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UKARIA offers a bus service from the Adelaide CBD to the Cultural Centre for a selection of performances throughout 2021.

SATURDAY 17 APRIL 7.30PM

After his hugely successful appearance at The Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2019, multi-award winning actor and singer Philip Quast makes his debut with Anne-Maree McDonald at the piano, sharing the stories and songs that have defined his remarkable career.

SUNDAY 18 APRIL 11.00AM | 2.30PM

BRAHMS: THE COMPLETE WORKS FOR CLARINET

Melbourne-based clarinettist David Griffiths joins pianist Timothy Young, cellist Svetlana Bogosavljevic and the Australian String Quartet to perform the complete Brahms cycle of works for clarinet.

THURSDAY 22 APRIL 7.30PM*

* Due to popular demand, we've added an additional performance.

Experience the essence of Vika Bull's art in an intimate exchange with Paul Grabowsky.

FRIDAY 23 APRIL 7.30PM*

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Experience the essence of Vika Bull's art in an intimate exchange with Paul Grabowsky.

SATURDAY 24 APRIL 7.30PM*

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Experience the essence of Vika Bull's art in an intimate exchange with Paul Grabowsky.

SUNDAY 25 APRIL 11.00AM*

SCHUMANN AND RAVEL

* Due to popular demand, we've added an additional performance.

Kristian Winther (violin), Umberto Clerici (cello) and Daniel de Borah (piano) come together to form a powerhouse trio – perfect for this program, which concludes with Ravel's masterpiece, composed upon the outbreak of World War I.

SUNDAY 25 APRIL 2.30PM*

SCHUMANN AND RAVEL

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season.

Kristian Winther (violin), Umberto Clerici (cello) and Daniel de Borah (piano) come together to form a powerhouse trio – perfect for this program, which concludes with Ravel's masterpiece, composed upon the outbreak of World War I.

SATURDAY 8 MAY 7.30PM

SOLO

Since UKARIA opened its doors in 2015, Paul Grabowsky has been one of our most popular artists. He returns in 2021 for a very special solo performance. This is jazz for the connoisseur: rich, full of allusion and wit, and seductively approachable.

SUNDAY 9 MAY 2.30PM

PICTURE DREAMS

Together at UKARIA for the first time, Riley Lee (shakuhachi) and Satsuki Odamura (koto and shamisen) create music of profound stillness and beauty, transcending the linearity of time to find a place between transience and eternity.

SUNDAY 16 MAY 2.30PM

SILENCE AND THE PIANO

Join acclaimed pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska and meditation practitioner Rainer Jozeps for a contemplative journey through works by Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Arvo Pärt and Pēteris Vasks, culminating in John Cage's 4'33" – a work known by many, mocked by some, and widely misunderstood.

SUNDAY 23 MAY 2.30PM

WALTZING INTO ETERNITY

Ahead of the Sydney International Piano Competition, Piers Lane returns from London for this very special recital at UKARIA. On the program is Brahms's haunting Klavierstücke, Op. 119 interwoven with Brett Dean's Hommage à Brahms; Beethoven's Op. 110, and the complete waltzes of Fryderyk Chopin.

SATURDAY 29 MAY 4.30PM

CANTATAS OF THE FRENCH BAROQUE

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season.

Featuring the pure-toned beauty of soprano Alexandra Oomens and Pinchgut Opera artists, cantatas by Montéclair, Clérambault and Campra express the great Baroque themes of love, vengeance and fidelity.

SUNDAY 30 MAY 11.00AM

BACH AND BEETHOVEN

* Due to popular demand, we've added an additional performance.

Richard Tognetti (violin) and Erin Helyard (fortepiano) play Sonatas by Bach and Beethoven.

SUNDAY 30 MAY 2.30PM

BACH AND BEETHOVEN

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season.

Richard Tognetti (violin) and Erin Helyard (fortepiano) play Sonatas by Bach and Beethoven.

SATURDAY 5 JUNE 7.00PM

ELEMENTS

Enjoy a two-course dinner while Simon Gleeson and Paul Kildea perform music from Simon's debut album, Elements, showcasing the essence of what makes Simon the acclaimed artist he is: a captivating storyteller with a rich and extraordinary voice.

