Musica Viva Season 2025
Welcome to a new world. Welcome home.
In 2025 Musica Viva Australia celebrates 80 years of taking music across the length and breadth of Australia with a year of tradition, collaboration and innovation.
It's a long way from 1945 Sydney, where two Central European refugees, Richard Goldner and Walter Dullo, put together an ensemble of displaced musicians to perform Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge by the light of car headlamps. There were no thoughts of international soloists; no music education or emerging artists initiatives: just a group of musicians sharing their profound love for an artform which shaped their lives. Eighty years on much has changed, but Goldner and Dullo’s original dream to build a community around their love of music still resonates.
We invite you to be part of it in 2025: to experience a feast of Australian creativity brought to you by singer songwriter Jess Hitchcock & Penny Quartet; welcome back Berlin-based Signum Saxophone Quartet performing with Ali McGregor; to hear Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene’s Australian debut alongside much-loved pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith; explore Mozart and Beethoven’s spirit of invention with Nicola Boud, Erin Helyard, and Simon Cobcroft; delight in the great piano trio repertoire as Trio Isimsiz visit Australia for the first time; and to hear the intelligence, lucidity and joy of iconoclastic pianist Piotr Anderszewski performing Bach, Schubert and Schumann.
We are delighted to announce the following concerts will be held in the Concert Hall at Newcastle City Hall:
- Jess Hitchcock & Penny Quartet – Thurs 6 March
- The Hollywood Songbook – Wed 14 May
- Northern Lights – Sat 14 June
- Mozart's Clarinet – Thurs 24 July
- Trio Isimsiz – Thurs 9 October
- Piotr Anderszewski – Sun 23 November
Discover more about each concert and book your tickets by clicking on the links above.
Ticket Office
Call 02 4929 1977 on weekdays from 9am to 5pm, or visit the Ticket Office in person between 10am and 2pm on weekdays or 1 hour prior to Civic Theatre performances.
Tickets can be purchased online at any time.
