Musica Viva Australia
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: PAUL KILDEA
2026 Season
Lift your spirits. Delight your senses. Fly.
In 2026, Musica Viva Australia invites you to look forward to seven concerts featuring favourites and new friends.
The year begins with the incomparable Allan Clayton and Kate Golla setting out once again on A Winter’s Journey, warmed by Fred Williams’ glowing visions of Australia; a new piano trio takes flight when Aura Go, Timo-Veikko Valve and Kristian Winther discover Beethoven and Ravel; London’s Doric String Quartet meet Australian clarinettist Lloyd Van’t Hoff for some musical alchemy; Leila Josefowicz and John Novacek unleash the magic of music for violin and piano by Debussy and Stravinsky; cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and lutenist Thomas Dunford explore music for a French king; pianist Paul Lewis puts Mozart under the microscope to discover endless new wonders; and, to close out the year, the the Grammy Award-winning Latvian Radio Choir spread their wings and soar with recorder queen Genevieve Lacey.
Join Musica Viva Australia in 2026, with a season to lift your spirits and expand your horizons. These performances are a part of a Musica Viva Australia 2026 Season Subscription.
A Winter's Journey
Sun 22 Feb, 7pm & Mon 23 Feb, 7PM
British tenor Allan Clayton and Australian pianist Kate Golla set out once again on A Winter’s Journey in the internationally-acclaimed production that reimagines Schubert’s Winterreise.
Beethoven's Ghost
Wed 6 May, 7PM
Musica Viva Australia presents Aura Go, Timo-Veikko Valve and Kristian Winther in the piano trio for which we’ve all been waiting.
Doric String Quartet & Lloyd Van't Hoff
Mon 22 Jun, 7PM
Then the Doric String Quartet invites us to join them for a while on their multi-year project performing and recording Beethoven’s complete string quartets.
Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek
Mon 20 Jul, 7PM
Then the Doric String Quartet invites us to join them for a while on their multi-year project performing and recording Beethoven’s complete string quartets.
Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford
Sat 8 Aug, 7PM
In the intricate weave of sounds that make up a baroque ensemble, the lute is central. It’s fitting, then, that French-American lutenist Thomas Dunford is at the centre of some of the most exciting early music-making of the moment.
Paul Lewis: Mozart+
Mon 12 Oct, 7PM
The British concert pianist has received universal critical acclaim for his performances and recordings of the great piano works of Beethoven and Schubert. He now turns his laser-like focus and insightful musicianship to Mozart.
Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey
Mon 16 Nov, 7PM
The Latvian Radio Choir spreads its wings and flies with Australia’s own recorder queen, Genevieve Lacey. Join them as they look to the skies for dancing planets and soaring birds in the music of Pēteris Vasks.
