Ensemble Q is a large chamber ensemble of the most revered musicians in Australia and have been captivating audiences since 2017.
As 2024 National Touring Artists for Musica Viva, regular artists for ABC Classic and featured ensemble at festivals including the Queensland Music Festival and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, they have earned a reputation as one of the most respected and exciting ensembles in Australia. They are known for their quirky marketing, trendsetting appeal, and their ability to stand out on a crowded stage and grab the attention of discerning audiences with their consistently world class performance standard and brilliant programming. With a sleeve full of five-star reviews, Ensemble Q is an ambassador for Australian music and the future of chamber music in this country.
In 2025, Ensemble Q is set to thrill QPAC audiences with a new and exciting Monday night metropolitan series. An incredible array of music awaits in the intimacy of reverse mode, from the atmospheric Black Angels by George Crumb to the exquisite Grand Septet by Franz Berwald.
Ensemble Q will partner with the Queensland Art Song Festival to bring Queensland an important Australian Premiere, Jörg Widmann’s extraordinary realisation of Schumann’s Dichterliebe, delivered by the baritone that all of Europe is talking about, Benjamin Appl.
Ensemble Q at QPAC in 2025
Ensemble Q Black Angels & Red Death
Ensemble Q present a captivating collection of works that explore themes of remembrance, conflict, fantasy, and deep introspection.
Ensemble Q A Poet’s Love
Ensemble Q present a program full of love, poetry and beauty, with a twist.
Ensemble Q on Digital Stage
Ensemble Q Deep Blue
Dive into the immersive world of the ocean with Ensemble Q's Deep Blue, where musicians perform in black clothing, under blue light, creating an underwater ambiance.
Ensemble Q The Dinner Party
Ensemble Q showcases the clash between deep romanticism and atonality through works by Webern, Berg, Schoenberg, Puccini, and Mahler.
Ensemble Q Fish, Chips & Warm Beer
Ensemble Q’s Fish, Chips & Warm Beer explores a selection of masterpieces by heroes of British music.
Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Rent Gustav Mahler’s ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’, a compilation of adapted German folk poems exploring the themes of love, war, and childhood.