SUNDAY 6 JUNE 2.30PM

MUSIC TO PLAY FOR PLANTS

Nature inspires humans in a myriad of ways. The insatiably creative Genevieve Lacey (recorder) joins renowned theatre actor Katherine Tonkin for Music to Play for Plants – a gentle ode to the botanical world: poetic texts and tunes woven into a quiet incantation.

SUNDAY 13 JUNE 2.30PM

HAUNTED SPRING

Julian Smiles (cello) joins long-term collaborators Dimity Hall (violin) and Bernadette Harvey (piano) for a program of Australian works composed within the last twenty years, offering a beautiful snapshot of the contemporary Australian sound.

SUNDAY 20 JUNE 2.30PM

DREAMS AND PRAYERS

Natsuko Yoshimoto returns to Adelaide to lead Ensemble Q in the second string quartet of Pavel Haas – From the Monkey Mountains – and Osvaldo Golijov's The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind.

SATURDAY 26 JUNE 7.30PM

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season.

Revered for the striking beauty of her voice and the piercing immediacy of her lyrics, Laura Jean has embraced a multitude of styles, from the classically-inspired folk of Our Swan Song, to the bright synth pop of 2018's Devotion – a nostalgic, coastal-inspired love letter to youth gone by.

SUNDAY 4 JULY 2.30PM

SUITE MAGICA

Guitar and harp is an exquisite combination that whispers its secrets only in the most intimate and transparent acoustic. Small suites by Máximo Diego Pujol and Marco Perreira bookend this concert, which also includes works by Ravel and Granados, and the premiere of a new work by Elena Kats-Chernin.

SUNDAY 18 JULY 2.30PM

ABOVE / BELOW

Conceived as a reflection on the cyclical nature of life, Above / Below pairs the poetic, lyrical vignettes of Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, Op. 37a (based on the twelve calendar months of the year) with the abstract mysticism of George Crumb's Makrokosmos, Book I (based on the twelve signs of the zodiac).

FRIDAY 23 JULY 11.00AM

FISCHER AND SCHUMANN

The Australian String Quartet perform Moravian violinist and composer Pavel Fischer's third String Quartet – the Mad Piper – and Schumann's String Quartet in A major, Op. 41 No. 3.

SUNDAY 25 JULY 11.30AM | 2.30PM

BEETHOVEN: SONATAS FOR PIANO AND CELLO

* This event has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season.

Experiencing Beethoven's cycle of five sonatas for piano and cello in one day places performers and audiences in an especially intimate proximity to Beethoven – an opportunity to enter into a special kind of imaginative dialogue with the composer, and to inhabit the remarkable worlds of these creations.

SUNDAY 25 JULY 1.00PM


* This event has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season.

Enjoy a light lunch in between the two concerts of Timo-Veikko Valve and Aura Go’s complete cycle of Beethoven Cello Sonatas.

SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER 10.45AM*

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: UKARIA FESTIVAL

* This event has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Spring is a beautiful time of year in the Adelaide Hills. Celebrate the beginning of the weekend with an alfresco brunch in the morning sun.

SATURDAY 9–SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER*

CURATED BY RICHARD TOGNETTI

* This festival has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season

Richard Tognetti leads the ACO through a vibrant exploration of music from Finland, Latvia, Germany, the Czech Republic and the UK. Weekend Pass includes three concerts. Dining options also available separately.

SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER 7.30PM*

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: UKARIA FESTIVAL

* This event has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Meet the artists and converse with fellow music lovers over a three-course dinner showcasing some of the finest local produce from the Adelaide Hills.

SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER 11.30AM*

CURATED BY RICHARD TOGNETTI

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season

Richard Tognetti leads the ACO through a vibrant exploration of music from Finland and the Czech Republic – including works by Sibelius, Janáček and Rautavaara.

SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER 12.30PM*

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: UKARIA FESTIVAL

* This event has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Showcasing some of the finest seasonal produce of the Adelaide Hills, our two-course lunch unfolds at a leisurely pace – the perfect way to bid farewell to the weekend.

FRIDAY 5 NOVEMBER 7.30PM *

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season

We have reached our maximum capacity for this event. Please sign up for the Wait List via the link below.

SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER 7.30PM*

* This concert has been rescheduled from the 2020 Season

We have reached our maximum capacity for this event. Please sign up for the Wait List via the link below.