2026 Festival Program

AFCM Concert Conversations begin each morning with Artistic Director Jack Liebeck in conversation with guest Festival artists, sharing stories and insights from their musical journeys. Each session is followed by a 45-minute performance, with tea and coffee served.

Tickets start from $30 for patrons under 30 years of age and $89 for AFCM Friends.

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• Included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions 
• Available for selection in Silver & Silver Plus Subscriptions 

Enjoy a full-length concert of exceptional young musicianship from the next generation of chamber musicians from Australia and abroad. The AFCM Pathways Program presents its Pathways International Masterclass ensembles in concert, showcasing the skills and artistry they have developed over two weeks of intensive coaching. 

Throughout the week, audiences are also invited to attend five public masterclasses, offering a rare opportunity to observe the next generation of performers working closely with world-renowned mentors.

AFCM Pathways Program FREE Public Masterclasses are held at Bulmba-ja Theatre as follows:

·      Sunday 26th July: 11:30am

·      Sunday 26th July: 4:00pm

·      Monday 27th July: 1:00pm

·      Wednesday 29th July: 1:00pm

·      Thursday 30th July: 1:00pm

Tickets start from $30 for patrons under 30 years of age and $55 for AFCM Friends.

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• Included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions 
• Available for selection in Silver & Silver Plus Subscriptions 

In a special AFCM co-commission, Australian composer Lee Bradshaw has completed a work that was started by Gideon Klein 80 years ago in the Nazi concentration camp where he was incarcerated. Klein was murdered on January 25th, 1945, and that date is the title of this new work. To accompany it, we feature Mendelssohn’s incredible C minor Piano Trio, written 100 years earlier in 1845. Mendelssohn, despite being baptised at age seven, had Jewish roots and suffered denigration during his lifetime because of it; fortunately, we have subsequently recognised his genius!

Tickets start from $30 for patrons under 30 years of age and $69 for AFCM Friends.

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• Included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions 
• Available for selection in Silver & Silver Plus Subscriptions 

Schubert’s Winterreise is perhaps his most famous song cycle. In this concert, we will hear the original 12-song cycle with added poetry, performed in rarely heard and beautiful chamber arrangements, sung by our wonderful tenor, Robin Tritschler.

Tickets start from $30 for patrons under 30 years of age and $86 for AFCM Friends.

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

• Included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions 
• Available for selection in Silver & Silver Plus Subscriptions