Masterclasses

Most masterclasses at the Conservatorium are open to students and the general public. Visit our Box Office for more information about our upcoming masterclasses, and to book your place.

We are grateful to Musica Viva Australia and Sydney Symphony Orchestra for partnering with us to provide these opportunities.

Recent masterclasses

Master course with Graham Johnson

Monday 24 July - Saturday 29 July 2023

Known worldwide as the "peerless song accompanist" British pianist Graham Johnson OBE will present a series of masterclasses to vocal and piano students from Conservatorium featuring lieder by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf , Beethoven and Strauss. The course will culminate in a concert on Saturday afternoon. As the leading world expert on the lieder of Schubert, Johnson will present a lecture mid-week on Why we still need Franz Schubert in the modern world.

Past years

2019

Date	Masterclass	Guest
4 March	Cello	Natalie Clein (Musica Viva)
26 March	Jazz Guitar	Reiner Baas and Ben Van Gelder
4 April	Voice	Katharine Tier
3 May	Piano	Thomas Hecht
17 May	Clarinet	Andrew Marriner
21 May	Violin	Mauricio Fuks
24 May	Piano	Zofo (Musica Viva)
29 + 31 May	Collaborative Piano	Silke Marchfield
21 June	String Quartet	Doric String Quartet (Musica Viva)
14 August	Piano	Michael Endres
15 August	Clarinet	Jose Franch-Ballester
15 August	Jazz	Lincoln Centre NYC
16 August	Piano	Michael Endres
16 + 21 August	Voice	David Greco
9 September	String Quartet	Emerson String Quartet (Musica Viva)
25 September	Guitar	Josinaldo Costa
17 October	Music Education	Linsey Pollack
25 October	Piano	Ingo Dannhorn
25 October	Historically Informed	Nevermind (Musica Viva)

2018

Date	Masterclass	Guest
18 Feb	Oboe	Francois Leleux (SSO)
23 Feb	Trombone	Peter Ellefson (SSO)
9 Mar	Clarinet/Saxophone	Sabine Meyer and Daniel Gauthier (Musica Viva)
15 Mar	Historical Violin	Catherine Mackintosh
26 Mar	Natural Horn	Anneke Scott
12 Apr	Piano	Victor Sangiorgio
12 Apr	Baritone	Christian Immler (SSO)
26 Apr	Guitar	Jane Curry
26 Apr	Clarinet	Janet Hilton
03 May	Baroque Flute	Neil McLaren
10 May	Violin	Stanley Ritchie
18 May	Maker in Residence	Jon Madin
23 May	Voice	Ingrid Sakurovs
23 May	Voice	Kevin Hanrahan
25 May	Soprano	Myriam Arbouz
28 May	Piano	Valentin Surif and Estela Telerman
29 May	Piano	Valentin Surif
30 May	Piano	Estela Telerman
01 June	Tafelmusik	John Abberger (oboe) and Oliver Fortin (harpsichord); Musica Viva
05 June	Piano	Sonya Lifschitz
07 June	Piano	Lisa Moore
02 August	HIP Piano	Inja Davidovic
14 August	Guitar	Martha Masters
14 August	Conducting	Matthew McInturf
15 – 17 August	Voice	Chuck Hudson
24 August	Composition	Bang on a Can Allstars
31 August	Guitar	Tengyue Zhang
06 September	Clarinet	Dimitri Ashkenazy
3 October	Strings	Vladimir Balshin, Borodin String Quartet (Musica Viva)

