Chamber music alliance commits to strengthening artform

Building opportunities for its member ensembles, Chamber Music Adelaide also grows audiences by presenting performances in unusual locations.

Given Adelaide’s reputation as a festival city, the creation of Festivals Adelaide – a coordinating body for the city’s 11 major festivals – makes absolute sense. But why an alliance of chamber music ensembles?

Because, as it turns out, Adelaide has a plethora of chamber music ensembles, and a decade ago they were all in direct competition with one another – which is hardly conducive to growing audiences or cultivating opportunities for the artform.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts