ENSEMBLE Romantico is in Australia for the first time, with violinist Hanna Yu from the ANU Open School of Music and pianist Ju-Hae Chang from KonKuk University in South Korea, who will be leading the group as they play works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Max Bruch, Antonin Dvorak, Hyo-Shin Na and Elena Kats-Chernin. Llewellyn Hall, 5pm-7pm, Sunday, August 12. Bookings to premier.ticketek.com.au
PHOENIX Pub in Civic has as follows: Piss Weak Karaoke, 9pm, Thursday, August 9, free entry; Tired Minds, Snakepit, Fatalist, Masochist, Fight Milk, 8pm, Friday, August 10; and Slagatha Christie, Turn South, Sarky Bastard and Jamie Leone, 9pm, Saturday, August 11.
MUSE Café has Peter Cochrane for a conversation about his latest book “Best We Forget”, an examination of how the racial preoccupations that shaped Australia’s preparation for and commitment to the war have been lost to popular memory. East hotel, Kingston, 3pm-4pm, Sunday, August 12. Bookings to musecanberra.com.au
KOMPACTUS Youth Choir are performing a free concert of works featuring the lyrical poetry of Sara Teasdale. High Court of Australia, 1.30pm, Saturday, August 12. Free but bookings essential to hcourt.gov.au
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