Tempo Rubato

Tempo Rubato Live classical music venue and bar in Brunswick. In partnership with Melbourne charity Piano Project.

Anna da Silva Chen ❤️❤️
07/06/2026

Anna da Silva Chen ❤️❤️

THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 8PMWILMA & FRIENDS: CANE & HORSEHAIR GLOBAL ODYSSEYTICKETS $40 | $30https://www.temporubato.com.au/te...
07/06/2026

THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 8PM
WILMA & FRIENDS: CANE & HORSEHAIR GLOBAL ODYSSEY

TICKETS $40 | $30
https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/cane-and-horsehair

Music for oboe and strings from Mozart to now. Composers from five countries played by musicians from five countries - music really is the universal language!

Musicians:
Bede Hanley, oboe (Canada)
James Armstrong, violin (Australia)
Wilma Smith, violin (Fiji)
Caroline Henbest, viola (England)
Ashley Brown, cello (NZ)

Music by:
Mozart (Austria)
Bradshaw (Australia)
Bacewicz (Poland)
Fisher (NZ)
Bax (England)

PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Quartet in F Major for Oboe and Strings, K.370
Lee BRADSHAW The Language of Trees: Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Grażyna BACEWICZ Trio for Oboe, Violin and Cello
Salina FISHER Mata-Au for String Trio
Arnold BAX Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet

TICKETS $40 | $30

Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.

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SATURDAY 13TH JUNE 8PMAFFINITY QUARTET AND FRIENDS: UPLIFTTICKETS $45 | $35https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts...
04/06/2026

SATURDAY 13TH JUNE 8PM
AFFINITY QUARTET AND FRIENDS: UPLIFT

TICKETS $45 | $35
https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/affinity-quartet-and-friends-uplift

Catherina Lee, violin
Nicholas Waters, violin
Isabella Biagnasca, viola
Mee Na Lojewski, cello

Affinity Quartet has been praised by critics for their ‘emotional breadth’ and ‘flawless’ approach to classical and contemporary chamber music. Entering their second decade, 2026 promises to be another big year for the ensemble with a focus on collaboration with some exceptional musicians.

Our program title UpLIFT plays American-Japanese composer and cellist Paul Wiancko’s work ‘Lift’. Affinity Quartet premières Wiancko’s 2016 string quartet in Australia. National Public Radio wrote of this work, ‘If Haydn were alive to write a string quartet today, it may sound something like Paul Wiancko’s LIFT’— and the New York Times; ‘… a work that ‘teems with understanding of and affection for the string-quartet tradition.’

Catherina Lee and Isabella Bignasca join Affinity Quartet for UpLIFT, two wonderful Australian musicians currently based overseas – Catherina in London/Vienna and Isabella in Auckland/New York.

PROGRAM

Paul WIANCKO (b.1983) String Quartet LIFT: Part III (2016)
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet no.10 in A flat Major Op.118 (1964)
Huw BELLING Now vanishing, now forming (2026), composed for Affinity Quartet
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet no.10 in E-flat Major Op.74 ‘Harp’ (1809)

Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.

01/06/2026

FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 8PM
LAURA VAUGHAN - NIGHT MUSIC

TICKETS $30 | $20
https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/laura-vaughan-night-music

Laura Vaughan, viola da gamba

The viola da gamba is an instrument that seems to wake most fully after dark, when its soft, veiled sound can speak without being hurried, in the hush of the night.

Night Music is shaped around music for the quieter hours that values intimacy over display, unfolding slowly to draw listeners inside the delicate sound world of the viola da gamba. The program centres on seventeenth century music from England and France, including eccentrically expressive works by Sainte-Colombe, Nicolas Hotman and music of great elegance by Marin Marais. Colourful English pieces by Tobias Hume and from the Manchester Manuscript explore the richly experimental music for lyra viol, shaped by alternate tunings for the viol and a sense of improvisation.

