Charlie Siem is one of Britain’s brightest international classical violin sensations. In his 2017 Castlemaine State Festival and inaugural Australian appearance, Charlie will be accompanied by Pianist Ying Ho.
Carnatic – Indian Choir and Instrumental Orchestra
This special one-off Festival performance will fill Castlemaine’s Town Hall with all the colour and transcendental potential one might expect from a large choir and classical Indian orchestra, performing traditional works that are regarded as divine.
This inspired collaboration sees Slava and Leonard Grigoryan teaming up with Australian String Quartet cellist Sharon Draper and pianist and composer Luke Howard.
Bhupalam Raga (India Dawn) is a form of pentatonic northern Indian music customarily played at dawn. This uniquely exquisite welcome to the day is designed to awaken the senses with the meditative and spiritual sounds of Mohan veena (slide guitar), sitar, Indian flute and tabla.
This wonderfully ambitious concert brings together acclaimed Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen together with central Victoria’s own Bendigo Symphony Orchestra
This Australian Chamber Choir premiere celebrates the 65th anniversary in 2017 of HRH Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, with most of the music played at her coronation in 1953.
This foot-stomping, clapping, singing and dancing Balkan gypsy brass extravaganza, comes to Castlemaine all the way from the land of the long white cloud.
Acclaimed Fijian-born Australian violinist, Wilma Smith, brings together an outstanding group of artists and friends to open the 2017 Castlemaine Festival in style.
Singing from Country brings together members of the Dja Dja Wurrung community and field naturalists with some of Australia’s finest writers to compose powerful and moving original songs for choirs.
Featuring an internationally renowned line-up that traverses The Gambia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Ghana and Australia, the Senegambian Jazz Band channels over 8000 years of African musical traditions and paves the way for a new African jazz genre.
Ulumbarra – Gather Together is a powerful and inspirational staged theatre concert dedicated to the story and song of the Dja Dja Wurrung people of central Victoria.
With Elena Kats-Chernin. Renowned Australian classical pianists Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska perform in the home of Harvey Mitchell on the famous Imperial Bosendorfer piano
The Castlemaine State Festival, with the financial support of Segan family, once again presents the 2017 Dominique Segan Emerging Artist Mentorship, to help aspiring regional young people achieve their creative potential.
