Two cutout images against each other. One, a black and white portrait of Caroline Shaw. Another of the Kamus Quartet walking in a line.

Caroline Shaw & Kamus Quartet

  • Classical Music

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  • Utzon Room
  • Run time: 70 minutes Subject to change

Where the next generation meets the composer defining the sound of today

Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning composer Caroline Shaw is always searching for sound worlds that feel both new and strangely familiar. In this special event, she joins leading Nordic ensemble Kamus Quartet for an afternoon shaped by colour, texture and surprise.

Where Shaw’s artistry flows between classical, folk and indie-inspired worlds, Kamus Quartet bring warmth, precision and distinct character. In a program of original works by Shaw, alongside Renaissance works by Josquin des Prez and Beethoven, this recital explores how music relates to the spaces and people around it, carrying a clear sense of contact and connection.

In the Utzon Room, every harmony and shift in sound washes over you. To hear one of today’s most celebrated composers perform her own music live is a rare experience – one that makes this afternoon especially unmissable.

Sydney Opera House thanks Event Partner Champagne Pommery, The Greats donors and Ezekiel Solomon AM for their support of Utzon Music.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

Event details

Repertoire

Caroline Shaw Moss* [5’]
Josquin Desprez Nymphes des bois [3’] 
Shaw Cant voi l’aube [4.30’] 
Shaw Stem* [3’] 
Shaw Will there be any Stars in my Crown [5’] 
Ludvig van Beethoven La Malinconia: Adagio – Allegretto quasi Allegro from String Quartet Op. 
18/6 [9’] 
Caroline Shaw Blueprint [7.30’] 
Shaw Water* [5’] 
Shaw And So [5’] 
Shaw Root* [8’] 
Shaw Other Song [4’] 

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Attending this event

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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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