2024
Ukaria residency with Jess Hitchcock and Iain Grandage - September 28th
Ukaria Cultural Centre, South Australia
More info and tickets
Musica Viva presents PQ x Jess Hitchcock - October 29th
The Edge, Naarm Melbourne
More info and tickets
"INPOUR" - November 1st, 7pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
More info and tickets
2023
3mbs Marathon - 11th February, 5pm
Mendelssohn Octet with Flinders Quartet, in person at MRC and online at Australian Digital Concert Hall
More info and tickets
2023 Tour -
Bartok, Dutton, Haydn.
Coffs Harbour - 1st September, 7.30pm - presented by Musica Viva
Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium
More info and tickets
Ballarat - 3rd September, 2.30pm
St Peter's Ballarat
More info
Naarm/Melbourne - 5th September, 11am - presented by Musica Viva
The Edge, Fed Square
More info and tickets
2022
*Postponed* Launch - The Lost Horse Saloon, "One Night Only"
At the Brunswick Ballroom
More info and tickets
BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL - March 11th, 8pm
PQ X Tim Young
More info - (free event! First in best dressed)
Relaxed performance - March 15th, 11am
Melbourne Recital Centre
More info and tickets
Melbourne Recital Centre, concert 1 - "Metamorphosis" - May 2nd, 6pm
Ligeti, Macens, Schumann
More info and tickets
Melbourne Recital Centre, concert 2 - "Divergent" - October 10th, 8pm
Andriessen, Beethoven
More info and tickets
THNDO - THE REINTRODUCTION TOUR
Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra dates
More info and tickets
2021
*CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWNS*
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE LOCAL HEROES SERIES
"BALLADE" - PQ X LLOYD VAN'T HOFF - August 10th, 6pm
Brahms, Pesson clarinet quintets
More info and tickets
"BALLADE" - BALLARAT DATE - August 8th, 2pm
Event information
PQxPQ - Quintets
More info and tickets
2020
Local Heroes 1 - Golden, February 10th, 6pm
Potter, Butterworth, Bartok
With guest vocalist Georgie Darvidis
More info and tickets
CANCELLED Local Heroes 2 - Divergent, December 9th, 6pm
Andriessen, Beethoven
More info and tickets
2019
Live at the Convent, February 15th, 7pm
With guest violin Harry Ward.
Program details and bookings
Local Heroes 1 - Primeval, April 16th, 6pm
Kurtág, Glass, Prokofiev
Program details and bookings
Canberra International Music Festival, May 2-12th
Festival Young Artists
Festival program and bookings
Symphony in the Cellar - PQ in recital, June 7th
Mitchelton Winery
Event details and bookings
In Recital at Ballarat - June 10th, 2.30pm
Anglican Cathedral of Christ the King
Tickets available at the door
Musica Viva Featured Artists - Odyssey, June 2019
Haydn, O'Connor, Prokofiev
Touring regional NSW including Tamworth and Yass
Tickets and dates via Musica Viva website
In recital at Benalla Art Gallery, July 28th
Ravel, Haydn
Local Heroes 2 - Thin Places, December 11th, 6pm
Sven-Tüür, Widmann, Ravel
Program details and bookings
2018
LOCAL HEROES SERIES
Melbourne Recital Centre, 12th February/24th September
Dates and information/book tickets
Ballarat, 11th Feb 2.30pm
Cathedral Church of Christ the King
"Respire" - Local Heroes program.
Tickets available at the door.
