Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) ANAM is dedicated to training the most exceptional young classical musicians from Australia and NZ.

The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is an international, dynamic and outward-facing cultural institution, training and performance company, with a demonstrated commitment to engaging with its communities. Accepting musicians from across Australia and New Zealand, it is internationally renowned as the only purely performance-based classical music training academy in Australia, and one o

f the few in the world. ANAM’s intensive schedule brings together a global network of artists and performers, alongside an esteemed Faculty, who provide invaluable mentorship and guidance for emerging young musicians through public performances, masterclasses and other programmes. ANAM alumni are found in many of the world’s leading orchestras and ensembles, perform as soloists and contribute to educating the next generation of musicians. In addition, ANAM has industry partnerships with organisations including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Sydney, Tasmanian, Melbourne and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, the Auckland Philharmonia, Musica Viva Australia, a range of national music and arts festivals, and internationally with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and London’s Royal College of Music. ANAM is a member of the Australian Government-funded Arts8 group of performing arts training organisations who are committed to providing the high level and intense studio-based training necessary to ensuring that the performing arts sector has a pipeline of creative talent that will enable it to continue telling stories for generations. ANAM respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands spread across Australia on which we work and live. We uphold and honour their continued relationship to these sites, we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

We were thrilled today to welcome our generous ANAM supporters to a special glimpse behind-the-scenes at an open cello c...
09/09/2026

We were thrilled today to welcome our generous ANAM supporters to a special glimpse behind-the-scenes at an open cello class with ANAM Head of Strings and Cello, the wonderful Howard Penny. The perfect opportunity to hear Howard’s wealth of knowledge and teaching approach, as well as hear the works in progress of our talented and hard-working musicians. ALL followed by a cuppa and conversation connecting donors with the musicians they support.

If you’d like to support ANAM musicians too, contact Sylvia Hosking at [email protected] or call the ANAM Philanthropy team on (03) 9645 7911.

✍️ CLOSING SOON - APPLY NOW!Calling ANAM alumni for the 2027-28 Ian Potter Emerging Performers Fellowships. Two ANAM alu...
09/09/2026

✍️ CLOSING SOON - APPLY NOW!

Calling ANAM alumni for the 2027-28 Ian Potter Emerging Performers Fellowships. Two ANAM alumni will be awarded a career-changing Fellowship made possible by the generosity of the Ian Potter Cultural Trust.

Recipients will receive $50,000 (tax-exempt) each year for two years, plus tailored industry mentorship to expand and develop a sustainable, independent performance practice in Australia.

For more details and how to apply, visit https://anam.com.au/alumni/fellowships

Applications close Sunday 13 September, 11.59pm (AEST).

🎵 Join us this week on Thursday 10 September 3pm for a special concert in the Good Shepherd Chapel at Abbotsford Convent...
07/09/2026

🎵 Join us this week on Thursday 10 September 3pm for a special concert in the Good Shepherd Chapel at Abbotsford Convent , with Sacred: Mystery of Chorales.

Let ANAM’s musicians guide you as you wind your way through this mystical tour of sacred music that spans brass, strings and even the mighty organ housed within the Good Shepherd Chapel.

Whether through Messiaen or Mahler; Beethoven, Bach, Brahms or Bruckner, devote this time to contemplate the divine, and reflect: what’s sacred to you?

🎟️ Tickets available from $25 through the ANAM website: https://anam.com.au/whats-on/2026-events/mystery-of-chorales

Hear ANAM alumni percussionists Aditya Ryan Bhat (2024) and Alex Meagher (2021) this Saturday with new music collective ...
03/09/2026

Hear ANAM alumni percussionists Aditya Ryan Bhat (2024) and Alex Meagher (2021) this Saturday with new music collective Ensemble Mania , performing brand new compositions by Jaslyn Robertson, David William Murray, Dominic Flynn (2025 Continuo Commission) and Aditya Ryan Bhat, alongside works by Mary Finsterer and Liza Lim.

