Upcoming:
August
Thurs
6
AUG
6.00pm
Steen Foege, Opening Celebration
Danish Painter Steen Foege’s explores landscapes beyond reality, creating familiar yet imagined places that invite viewers to reconnect with their own memories, emotions, and dreams.
Steen's work is inspired by moments when nature seems larger than ourselves, when light breaks through the clouds, when the sky opens up, or when a certain atmosphere suddenly touches something deep within us.
This exhibition marks the first time Steen's work will be presented in Australia.
Join us for the opening celebration on Thursday 6 August from 6-8pm.
On view from 3 - 30 August, 2026
Sat
8
AUG
7.00pm
7pm, Saturday 8th August
Bonegilla – The Migrants’ Journey is a powerful and moving theatrical experience that brings to life the courage, sacrifice and resilience of post-war migrants who left everything behind for a new beginning in Australia. Through firsthand interviews with post-war migrants, rare photographs, home movies, personal documents and immersive live performance, this award-winning production brings to life the journeys of the “New Australians” who left everything behind for a new home.
The performance weaves together video interviews and historical footage with migrant memorabilia displayed amidst a sea of candles, culminating in an evocative live soundtrack performed on violin and grand piano.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll leave inspired by the journeys of those who dared to start again. Don’t miss this unforgettable story of hope, belonging and the search for a new home.
Sun
9
AUG
12.00pm
KriShiv by Malini, Fashion Event
Spend the afternoon with fashion brand KriShiv by Malini. Enjoy a trunk show collection and a fashion show featuring Indo-Western capes, dresses & dupattas, silk & tissue potli bags.
Sunday, 9 August
Live fashion show from 1.00-1:30pm (please be seated by 12:45pm)
RSVP a text to 0412005082.
Fri
14
AUG
7.00pm
7pm, Friday 14th August
Join us for an intimate evening of exceptional chamber music at this beautiful art gallery, where music and visual art come together.
The program features three remarkable works spanning the Romantic tradition and beyond. The concert opens with Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 4, a work of elegance, wit, and profound lyricism that showcases the equal partnership between cello and piano. This is followed by the Mahler Piano Quartet, an extraordinary early composition that offers a fascinating glimpse into the emerging voice of one of music's greatest symphonists. The evening culminates with the Schumann Piano Quartet, a beloved chamber masterpiece celebrated for its warmth, expressive depth, and exuberant finale.
Set within the inspiring surroundings of a contemporary art gallery, this performance invites audiences to experience these timeless works in an intimate setting where every musical detail can be appreciated up close.
Experience an unforgettable journey through the rich emotional landscapes of Beethoven, Mahler, and Schumann in one of Melbourne's most distinctive cultural venues.
Fri
21
AUG
7.00pm
Four Hands at Nightingale with Coady Green: Coady Green and Oskar Folkes
7pm, Friday 21st August
Coady Green and Oskar Folkes
Four Hands at Nightingale with Coady Green pairs internationally renowned pianist Coady Green with exceptional young artists in electrifying four-hand collaborations. Each concert explores a single composer or sound-world in depth, offering audiences a rare glimpse into shared artistry, mentorship in action, and the exhilarating intimacy of two musicians breathing and thinking as one.
Pianists Coady Green and Oskar Folkes ignite the Nightingale stage with a dazzling journey through the jazz-classical universe. From Elena Kats-Chernin’s rhythmic sparkle and Alexander Rosenblatt’s whirlwind Russian fireworks to the propulsive brilliance of Nikolai Kapustin’s Sinfonietta and Capriccio, this program celebrates the piano four-hands tradition at its most electrifying. After interval, Stuart Greenbaum’s luminous Sonata for Piano Four Hands offers a spacious, driving counterpoint of colour and clarity. A virtuosic night of groove, grit, and pianistic joy.
Sun
23
AUG
3:30pm
From Order To Obsession
3:30pm, Sunday 23 August
Rebecca Chan, violin
Kristian Chong, piano
This program traces the evolution of the duo Sonata from its origins of Mozart, where the piano was considered the more dominant instrument initially – to Beethoven where a real equity was established – to Strauss where full Romanticism in unleashed in powerful waves of high emotive drama and elation. Paired with this is a work by Australian composer Lachlan Skipworth called Villanelle, written in 2024 and taking its name from the popular poetic form where 19 lines rhyme.
Thu
27
AUG
7.00pm
7pm, Thursday 27th August
Nightingale Performing Arts Australia presents Daniel Herscovitch in Concert, featuring Daniel Herscovitch. Performing two of Beethoven’s shortest and quirkiest works, alongside works from contemporary Australian composer Kate Moore, and Danish composer Carl Nielsen, Herscovitch showcases the enormous breadth of piano repertoire.
Sun
30
AUG
3:00pm
West End Reflections with Warren WIlls
3pm, Sunday 30th August
Experiene a bravura celebration of the magic of the West End and musical theatre, created by multi–award–winning Australian composer and pianist Warren Wills, and featuring Green Room Award–nominated vocalist Fem Belling.
September
More Details coming soon
October
Sat and Sun
3,4
Oct
various times
International Stretto Piano Festival
Saturday and Sunday 3rd and 4th October
Stretto Piano Events will host its sixth annual International Stretto Piano Festival during October 2026 with in-person and online concerts around the globe.
Under the artistic direction of Hannah Reimann in New York City, the festival celebrates the stretto piano, which has narrower-than-conventional keys. Stretto pianos and keyboards make piano playing more comfortable, equitable and expand the repertoire options for pianists with smaller hands. The mismatch between handspan and piano keyboard size is a known risk factor for pain and injury among pianists. This applies to a large majority of women and children, as well as many men.
Concert attendees will have an opportunity to try the stretto piano used for these four concerts. It is a Bernstein 165R grand piano which has a DS5.5® (5.5 inch octave) keyboard, one inch smaller than the current conventional keyboard.
Concert One: Saturday 3 October 4:00 PM: Featuring Brenna Wee with Linda Lin and students.
Concert Two: Sunday 4 October 11:00 AM: Featuring David Soo and students.
Concert Three: 4 October 1:00 PM: Featuring Nancy Tsou and students.
Concert Four: 4 October 3:30 PM Featuring Glenn Riddle and students.
Fri
30
Oct
7.00pm
Aus Harp Fest: Solo Concert Series
Friday, 30th October, 7pm
Experience the diversity and versatility of the modern harp with works by Australian women and harpist-composers including Nat Barsch, Tara Minton, Lisa Cheney, Mary Doumany, Natalia Mann, Paul Nicolaou and Katia Mestrovic. From modern classical to jazz and non-Western modes and rhythms, this unique concert showcases bold new voices and the many possibilities of the harp.