Play On with Lotte Betts-Dean, 23rd March 8pm
Collingwood underground carpark
More info/book tickets
Metropolis Festival, 19th April 6pm
In collaboration with Ad Lib Collective, Melbourne Recital Centre
More info/book tickets
In recital at Warburton, 15th July 2pm
Pre-concert talk 1pm
Arts Centre Warburton
More info/book tickets
Open rehearsal, 10th September 12pm
Melbourne Recital Centre, ahead of "Blossom" on September 24th
FREE
Ballarat, 23rd September 2.30pm
Cathedral Church of Christ the King
"Blossom" - Local Heroes program
Tickets available at the door
2017
2017 Recital season
The Weaver's Knot
Liza Lim - The Weaver's Knot - Australian premiere
Igor Stravinsky - Three Pieces for String Quartet
Heinrich Franz von Biber - Sonata XI Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in F, Opus 18 no 1
Sydney:
November 1st, 7pm
la la la no.5, Creative space 99 Darlinghurst
$20 at the door
EVENT DETAILS
November 6th, 7.30pm
Opus Now, Alpha Gallery Newtown
$15 tickets online, $30 at the door
EVENT DETAILS/BUY TICKETS
Ballarat: 26th November, 2.30pm
Cathedral Church of Christ the King
$15/$10 at the door
Melbourne Recital Centre, 27th November, 6pm
BUY TICKETS
Chamber Players @ Musica Viva Festival, 22nd April, 5pm
Haydn - String Quartet No.3 in G minor, Op.74
Liza Lim - The Weaver's Knot (Australian Premiere)
Beethoven - String Quartet No.1 in F, Op.18
Music for Our Changing Climate, 17th May, 8pm
The Carlton Connect Initiative
In collaboration with Ad Lib Collective
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
UNFIX Album Launch, 21st May, 8pm
Jazzlab, 27 Leslie st Brunswick
In collaboration with BLBB/UNFIX
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
2016
Fellowship recital - Laurence Matheson, 8th March, 7.30pm
South Melbourne Town Hall
Brahms - Piano Quintet
FULL PROGRAM/MORE INFO
Four Winds Festival, 22nd-27th March
Bermagui, NSW
Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, opus 33 no. 1
Sculthorpe - String Quartet no. 8
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
2016 recital tour:
Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, opus 33 no. 1
Sculthorpe - String Quartet no. 8
Britten - String Quartet no. 3
In recital for Friends of the Cathedral, 30th July, 2.30pm
Cathedral Church of Christ the King, Ballarat
$10/15 at the door
Alumni recital, 2nd August, 7pm
ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall
$10 at the door
ANAM students and kids free
In recital at the University of Queensland, 4th August, 1pm
Nickson Room, School of Music
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
In recital at the University of Queensland, 7th August, 11am
UQ Art Museum
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
Play On, 11th November, 8pm
Collingwood Underground Carpark
MORE INFO/TICKETS
Zola Jesus with Penny Quartet, 14th November, 7.30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
MORE INFO/TICKETS
2015
Masterclass with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, 8th March
TarraWarra Festival.
Prokofiev String Quartet 1, Opus 50.
Four Winds Festival residency, 21st March-4th April
Workshops and performances in Bermagui and Bega NSW.
Haydn opus 76 no. 4: 'Sunrise'
Prokofiev String Quartet 1, Opus 50.
BUY TICKETS
St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, 19th June-28th June
Stanford University, California USA.
MORE INFORMATION
Chamber Music in the City, 10th July
Presented by Chamber Music Australia
ANZ Banking Museum, CBD
12.30-1.30pm
Haydn opus 76 no. 4: 'Sunrise'
Mendelssohn Quartet Opus 13: A. Minor
'Rising Stars', 30th July
University of Queensland, Nickson Room.
Haydn opus 76 no. 4: 'Sunrise'
Prokofiev String Quartet 1, Opus 50.
BUY TICKETS
Penny Quartet Presents, 2nd August
University of Queensland, Brookfield Hall.
Mendelssohn Quartet Opus 13: A. Minor
Webern Langsamer Satz
Prokofiev String Quartet 1, Opus 50.
BUY TICKETS
QUARTETTHAUS
Melbourne Festival
Dates and information TBA
2014
St Silas Sundays, 17th August 2.30pm
"Love Songs" - a collaboration.
99 Bridport street, Albert Park Melbourne.
$25/$15
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
BUY TICKETS
Music in the Round, 7th September
Abbotsford Convent
With Paul Dean (clarinet).
WA Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
BUY TICKETS
Recital and Lunch with the Penny Quartet, 20th September
Merindoc Cafe and Cellar Door.
Bookings essential.
Joseph Haydn - Opus 50 number 1, "The Frog"
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Opus 18 number 4 in C minor
BUY TICKETS
Quartetthaus, 11th - 18th October
Melbourne Festival
Joseph Haydn - Opus 50 number 1, "The Frog"
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Opus 18 number 4 in C minor
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
BUY TICKETS
Emerald Hill Festival, 9th November
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
With commentary and discussion from Richard Gill OAM.