2017

Date	Masterclass	Guest
7 Mar	Cello	Tamás Varga
8 Mar	Historical Violin	Catherine Mackintosh
8 Mar	Cello	Gavriel Lipkind
13 Mar	Classical Guitar	Johannes Moller
20 Mar	Cello	Janis Laurs
22 Mar	Voice	Ulrike Sonntag
24 Mar	Violin	Alexandre Da Costa
29 Mar	Jazz	Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group
12 Apr	Piano	Natasha Vlassenko and Oleg Stepanov
3 May	Cello/Composition	Friedrich Gauwerky
4 May	Cello/Composition	Friedrich Gauwerky
6 May	French Horn	David Cooper
12 May	Voice	Robert Toft
15 May	Violin	Stanley Ritchie
15 May	Piano	Ingo Dannhorn
17 May	Voice	Robert Toft
19 May	Piano	Stephanie and Edward Neeman
19 May	Voice	Robert Toft
20 May	Piano	Ingo Dannhorn
2 Jun	Guitar	Tim Kain
5 Jun	Recorder	Quinta Essentia
30 Jun	Piano	Melvyn Tan
7 Aug	Piano	Helen Krizos
8 Aug	Musicology	Gary Karpinski
9 Aug	Piano	Inge Rosar
9 Aug	Composition	Jim Coyle
12 Aug	Piano	Helen Krizos
14 Aug	Piano	Roy Howat
15 Aug	Piano	Roy Howat
21 Aug	Violin	Laura Hamilton
4 Sep	Guitar	Richard Smith
11 Sep	Piano	Inge Rosar
20 Sep	Trombone	Simone de Haan
25 Sep	Guitar	Lorenzo Micheli
18 Oct	Composition	Joan La Barbara
25 Oct	Recorder	Ashley Solomon
1 Nov	Composition	Callum G’Froerer
1 Nov	Strings	Isabelle van Keulen
2 Nov	Strings	Isabelle van Keulen
24 Nov	Historical Performance	Dame Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg

2016

Date	Masterclass	Guest
24 Feb	Voice	Emma Matthews and Phoebe Briggs
29 Feb	Recorder	Maurice Steger
15 Mar	Period violin	Catherine Mackintosh
18 Mar	Viola	Emile Cantor
23 Mar	Voice	Alan Bennett
8 Apr	Viola	Emile Cantor
15 Apr	Viola	Kate Hamilton
15 Apr	Double Bass	Milton Masciadri
15 Apr	Piano	Stephen Hough
29 Apr	Flute	Andrew Macleod
8 May	Guitar	Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey
11 May	Natural Horn	Anneke Scott
20 May	Flute	Janet Webb
31 May	Historical Performance	João Carlos Santos
18 Jul	Piano	Hamish Milne
18 Jul	Piano	Ewa Kupiec
19 Jul	Piano	Orli Shaham
19 Jul	Piano	Noriko Ogawa
20 Jul	Piano	Mira Yevtich
20 Jul	Piano	Sa Chen
27 Jul	Voice	Greta Bradman
28 Jul	Trumpet	Stanley Friedman
2 Aug	Piano Accompaniment	Martyn Parkes
6 Aug	Horn	Sarah Willis
12 Aug	Piano	Lisa Moore
12 Aug	Piano	Stephen Savage
15 Aug	Trombone	Tim Dowling
15 Aug	Saxophone	Sonic Art Quartet
15 Aug	Conducting	Raymond Holden
16 Aug	Piano	Edward Neeman
16 Aug	Conducting	Raymond Holden
17 Aug	Piano Accompaniment	Andrew West
17 Aug	Conducting	Raymond Holden
17 Aug	Historical Performance	João Carlos Santos
18 Aug	Conducting	Raymond Holden
24 Aug	Historical Performance	João Carlos Santos
31 Aug	Voice	Giovanni Tarasconi
8 Sep	Piano	Tamás Ungár
14 Sep	Period Violin	Shunske Sato
19 Sep	Guitar	Jane Curry
22 Sep	Clarinet	Dimitri Ashkenazy
23 Sep	Flute	Alison Mitchell
27 Sep	Viola	Randolph Kelly
27 Sep	Historical Performance	Bart van Oort
30 Sep	Historical Performance	Bart van Oort
17 Oct	Piano	Inge Rosar
18 Oct	Classical Guitar	Gian Marco Ciampa
20 Oct	Piano	Inge Rosar
21 Oct	Flute	Geoffrey Collins
24 Oct	Historical Performance	Walter van Hauwe
26 Oct	Historical Trumpet	John Foster
31 Oct	Clarinet	Paul Meyer
21 Nov	Jazz Bass	Yoshio Suzuki