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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 4d

🎼 #AusArtDay and is happening NEXT WEEK! Join the first ever national public movement 23 October that celebrates and elevates the role of the arts in Australian life! ✨ Partner with us to help us raise $20,000

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#CreativeAustralia #AFCM #MusicMagic

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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 4d

🎶 APPLY NOW! Calling all advanced tertiary-level and early career chamber musicians! AFCM Pathways International Masterclasses program in Cairns-Gimuy (18 July – 30 July 2026) is now open! www.afcm.com.au/afcm-pathway...

STEVE REICH Duet AFCM 2025

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 9d

🎉Throwback to STEVE REICH - Duet from the 2025 Evening Concert 2 - Duelling Composers Staves Drawn! youtu.be/7lGUE2dVN2Y

#AFCM2025 #stevereich #duet #chambermusic #strings

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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 10d

🌅Flashback to #AFCM2025 and our wonderful Sunset Series Concerts, with #6 being The Final Sunset that featured Clarinet Quintet, a world premiere by #PaulDean written for clarinettist #MichaelCollins along with #Beethoven's Op. 127
📸 Peter Hislop

#ChamberMusic #Clarinet

Australian String Quartet turns 40, celebrates with a Big Gig

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 Congratulations to #AustralianStringQuartet on their incredible 40th anniversary! We were thrilled to have them as the #AFCM2025 Quartet in Residence, sharing their artistry and passion with our audiences. 🎼

ASQ in gift-giving mood on its 40th birthday. Chris Reid dropped in to partake of a family-friendly all-day event.

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LEONARD BERNSTEIN I Hate Music AFCM 2025

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 16d

🎹How fun was LEONARD BERNSTEIN - I Hate Music On the #AFCM2025 Opening Night! #AnaMariaVera on the @KawaiPianosAU and #CarolynSampson, soprano making music magic!

#Bernstein #IHateMusic #Kawai
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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 18d

🎼It was wonderful to see the 2025 Pathways participants learning and growing during the Festival! 📷 Peter Hislop

🌟ORPHEUS WIND QUINTET to be our 2026 Pathways Ensemble!
Kara Thorpe
Gahyun Lee
Justin Wang
Dylan Roberts
Jude Austen Kaupe

Program Director Lloyd Van't Hoff

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 18d

🎼It was wonderful to see the 2025 Pathways participants learning and growing during the Festival!
📸 Peter Hislop

🌟WEICHAO ZHU & CATHERINE LI
Weichao Zhu
Catherine Li

🌟INFRONT BRASS
David Imlay
Toby Rands
Sarah Bernard
Josh De Haan
Campbell Egan

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 18d

🎼It was wonderful to see the 2025 Pathways participants learning and growing during the Festival!
📸 Peter Hislop

🌟CEDAR-ROSE NEWMAN & RIO XIANG
Cedar Rose Newman
Rio Xiang
🌟VANYA QUARTET
Lucy Macourt
Nick Miceli
Clara Salzmann
Henry Say

How To Get To The Daintree Rainforest - Australian Traveller

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · 25d

🌿 When you’re in #Cairns for #AFCM2026 we think you’ll adore exploring the #DaintreeRainforest! Just a short drive north of Cairns, it feels like a world away from civilisation, and the journey itself is breathtaking. ✨

👉 www.australiantraveller.com/qld/tropical...

#ChamberMusic #Roadtrip

Discover how to get to the Daintree Rainforest with our guide, covering driving, tours and ferry crossings to this World Heritage-listed wonder.

www.australiantraveller.com

MAX BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor AFCM 2025

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 20

A magical afternoon in the Queen’s Gardens 🎶 Jack Liebeck joined Theodore Kuchar and the Great Barrier Reef Orchestra to perform a movement from Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 for an enchanted crowd. youtu.be/T30biPzyyZk 🌟

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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 19

✨ #AFCM2025 Baroque Temptations was a highlight of our Evening Concert Series, a dazzling gathering of Festival artists who brought baroque music to life: fierce, playful, seductive, and wonderfully strange!

FRANZ LISZT La lugubre gondola, R 468, for cello and piano - Olga Zado, Julian Smiles AFCM 2025

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 13

🎶Throwback to a beautiful piece with a surprise musician #JulianSmiles alongside pianist #OlgaZado!

#FranzLiszt - La lugubre gondola, R. 468 for #cello and #piano performed at #AFCM2025 Evening Concert 2 - Duelling Composers: Staves Drawn

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#chambermusic

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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 11

🎷✨ Will you be in Sydney this weekend? Don’t miss #AFCM2025 Fellowship Ensemble, #AndromedaSaxQuartet live in concert at Glebe Town Hall!

