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There are nights where music entertains, and then there are nights where it remembers for you. Take Me To The River , Emma Donovan’s latest offering for the Sydney Festival, belonged firmly to the la...

For more than two decades, Bryce Dessner has occupied a unique place in modern music. Best known as guitarist and principal composer for The National, he has also established himself as one of the most respected contemporary classical composers of his generation. Now, Australian audiences will have the rare opportunity to experience both worlds collide when Dessner joins the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for a special concert celebrating his richly textured body of work. Far from a conventional orchestral performance, the concert will see Dessner step onto the stage as guitarist, performing a program of compositions that blur the boundaries between indie rock, minimalism and contemporary classical music.

Ocie Elliott return to Australia with their harmony-led folk and quietly cinematic songwriting, bringing an intimate, emotionally rich performance to Sydney Recital Hall with support from Garrett Kato.

At Sydney Festival, Paris Paloma transformed City Recital Hall into a shared space of music and meaning, supported by emeree’s Motown-inflected R&B set and punctuated by Paloma’s onstage reflections on the patriarchy, including a quote from writer Rebecca Shaw.

At Sydney Festival, Paris Paloma transformed City Recital Hall into a shared space of music and meaning, supported by emeree’s Motown-inflected R&B set and punctuated by Paloma’s onstage reflections on the patriarchy, including a quote from writer Rebecca Shaw.