Ensemble Mania: PICKETT
Saturday 5 September, 7.30pm
Meat Market Stables, 2 Wreckyn St, North Melbourne VIC
Tickets $30 | $20
https://ensemblemania.com/pickett

Official ANAM alumni woot!Congratulations to Shuhei Lawson (cello 2023) who has been successfully appointed as Assistant...
01/09/2026

Official ANAM alumni woot!
Congratulations to Shuhei Lawson (cello 2023) who has been successfully appointed as Assistant Principal Cello at the . was previously Tutti Cello at for two years, since departing ANAM at the end of 2023. He's now in his home-town orchestra in Brisbane, and joins Isaac Davis (cello 2025) who was appointed Associate Principal Cello earlier this year.

Details: https://qso.com.au/about/artists/shuhei-lawson

TWO chances to hear ANAM alumni Jack Overall (including a free concert + one with current ANAM musicians and alumni).😊Co...
28/08/2026

TWO chances to hear ANAM alumni Jack Overall (including a free concert + one with current ANAM musicians and alumni).😊

Congratulations to Jack Overall (cello 2025) who starts a year-long orchestral academy position with Das Saarländische Staatsorchester in October. Jack has been studying in Saarbrucken, Germany for a year, since graduating from ANAM in September 2025. He joins fellow ANAM alum Danny Gu (violin 2007) in the orchestra, who has held the position of Principal Second Violin since 2014.

Jack is back in Melbourne for a couple of performances - catch him in a FREE concert in collaboration with Connor D'Netto at MPavilion on Thursday 3 September, featuring the world premiere of Connor's work "Resisting The Urge To Sit In The Shower".

On Saturday 5 September, he is joined by ANAM musicians and several ANAM alumni for "Love is in Glière" featuring Grieg’s String Quartet in G minor and Glière’s String Octet in D.

Deets below.

JACK OVERALL X CONNOR D'NETTO
Thursday 3 September, 6pm
MPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne VIC
Tickets free but bookings recommended
https://mpavilion.org/events/portraits-jack-overall-connor-dnetto/

LOVE IS IN GLIÈRE
Saturday 5 September, 8pm
Tempo Rubato, 34 Breese St Brunswick VIC
Tickets $30 | $15
Performers: Benjamin Lam, Ian Chiao (ANAM violin), Theonie Wang (violin 2026), Jasmine Milton (violin 2025), Miriam Niessl (violin 2026), Angelina Kim (viola 2025), Jamie Miles (viola 2025), Jack Overall (cello 2025) & Ariel Volovelsky (cello 2025)
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1563816

Enjoy!

PSA:  If you missed Simone Young conducting the ANAM Orchestra for our 30th Anniversary you’re in luck. ABC Classic broa...
27/08/2026

PSA: If you missed Simone Young conducting the ANAM Orchestra for our 30th Anniversary you’re in luck. ABC Classic broadcast this special event at 1pm on Friday 28 August.
Check this link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lunchtime-concert

Reviewing the concert Classic Melbourne said: From the hushed initial strings to the waves of surging passion for full orchestra, this was a stirring performance that celebrated the formidable strengths of these young players under Maestro Young’s baton (on Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration)

Dr Megan Burslem hosted the night. In her words ANAM is ‘the edgiest, slickest music institution that Australia is so goddam lucky to have.’

Enjoy!

Theonie Wang’s recital program took us from Ysaÿe to Saint-Saëns, Bach and Ravel (before she heads off to Cologne). It m...
26/08/2026

Theonie Wang’s recital program took us from Ysaÿe to Saint-Saëns, Bach and Ravel (before she heads off to Cologne). It managed to be meditative and full of verve. Full confession: it was such an accomplished and engaging performance pix were in short supply.

26/08/2026

Four seasons in one hour (how Melbourne) from the brilliant Olivia Bartlett. Love that the production values (Turkish Delight) reflected Liv’s approach. Her playing was inspired. Supported by 10 ANAM musicians (strings) + harpsichord.

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Abbotsford Convent, SH1. 28 Sacred Heart Building (1 Street Heliers St)
Abbotsford, VIC
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