📍 Glebe Town Hall, 160 Saint Johns Road, Glebe NSW
📅 Saturday, September 13
🕖 7pm – 8:30pm
🎟 Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/andromeda-...

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 9

📰 Stay on beat and subscribe to our monthly eNewsletter! Get the scoop on #2026AFCM concerts, musicians, upcoming events, special offers and more.

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📸Peter Hislop - Magnetic Island Concert with Jack Liebeck and Joseph Havlat

#eNews #chambermusic

JEPIC arr Joseph Havlat 64 Geese- Olga Zado, Joseph Havlat, Ana Maria Vera AFCM 2025

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 6

Throwback to a highlight of #AFCM2025! #64Geese is an original piece for six hands created by Joseph Havlat; enjoy this encore performance at the AFCM 2025 Closing Concert: Farewell, but not for long...
#OlgaZado Joseph Havlat, #AnaMariaVera
youtu.be/9ji2pvCE56M

#chambermusic #piano #sixhands

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30 things to do in Cairns & Great Barrier Reef

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 6

🐚 Cairns 2026 here we come! 🌴 🌊Start planning your Festival adventure with TEQ’s guide to 30 wonderful things to do in Cairns during next year’s AFCM.✨
👉 Explore the full list here: www.queensland.com/au/en/places...

#AFCM2026 #Cairns #ChamberMusic #ThisIsQueensland #ExploreTNQ

There are thousands of exhilarating ways to experience Queensland's north, so here's 30 of the best things to do in Cairns & Great Barrier Reef.

www.queensland.com

AFCM names 2026 Fellowship Ensemble

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 4

📰2026 AFCM Fellowship Ensemble Orpheus Quintet article in Limelight by Maddy Briggs

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#AFCM2026 #PathwaysProgram #OrpheusQuintet

The Sydney-based ensemble to join the program for the 2026 Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Cairns.

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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉What did you think of AFCM 2025? Let us know in our annual feedback survey!

The short survey takes 7–10 minutes (30 questions) and we greatly appreciate your valuable feedback 🖊️ bit.ly/2025AFCMSurvey

#AFCM2025 #TownsvilleGurambilbarra #ChamberMusic #HaveYourSay #AFCM2026

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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎉 We are thrilled to announce #OrpheusQuintet has been selected as the #AFCM2026 Fellowship Ensemble!

The future of Australian #ChamberMusic has never sounded brighter!
📸 Adam Taylor
The Ian Potter Foundation, Wilmar Sugar and Renewables, Donald & Joan Wilson Foundation
#PathwaysProgram #Cairns

A musical portrait of Guinea-Bissau, and pianist Ana-Maria Vera on surviving as a child prodigy - ABC listen

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Sep 1

🎼We loved hearing magical pianist #Ana-MariaVera at #AFCM2025! While Ana-Maria was at the Festival she sat down and did an #interview with #AndrewFord about her life and experiences. The interview is now available on ABC and well worth listening to ❤️

🎙️ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

As a child prodigy, pianist Ana-Maria Vera made her concerto debut when she was nine, going on to record and perform with some of the world’s great orchestras (Philadelphia, Cleveland, London Philharm...

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Australia’s Queensland Symphony Orchestra Appoints New Violist

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Aug 29

🎉🎻Congratulations to #Winterschool alumni Julian Duthoit on his new position! Julian attended #AFCM in 2018 as part of the Evo Piano Trio from Griffith Conservatorium.

Wishing him all the best at Queensland Symphony Orchestra!

theviolinchannel.com/australias-q...
#Violin #Pathways #Education

World's Leading Classical Music Platform

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Kawai Thank you from Jack Liebeck and AFCM

Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Aug 27

Artistic Director Jack Liebeck took a moment during #AFCM2025 to say a heartfelt #Thankyou to Kawai Pianos Australia 🎹 We are truly grateful for their support in helping us bring world-class #ChamberMusic to life in Townsville-Gurambilbarra 💛

#KawaiPiano #FestivalSupport
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Australian Festival of Chamber Music @afcmcairns.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎉Thank you for joining us at #AFCM2025 in Townsville–Gurambilbarra! Your feedback is valuable and we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Take 7–10 minutes (30 questions) to complete our short survey! 🖊️ bit.ly/2025AFCMSurvey
#TownsvilleGurambilbarra #ChamberMusic #HaveYourSay #AFCM2026