Two contemporary solo works sit naturally within this landscape. L’ombre d’un doute by Philippe Hersant and Lines Curved, Rivers Mirrored by Ed Finis extend the viol’s expressive voice into the present.

Historically, the viola da gamba was often heard late at night, played softly in private rooms. Night Music draws on that tradition, offering a recital that feels close, personal, and unhurried. It is an invitation to listen deeply and linger with the sound.

Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.

SATURDAY 30TH MAY 8PMHILARY KLEINIG & NAT BARTSCH: ALONE:TOGETHER ALBUM LAUNCHTHIS IS TONIGHT!!!TICKETS $40 | $30https:/...
30/05/2026

SATURDAY 30TH MAY 8PM
HILARY KLEINIG & NAT BARTSCH: 
ALONE:TOGETHER ALBUM LAUNCH

THIS IS TONIGHT!!!

TICKETS $40 | $30
https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/hilary-kleinig-alone-together

ALONE:TOGETHER the debut solo album by award-winning cellist / composer Hilary Kleinig, explores the sonic possibilities of the cello - bowed, plucked, harmonic and percussive - played alone but together with looping layers and echoes of self. Fusing influences of folk, classical, EDM and pop, ALONE:TOGETHER offers listeners music of sublime beauty, symphonic textures, ecstatic grooves and lush harmonies, all created by one multi-layered cello.

Joined by a very special local guest in each city for her national album launch tour, Hilary is thrilled to share the stage with exquisite pianist and composer Nat Bartsch.

A special performance by two extraordinary artists, performing alone and together. 

Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.

Australian Harp Fest ❤️❤️
29/05/2026

Australian Harp Fest ❤️❤️

SUNDAY 7TH JUNE 4PMANNA DA SILVA CHEN‘OBSESSION’TICKET $22 | $10https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/anna-da-si...
25/05/2026

SUNDAY 7TH JUNE 4PM
ANNA DA SILVA CHEN
‘OBSESSION’

TICKET $22 | $10
https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/anna-da-silva-chen-obsession

Anna da Silva Chen is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most versatile concert violinists, equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician, and director. Known for her virtuosity and boundless curiosity, she takes a keen interest in diverse stylistic practices across several musical periods, with a particular passion for neglected repertoire. 

She performs mostly unknown yet strangely familiar gems from three centuries of solo violin music, featuring composers whose voices are too singular to be ignored.

PROGRAM:

NICOLA MATTEIS JR Fantasia for Solo Violin in A minor ‘Alia Fantasia’
THOMAS GREEN So, I Am Shouting
MAX REGER Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 91, No. 3
JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL Sonata for Solo Violin in A minor
EUGÈNE YSAŸE Sonata for Solo Violin in A Minor, Op. 27 No. 2

Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.

25/05/2026

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This Sunday from 3:30pm at ! So so excited that the incredible will be performing alongside violinists and Mirren Strahan. Who knows when this might happen again?? Better not risk missing it and get yourself a ticket 🎟️ See you there 👀

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Stage design - Vida Sobottka
Live sound - .jrw
Engineering - .by.cam
Camera operators - .m.douglas &

SATURDAY 6TH JUNE 8PMCOURTENAY CLEARY & CONNOR D’NETTO‘REMINISCENCE’TICKETS $25 | $20https://www.temporubato.com.au/temp...
24/05/2026

SATURDAY 6TH JUNE 8PM
COURTENAY CLEARY & CONNOR D’NETTO
‘REMINISCENCE’

TICKETS $25 | $20
https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/courtenay-cleary-connor-dnetto

Violinist Courtenay Cleary performs works from her debut album Reminiscence, joined by Connor D’Netto on synth/electronics.

PROGRAM:
Katherine RAWLINGS While No One Was Looking
Connor D’NETTO Susurrus
Elena KATS-CHERNIN Patina
Stephen CHIN Caprices
Stephen CHIN New commission [World Premiere]
Missy MAZZOLI Vespers for Violin and Electronics
Connor D’NETTO In Stars
Chris PERREN Cycles

Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.

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