Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

This performance is currently available as part of a Musica Viva Australia 2026 Season Subscription. Single tickets on sale at 9AM AEST on Wednesday 15 October.

Prepare to be kissed by a fairy, haunted by a dream and transformed by music when Canadian virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz and fellow-Canadian pianist John Novacek bring their fantastical tales and captivating sounds to tour Australia. Josefowicz and Novacek have been playing together since they were eight, and their enduring partnership creates a bond on stage which is, quite simply, magic. Let this feisty duo transform your night with ravishing music by Stravinsky, Szymanowski and Debussy, plus a new commission from Ivor Novello Award-winning UK composer Charlotte Bray.

Leila Josefowicz is just the right kind of violinist: tough, uncompromising, always ready to do battle with the band and to soar, exhilaratingly, above it. BBC Radio 3

Josefowicz is magnificent throughout, whether negotiating ferocious technical challenges or playing with gentle lyrical wonder. The Strad

Stravinsky’s The Fairy’s Kiss allowed Josefowicz and Novacek the chance to pull out all the stops they’d held in reserve in a flurry of full-force virtuosity that rose to a pyrotechnical conclusion. San Francisco Classical Voice