Future Classics

  • Classical Music
  • Utzon Room
  • Run time: 75 minutes, No interval Subject to change

Discover the Future Classics of Australian art music

The Ensemble Offspring Hatched Academy has been an incubator for the Australian music scene for more than a decade, with ‘fledgling’ composers taking flight all over Australia and beyond, bringing fresh ideas and creative excellence to the vanguard of contemporary music.

In this annual showcase at the Sydney Opera House, our Hatched Composer and Emerging Performer programs for 2026 come to fruition, and it’s your chance to discover the Future Classics of Australian art music.

Be the first to hear brand new works from four of our nation’s most innovative young composers, composed especially for Ensemble Offspring under the guidance of 2026 mentor Jack Symonds.  Joining our Ensemble Offspring virtuosos on stage: Arkie Moore, this season's Hatched Emerging Performer, and Emerging Performer alumnus Ronan Apcar.

Presented by Ensemble Offspring

Event details

Ensemble Offspring are both giving to the future and also gaining from the energy and delight that these musicians bring to all they do.

ClassikON

Credits

Lamorna Nightingale
Flutes

Jason Noble
Clarinets

Arki Moore
Trumpet, Hatched Emerging Performer

Ronan Apcar
Piano

Claire Edwardes
Percussion, Artistic Director

Niki Johnson
Percussion

Jack Symonds
Lead Mentor

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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