Dunkeld Festival of Music 1

ASQ Festival

Various venues
Dunkeld
Gunditjmara, Tjap Wurrung and Bunganditj Country


Fri 28—Sun 30 March 2025

FESTIVAL PACKAGES
$1450 per person

To book this festival over the phone call the Australian String Quartet on 1800 040 444

The dramatic mountain ranges of Victoria’s Southern Grampians set the scene for three immersive days of world-class music-making at our flagship bespoke festival.

In 2025 we are joined by two outstanding guest artists—pianist Aura Go and soprano Sara Macliver—for a scintillating program of piano, voice and string quartet works. Musical highlights include Fauré’s Piano Quintet No.2, Beethoven’s monumental String Quartet No.13 in B-flat Major and Grosse Fuge, Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet, a selection of songs by Golijov including Tenebrae and How Slow the Wind, and Fauré’s exquisite song cycle La Bonne Chanson for voice, piano and strings.

If you seek a truly unique festival experience against one of Australia’s most iconic landscapes, then our Dunkeld Festival of Music is for you.

  • Festival dinner at the Royal Mail Hotel’s Parker St Project restaurant
  • Five concerts across the Myers’ Library and Mt Sturgeon Woolshed
  • Picnic lunch
  • Pre-concert drinks ahead of the Festival Gala Concert
  • Wines from Voyager Estate
  • Full weekend access across the Myers’ Macarthur St Gardens


An optional dinner at the
Royal Mail Hotel is available ahead of the opening concert. Please note this is not included in the cost of the Festival Package and bookings are to be made directly with the Royal Mail Hotel on (03) 5577 2241.

Accommodation will need to be secured by patrons ahead of the Dunkeld Festival of Music. Accommodation options are limited in the area, so it is advised that it is secured at the same time as you make your booking. Our preferred accommodation supplier is the Royal Mail Hotel and you may book directly by phoning (03) 5577 2241.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No.13 in B-flat Major, Op.130

BEETHOVEN
Grosse Fuge

BEACH
Piano Quintet, Op.67

FAURÉ
Piano Quintet No.2 in C minor, Op.115

GOLIJOV
Tenebrae for String Quartet and Soprano

FAURÉ
La Bonne Chanson

FESTIVAL ITINERARY

8pm—Opening Concert at the Myers’ Library

10.30am—Morning Concert at the Myers’ Library

12pm—Picnic lunch at the Myers’ Macarthur Street Garden

1.30pm—Afternoon Concert at Mt Sturgeon Woolshed

5.15pm—Pre-concert drinks in the Myers’ Macarthur Street Garden

6pm—Evening Concert at the Myers’ Library

7.30pm—Festival Dinner at Parker St Project at the Royal Mail Hotel

10.30am—Finale Concert at the Myers’ Library