Free event - MORE INFORMATION
ANAM Chamber Music Competition Final, December 6th
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
Free event - MORE INFORMATION
Ukaria residency with Jess Hitchcock and Iain Grandage - September 28th
Ukaria Cultural Centre, South Australia
More info and tickets
Musica Viva presents PQ x Jess Hitchcock - October 29th
The Edge, Naarm Melbourne
More info and tickets
"INPOUR" - November 1st, 7pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
More info and tickets
2023
3mbs Marathon - 11th February, 5pm
Mendelssohn Octet with Flinders Quartet, in person at MRC and online at Australian Digital Concert Hall
More info and tickets
2023 Tour -
Bartok, Dutton, Haydn.
Coffs Harbour - 1st September, 7.30pm - presented by Musica Viva
Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium
More info and tickets
Ballarat - 3rd September, 2.30pm
St Peter's Ballarat
More info
Naarm/Melbourne - 5th September, 11am - presented by Musica Viva
The Edge, Fed Square
More info and tickets
2022
*Postponed* Launch - The Lost Horse Saloon, "One Night Only"
At the Brunswick Ballroom
More info and tickets
BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL - March 11th, 8pm
PQ X Tim Young
More info - (free event! First in best dressed)
Relaxed performance - March 15th, 11am
Melbourne Recital Centre
More info and tickets
Melbourne Recital Centre, concert 1 - "Metamorphosis" - May 2nd, 6pm
Ligeti, Macens, Schumann
More info and tickets
Melbourne Recital Centre, concert 2 - "Divergent" - October 10th, 8pm
Andriessen, Beethoven
More info and tickets
THNDO - THE REINTRODUCTION TOUR
Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra dates
More info and tickets
2021
*CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWNS*
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE LOCAL HEROES SERIES
"BALLADE" - PQ X LLOYD VAN'T HOFF - August 10th, 6pm
Brahms, Pesson clarinet quintets
More info and tickets
"BALLADE" - BALLARAT DATE - August 8th, 2pm
Event information
PQxPQ - Quintets
More info and tickets
2020
Local Heroes 1 - Golden, February 10th, 6pm
Potter, Butterworth, Bartok
With guest vocalist Georgie Darvidis
More info and tickets
CANCELLED Local Heroes 2 - Divergent, December 9th, 6pm
Andriessen, Beethoven
More info and tickets
2019
Live at the Convent, February 15th, 7pm
With guest violin Harry Ward.
Program details and bookings
Local Heroes 1 - Primeval, April 16th, 6pm
Kurtág, Glass, Prokofiev
Program details and bookings
Canberra International Music Festival, May 2-12th
Festival Young Artists
Festival program and bookings
Symphony in the Cellar - PQ in recital, June 7th
Mitchelton Winery
Event details and bookings
In Recital at Ballarat - June 10th, 2.30pm
Anglican Cathedral of Christ the King
Tickets available at the door
Musica Viva Featured Artists - Odyssey, June 2019
Haydn, O'Connor, Prokofiev
Touring regional NSW including Tamworth and Yass
Tickets and dates via Musica Viva website
In recital at Benalla Art Gallery, July 28th
Ravel, Haydn
Local Heroes 2 - Thin Places, December 11th, 6pm
Sven-Tüür, Widmann, Ravel
Program details and bookings
2018
LOCAL HEROES SERIES
Melbourne Recital Centre, 12th February/24th September
Dates and information/book tickets
Ballarat, 11th Feb 2.30pm
Cathedral Church of Christ the King
"Respire" - Local Heroes program.
Tickets available at the door.
