CHAMBERFEST 2025
CURATED BY BROOKLYN RIDER
FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER–SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Warm greetings from your Brooklyn Rider friends. We had a deeply memorable visit in February of 2024, inspired by the beauty of this land, the incredible shrine to music which is UKARIA, and the absolutely lovely audiences. So, we were delighted to be asked to curate Chamberfest 25!
This platform of five concerts is especially exciting to us because it gives us a chance to share a range of our many interests, and at an auspicious time; we are celebrating twenty years together this 2025/26 season! For one, we love taking a wide lens to the beautiful historic string quartet tradition – so you will hear core repertory works from Haydn, Beethoven, Bach, and Schoenberg. But also a diverse range of topical works from our lifetime, many of which are recent Brooklyn Rider commissions (and including numerous works by Australian composers). We also seek to convene conversations through the programmatic enterprise. So – we take a lens to democracy and citizenship, we visit the unique pre-WW1 world of Der Blaue Reiter (our namesake), and we celebrate healing and music in a special Saturday evening musical meditation.
Last, but not least, we also thrive on collaborations! So we have invited some amazing friends including the riveting soprano Ariadne Greif and Australian-born dancers Melissa Toogood and Fiona Jopp. Lastly, we are so excited to work with a young string quartet from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) for a romp of a finale, ending with a fiery trip to the sun!
See you in October,
Brooklyn Rider
Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen, Nicholas Cords and Michael Nicolas
VIEW THE DIGITAL BROCHURE
Explore the full weekend:
BOOK A PACKAGE
Click the relevant links below to book your Weekend Package or Concerts Only Package:
INDIVIDUAL CONCERTS
Click the relevant links below to view the full program of each concert and book single tickets:
DINING OPTIONS
Click the relevant links below to book a Friday night antipasti platter (not included in either package), or sign up to the Waitlist for meals (Saturday dinner and Sunday lunch only included in Weekend Package, subject to availability)
BUS TRANSFERS
There will be one bus service each day from and to Adelaide, departing at the following times:
Friday 31 October – departs South Terrace at 6.00pm, departs UKARIA after Concert One (approx. 9.45pm)
Saturday 1 November – departs South Terrace at 2.30pm, departs UKARIA after Concert Three (approx. 9.30pm)
Sunday 2 November – departs South Terrace at 10.00am, departs UKARIA after Concert Five (approx. 4.45pm)
Click the links below to book the bus service. Bookings close on Wednesday 29 October at 5.00pm, unless sold out prior. Click here to read more about the UKARIA bus service.
PATRON INFORMATION
See pages 18–22 of the Chamberfest brochure for further information
Seating in the auditorium is intimate, which means there is not a bad seat in the hall.
Nonetheless, we recognise that those who have booked multiple concerts over the course of a day like to return to their same seat.
In 2025 we are introducing a zoned area that will be reserved for package holders. This means that package ticket holders can relax in the Garden Terrace in between concerts, knowing that their seat is reserved for the second performance.
On Friday evening, all package ticket holders can collect their lanyard in the foyer and will be given further instruction on the zoned area and how to reserve their seat. For subsequent performances across the weekend, package ticket holders show the Front-of-House team their lanyard to gain entry to their reserved seat, in the zoned area.
We ask that all patrons respect this approach and be courteous to our Front-of-House team.
As always, we will be facilitating access requests across the weekend. If you require easy-access seating, please let our team know in advance by contacting us on (08) 8227 1277 or [email protected].
Due to limited capacity in the Garden Terrace, dinner on Saturday and lunch on Sunday is only available to Weekend Package ticket holders. If you wish to register your interest for a meal (should not all Weekend Packages be sold and there be availability closer to the weekend), please sign up to the Waitlist for meals on the Chamberfest webpage.
The bar will be serving savoury and sweet treats across the weekend. Please note the opening times:
Friday 31 October:
6.00pm – end of interval for Concert One
Saturday 1 November:
3.00pm – start of Concert Three
Sunday 2 November:
10.30am – end of interval for Concert Five