Collage of four musicians. Top left woman with violin, cloudy sky backdrop. Top right woman holding a bassoon, concrete wall backdrop. Bottom left woman with a violin, outdoors, greenery. Bottom center person in black-and-white profile, sitting at a piano

Utzon Music 2026 From Prague to Tasmania: Baroque Without Borders

  • Classical Music
  • Utzon Room

Baroque gems from an early music dream team

Experience gorgeous baroque music performed on the instruments for which it was originally written. Czech violinist Helena Zemanová joins Australian violinist Julia Fredersdorff, Australian dulcian specialist Jane Gower and Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen in a dream team ensemble specially formed for the Utzon Music series. 

Comprising early music experts from Australia, Denmark and the Czech Republic, this formidable group is an international collaboration between some of the most exciting musicians working in historically informed performance today. 

Hear these superstars of early music present baroque gems by Daria Castello, Giovanni Battista Fontana, Michelangelo Rossi, Diego Ortiz, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and more in the intimate, picturesque surrounds of the Utzon Room. Don’t miss this exceptional showcase of early music.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

Event details

Julia Fredersdorff’s expert touch and tone on the baroque violin … which she made sing and speak to us.

ClassikON

You may also like

Sjaella

13 Jul 2025

  • Classical Music

Annie Jacobs-Perkins

12 Oct 2025

  • Classical Music

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).

Checking availability