations, theatrical performance and live classical music performed on period instruments.

Following the tale of an extraordinary family whose legacy helped shape Australia's scientific, artistic and cultural history — and inspired by original artworks, letters, books, manuscripts and family papers — the production travels across close to a century. From Regency England and the bushlands of Ash Island to the creation of the Mitchell Library itself, The Scott Sisters explores the enduring connections between science and story, art and nature and the many ways of observing, understanding and preserving knowledge across generations.  

Performed by the Australian Haydn Ensemble, with an exceptional cast directed by Rachel McDonald, stunning animations by Studio Gilay, and music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Marin Marais, Elena Kats-Chernin and Tullia Cairns, this evocative new work reimagines the Library's collection into a multi-layered live experience, celebrating curiosity, transformation and the enduring power of stories to connect us all.

The Scott Sisters: Pioneers of Science and Art

State Library of NSW

Bach’s Legacy

Hong Kong City Hall

David Danzmayr and violinist Kevin Lin bring fresh energy with Kats-Chernin’s Dance of the Paper Umbrellas and Piazzolla’s tango-infused Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Schubert’s haunting “Unfinished” Symphony and the lush Der Rosenkavalier Suite by Strauss complete a captivating, dance-filled performance.

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Rhythm of Dance: Schubert and Strauss

Hilbert Circle Theatre

Brahms Double Concerto

Merrill Auditorium

Join the Ulster Orchestra for a performance with their new Principal Guest Artist, the extraordinary clarinettist and conductor Michael Collins. Michael will take on both roles in this concert, which will be a joyous celebration of the wonderful musical connection between him and the Orchestra.

On Your Doorstep: Gentle Echoes

Ardhowen Theatre

The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre

Theatre At The Mill

“I want to experience something for once, not just bat my eyelashes” is the motto of the strong-willed, karate-wielding Snow White in Elena Kats-Chernin and Susanne Felicitas Wolf’s powerful version. Supported by the life-size rabbit Richard III and 77 dwarves from the Graz Opera singing school, Snow White succeeds in taking her life into her own hands and escaping persecution by her deceitful stepmother. Lovingly encouraging fun for the whole family with a fast-paced musical mix of classical, musical and pop, cartoon film music and pop songs.

Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs

Oper Graz

A short relaxed concert introducing orchestral instruments and chamber music, performed by recent graduates of the LSO Pathways programme alongside their coach, LSO Second Violin Bindi McFarlane. Tailored for people with sensory and communication impairments, learning disabilities, or who are neurodiverse. Not suitable for under-5s.

Relaxed Friday Lunchtime Concert

LSO St Luke's

Elena Kats-Chernin’s opener is a high-tempo whirl, and Robin Haigh’s superb Grin, commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and winner of an Ivor Novello Award, brilliantly conveys 'brutality through frivolity', as light and cheerful music, with echoes of Richard Strauss, is run through a filter of dark 'millennial haze'.

Britten Sinfonia and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Milton Court Concert Hall

Britten Sinfonia also perform Schubert’s most Mozart-like symphony, filled with grace and invention, Elena Kats-Chernin’s high-tempo opener, and Robin Haigh’s superb Grin, commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and winner of an Ivor Novello Award, which brilliantly conveys “brutality through frivolity”, its light and cheerful music with echoes of Richard Strauss run through a dark “millennial haze”.

Britten Sinfonia With Jeneba Kanneh-mason

St Peter Mancroft

University of Cambridge

"Never change a winning team" – not only a valid motto in sports, but also for one of the most popular concert formats of any festival summer: Mozart Night and Eberbach Monastery. Works by the great master Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be performed in the unique atmosphere of the monastery. The concept is as simple as it is proven: serenades, solo concerts, or symphonies in the cloister accompany chamber music performances in various rooms of the monastery complex, with the audience being able to choose where they would like to stroll and listen during the second part of the event. Here, the location and sound complement each other to create a unique concert experience.

Mozart Night

Eberbach Abbey

Every year for over two decades, ABC Classic has asked music lovers to nominate their favourite pieces on a particular theme, counting down the results across an exciting weekend in June.

Classic 100 in Concert

Arts Centre Melbourne

There is a bittersweet note in the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that people have been struggling to describe for centuries. Is it the happiness in the depths? Or the melancholy in the sweetness? Parallel to Le nozze di Figaro, the Piano Concerto No. 22 is a work that has exactly that character tone and which the Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland takes on: gripping and dance-like - and not banal for a second. Elena Kats-Chernin's Dance of the Paper Umbrellas opens the program just as light-footed as Mozart. Franz Schubert's 4th Symphony is nicknamed "Tragic", but takes the audience on a dramatic, musically stirring journey. Grażyna Bacewicz's fast-paced overture for orchestra sets the stage. A rollercoaster of (spring) emotions!

Symphony Concert: Spring Feelings

Ernst Reuter Hall

Komische Oper Berlin @Schillertheater

In a programme designed to pay tribute to musical predecessors, the evening opens with Tchaikovsky’s sentimental tribute to the composer he worshipped and culminates in Mozart’s 'Jupiter' — his final and greatest symphony.