Play On with Lotte Betts-Dean, 23rd March 8pm
Collingwood underground carpark
More info/book tickets
Metropolis Festival, 19th April 6pm
In collaboration with Ad Lib Collective, Melbourne Recital Centre
More info/book tickets
In recital at Warburton, 15th July 2pm
Pre-concert talk 1pm
Arts Centre Warburton
More info/book tickets
Open rehearsal, 10th September 12pm
Melbourne Recital Centre, ahead of "Blossom" on September 24th
FREE
Ballarat, 23rd September 2.30pm
Cathedral Church of Christ the King
"Blossom" - Local Heroes program
Tickets available at the door
2017
2017 Recital season
The Weaver's Knot
Liza Lim - The Weaver's Knot - Australian premiere
Igor Stravinsky - Three Pieces for String Quartet
Heinrich Franz von Biber - Sonata XI Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in F, Opus 18 no 1
Sydney:
November 1st, 7pm
la la la no.5, Creative space 99 Darlinghurst
$20 at the door
EVENT DETAILS
November 6th, 7.30pm
Opus Now, Alpha Gallery Newtown
$15 tickets online, $30 at the door
EVENT DETAILS/BUY TICKETS
Ballarat: 26th November, 2.30pm
Cathedral Church of Christ the King
$15/$10 at the door
Melbourne Recital Centre, 27th November, 6pm
BUY TICKETS
Chamber Players @ Musica Viva Festival, 22nd April, 5pm
Haydn - String Quartet No.3 in G minor, Op.74
Liza Lim - The Weaver's Knot (Australian Premiere)
Beethoven - String Quartet No.1 in F, Op.18
Music for Our Changing Climate, 17th May, 8pm
The Carlton Connect Initiative
In collaboration with Ad Lib Collective
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
UNFIX Album Launch, 21st May, 8pm
Jazzlab, 27 Leslie st Brunswick
In collaboration with BLBB/UNFIX
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
2016
Fellowship recital - Laurence Matheson, 8th March, 7.30pm
South Melbourne Town Hall
Brahms - Piano Quintet
FULL PROGRAM/MORE INFO
Four Winds Festival, 22nd-27th March
Bermagui, NSW
Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, opus 33 no. 1
Sculthorpe - String Quartet no. 8
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
2016 recital tour:
Haydn - String Quartet in B minor, opus 33 no. 1
Sculthorpe - String Quartet no. 8
Britten - String Quartet no. 3
In recital for Friends of the Cathedral, 30th July, 2.30pm
Cathedral Church of Christ the King, Ballarat
$10/15 at the door
Alumni recital, 2nd August, 7pm
ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall
$10 at the door
ANAM students and kids free
In recital at the University of Queensland, 4th August, 1pm
Nickson Room, School of Music
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
In recital at the University of Queensland, 7th August, 11am
UQ Art Museum
MORE INFO/BUY TICKETS
Play On, 11th November, 8pm
Collingwood Underground Carpark
MORE INFO/TICKETS
Zola Jesus with Penny Quartet, 14th November, 7.30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
MORE INFO/TICKETS
2015
Masterclass with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, 8th March
TarraWarra Festival.
Prokofiev String Quartet 1, Opus 50.
Four Winds Festival residency, 21st March-4th April
Workshops and performances in Bermagui and Bega NSW.
Haydn opus 76 no. 4: 'Sunrise'
Prokofiev String Quartet 1, Opus 50.
BUY TICKETS
St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, 19th June-28th June
Stanford University, California USA.
MORE INFORMATION
Chamber Music in the City, 10th July
Presented by Chamber Music Australia
ANZ Banking Museum, CBD
12.30-1.30pm
Haydn opus 76 no. 4: 'Sunrise'
Mendelssohn Quartet Opus 13: A. Minor
'Rising Stars', 30th July
University of Queensland, Nickson Room.
Haydn opus 76 no. 4: 'Sunrise'
Prokofiev String Quartet 1, Opus 50.
BUY TICKETS
Penny Quartet Presents, 2nd August
University of Queensland, Brookfield Hall.
Mendelssohn Quartet Opus 13: A. Minor
Webern Langsamer Satz
Prokofiev String Quartet 1, Opus 50.
BUY TICKETS
QUARTETTHAUS
Melbourne Festival
Dates and information TBA
2014
St Silas Sundays, 17th August 2.30pm
"Love Songs" - a collaboration.
99 Bridport street, Albert Park Melbourne.
$25/$15
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
BUY TICKETS
Music in the Round, 7th September
Abbotsford Convent
With Paul Dean (clarinet).
WA Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
BUY TICKETS
Recital and Lunch with the Penny Quartet, 20th September
Merindoc Cafe and Cellar Door.
Bookings essential.
Joseph Haydn - Opus 50 number 1, "The Frog"
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Opus 18 number 4 in C minor
BUY TICKETS
Quartetthaus, 11th - 18th October
Melbourne Festival
Joseph Haydn - Opus 50 number 1, "The Frog"
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Opus 18 number 4 in C minor
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
BUY TICKETS
Emerald Hill Festival, 9th November
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
With commentary and discussion from Richard Gill OAM.
Free event - MORE INFORMATION
ANAM Chamber Music Competition Final, December 6th
Leoš Janáček - String Quartet number 2 "Intimate Letters"
Free event - MORE INFORMATION