Concerts and Events at Langley
Enjoy unforgettable experiences in timeless spaces
Combining the unique character of Langley Estate with the owners’ 25-year international experience as touring solo musicians, Langley is also a magnificent performing arts venue. Concert rooms, including the historic 1873 Lauriston Chapel, give the ‘Langley Magic’ to a wide variety of cultural events throughout the year.
Slava and Sharon Grigoryan launch the 1873 Lauriston Chapel as a concert venue in association with the Ulumbarra Foundation. (Photo: Jason Tavener)
2021 marked the formal beginning of a new era at Langley, when the Lauriston Chapel was launched as a concert venue. Since then, the yearly seasons at Langley continue to feature artists from around the world, with greatly varied programs, all suited to the intimate ambience of the historic Lauriston Chapel. The ‘meet the performers’ post-concert refreshments in the Langley Hall mansion have become an integral part of the series.
From classical chamber music concerts, jazz evenings, solo song recitals, piano recitals and choral concerts to art exhibitions, open gardens and special events such as champagne, or food and wine, tastings, Langley will have something for you to enjoy as an audience member or participate in as a connoisseur!
Please contact Simone for further details about forthcoming concerts. We look forward to welcoming you soon!
Next Concerts
Sunday 9 February 2025
3 pm – 4 pm
Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate
The Launch of the
Australian Guitar Quartet
Slava Grigoryan
Andrew Blanch
Vladimir Gorbach
Leonard Grigoryan
Only 48 hours before their Melbourne debut in the Melbourne Recital Centre, the newly-formed Australian Guitar Quartet comes to Langley Estate for their one-and-only launch concert in the intimate beauty of the 1873 Lauriston Chapel.
Join us in the vibrant acoustic of the recently restored Chapel to hear these master performers up close and personal.
The Australian Guitar Quartet brings together leading soloists Slava Grigoryan, Andrew Blanch, Vladimir Gorbach, and Leonard Grigoryan in a collective of unparalleled calibre.
Renowned for their virtuosic technique and genre-defying performances, this ensemble blends the precision of classical guitar with the flair of new music from across the globe.
Composers, arrangers and champions of Australian music in their own right, each member of the quartet is committed to outstanding musicianship and the power of ensemble, where the whole transcends the sum of its parts.
Their kaleidoscopic repertoire spans the intricate beauty of Bach through vibrant sounds of Latin America to contemporary compositions and beyond, celebrating both tradition and innovation with a distinctively Australian sound.
The Australian Guitar Quartet resonates with all who feel a fondness for the guitar, propelling a new era of play and performance.
After the concert, you can enjoy meeting the artists and other audience members during the refreshments served in the Langley Hall mansion.
Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/CYCMZ
Adults $45 / Concession $40 / U18 $25
Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Doors open at 2.30 pm.
Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.
Sunday 16 February 2025
3 pm – 4 pm
Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate
Paul Grabowsky – Solo
As we welcome Paul Grabowsky AO to Bendigo and to Langley Estate, it is difficult to describe his career easily!
He has been a director of some of Australia’s most prominent arts festivals, the composer of nearly thirty feature film scores, and several works of music theatre, the founder and leader for nineteen years of the Australian Art Orchestra, an executive at the ABC, and he currently heads up Monash University Performing Arts Centres.
Whether as composer, teacher, television personality, mentor or advocate for the role of artistic expression as a defining attribute of contemporary life, for him this is all informed by his work as a pianist and composer, particularly in the field of jazz where, according to him: ‘the piano never lies’.
His musical journeys have resulted in collaborations with musicians from many countries, not least with the First Nations peoples of Australia, and those journeys continue.
Among his many awards are eight ARIA Awards, the Melbourne Prize for Music and an H.C. Coombs Fellowship. In recognition of his achievements, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2014.
Paul Grabowsky’s solo performances reprise much of the music recorded on his album Solo (ABC). The music, mainly composed by the pianist, explores ideas that have interested him for decades: harmonic ambiguity and simultaneous tempi, often explored within the framework of songs without words, melodic, whimsical and memorable. He also often includes songs that refer to the canon of great jazz composers (Ellington, Monk) and masters of the American (and occasionally English) popular songbook.
After the concert, you can enjoy meeting Paul and other audience members during the refreshments served in the Langley Hall mansion.
Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/CYCNL
Adults $45 / Concession $40 / U18 FREE
Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Doors open at 2.30 pm.
Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.
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