Adelaide Baroque Inc.

Since 1977, Adelaide Baroque has established a tradition of leadership in the field of authentic early music performance, revitalising known Baroque repertoire, and bringing to light freshly discovered works with a vivacity, integrity and spirit they so richly deserve. Adelaide Baroque is renowned for its uncompromising standard of excellence, and for the ongoing development of emerging professional musicians.

Adelaide Baroque is Australia’s longest established organizations devoted to the presentation of baroque music on historically appropriate instruments. Its aim is to excite contemporary audiences with the power of baroque music. Adelaide Baroque presents high quality concerts and workshops featuring local, national and international artists in Adelaide, regional South Australia, nationally and internationally. Our lead ensembles have performed at Government House, Adelaide, the Launch of Olivet House, Stirling, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Australia House in London, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, the Hong Kong Club, Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, China and for numerous private functions. In a partnership with Marryatville High School Special Interest Music Centre Adelaide Baroque presents music workshops, lectures and master classes featuring international baroque specialists to students in Australia and South East Asia. We promote emerging artists in the field and present a youth concert series. We also produce CD’s and recordings of our principal ensembles.

AB’s success in promoting South Australian baroque musicians is demonstrated in its ongoing commitment, for over 25 years, to the successful presentation of South Australian artists in concerts and workshops of baroque music performance – in Adelaide, nationally, in Hong Kong, the UK and more recently in mainland China.

The organization is collaborating with South Australia’s leading music High School on a major international music education project; has a strong and successful relationship with South Australian Department of Industry and Trade and AusTrade; stages well-regarded Baroque Master Class programs; has rapidly developing relationships with major cultural organizations in China, and; partakes as a leading player in industry development and networking.

Adelaide Baroque gratefully acknowledges the support of The Government of South Australia through Arts SA, and the Australia Council for the Arts, the Federal Government's Arts Funding and Advisory body.

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