Mozart's Jupiter

Auckland Town Hall

Asia TOPA opens with a landmark new commission by one of Australia’s most celebrated artists.

William Yang: Milestone

The MSO celebrates cross-cultural connections through music as the Orchestra is joined by acclaimed international guest artists to perform this program of Eastern and Western masterpieces.

Chinese New Year (2025)

The CSO welcomes everyone to our performances, but we know that some families hesitate to bring their family members to a live concert without knowing how they might react. Our All-Accessible Concert is designed to be a safe and accepting environment where patrons with disabilities or sensory sensitivities along with their family members are free to speak and move in reaction to the music being played. This concert features our full orchestra in the concert hall setting.

All-Accessible: The Orchestra Moves

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

Enjoy Chris Zimmerman’s informal chats about the music with our guest artists 45 minutes before every concert in Beckwith Recital Hall.

Masterworks 2 | TRIUMPH

Reineke Fine Arts Center

Brahms combines the sweetness of the violin with the soulfulness of the cello for this gorgeous double concerto. The Grant Park Orchestra welcomes the return of two great artists, violinist Vadim Gluzman and cellist Johannes Moser. Carlos Kalmar conducts "Spanish" music written by the French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel and opens the program with Mythic by Elena Kats-Chernin

Millennium Park

Eastern Chamber Players 1

Guilford College

University Of Illinois Illini Strings And Philharmonia Orchestra

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Concertmaster Sarah Kwak and Principal Viola Amanda Grimm shine in Mozart’s sublime Sinfonia Concertante — part concerto, part symphony, always overflowing with melodies of operatic grace. Plus, experience the tragedy of Verona’s star-crossed lovers in selections from Romeo & Juliet, Prokofiev’s fiery ballet score.

Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Willamette University

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choirs come together for a performance inspired by the beauty of the natural world, side-by-side with Kantos Chamber Choir, a professional choir shaking up the choral scene across the North West. The concert also includes the world premiere of Three Green Songs by Ian Stephens, written specially for the Liverpool Philharmonic Cambiata Choir.

Youth Company Festival: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choirs with Kantos Chamber Choir

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Masks are optional in most University spaces, and this applies broadly within the Bienen School of Music. However, in consideration of the unique nature of our activities, and in consultation with Northwestern leadership and medical experts, there remain certain circumstances when masking may be required. At this time, proof of vaccination is not required to attend Bienen School concerts. For more information, please visit https://www.music.northwestern.edu/coronavirus

Concert Orchestra Spring Concert

Northwestern University

Our relationship with both Barry Douglas and Michael Collins dates from the very start of both musicians’ careers, so it’s a huge pleasure to bring them together for a concert that bursts with energy from the opening by Elena Kats-Chernin to Bartók’s riotous Dance Suite at its close Dvořák’s dark symphonic tone poem The Wood Dove supplies a melodramatic tale of deception and tragedy and to counterbalance this, Douglas performs Schumann’s only piano concerto. This beautiful, expressive partnership between soloist and orchestra is the perfect match for our musicians and their two distinguished friends.

Ulster Orchestra: Barry Douglas & Michael Collins

Ulster Hall

The Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince glide through one of the most exquisite melodies Tchaikovsky ever wrote for ballet. Bernstein’s Candide Overture arrives with a snap, then the Mambo from West Side Story – so irrepressible it has long since escaped Broadway.

Rowdy Classics with the Sydney Symphony

Sydney Town Hall

Tchaikovsky brings Romantic drama while Bernstein and Copland present two very different sides of American life. Piazzolla and Dvořák bring the folk music of their homelands into the concert hall, while Australian composer Matthew Hindson proves inspiration can come from anywhere – even heavy metal!

Dance Classics with the Sydney Symphony

Family musical: The "Musik-Zauber-Zirkus" – a family musical full of charm, wit, magic and poetry, for children ages 4 and up. Running time approx. 1 hour.

Circus Magic in the Orchestra

Isarphilharmonie

The family musical "Musik-Zauber-Zirkus" – a family musical full of charm, wit, magic and poetry – a lively piece about friendship and togetherness and a tribute to the magic of music and the power of imagination. For children aged 4 and up.

Composer

Elena Kats-Chernin

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 29, 2027

Ulster Orchestra: Barry Douglas & Michael Collins · Ulster Hall

Jan 30, 2027

Rowdy Classics with the Sydney Symphony · Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Jan 30, 2027

Dance Classics with the Sydney Symphony · Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Apr 25, 2027

Circus Magic in the Orchestra · Gasteig HP8

25 - 26 Apr, 2027

Circus Magic in the Orchestra · Gasteig HP8

Past events

25 - 27 Sep, 2026

The Scott Sisters: Pioneers of Science and Art · Australian Haydn Ensemble

Aug 27, 2026

Bach’s Legacy · Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) by Beethoven

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Piano in Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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