FEDERATION BELLS 

City of Melbourne and MIJF present "Swing the Bells" Whether swing is your thing or be-bop's your bag, don't miss this rare opportunity to play the Federation Bells using a piano keyboard in the open air of Birrarung Marr.

Sunday 26 April 2009

11:00am 

Birrarung Marr

Free

FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT 

Charlie Haden‘s Liberation Music Orchestra (USA/AUS), Actis Dato Quartet (Italy), The Mell-O-Tones, Swing In The Square

Sunday April 26 2009

4:00pm 

Federation Square - Main Stage

Free

DEDICATED TO THE 2009 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL’S VOLUNTEERS

ABC JAZZ PRESENTS THE POETRY OF CECIL TAYLOR 

Cecil Taylor’s Poetry Recitation at the Iwaki Auditorium is an exclusive Australian appearance which will showcase a rare poetry recitation combining the original words and music of this creative genius. The 2009 Melbourne International Jazz Festival welcomes Cecil Taylor to Australia after a 25 year absence from our shores.

Thursday April 30 2009

7:30pm 

Iwaki Auditorium

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA METROPOLIS SERIES CONCERT

OSIRIS

Matthias Pintscher - Conductor

Tristram Williams - Trumpet

Sciarrino - Archeologia del telefono AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Zimmermann - Nobody knows de trouble I see                       

Pintscher - Osiris  AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE                    

This concert will also include a new work commissioned as part of the MSO's Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers Program. 

'Anyone coming to Pintscher's music for the first time, especially to his orchestral works, will be struck by the beguiling soundworld, by the microscopic detail of every texture and by the imagination with which every colour is used. The orchestra, he says, "is still my instrument – the possibilities of the colours are so seductive, because you can do everything with them.'"  The Guardian

CITY OF MELBOURNE PRESENTS 

Charlie Haden, Bill Frisell, Ethan Iverson Trio (USA) + Paul Grabowsky: 'Shirley Avenue' Grand Organ Commission

Friday May 1 2009

8:30pm 

Melbourne Town Hall

A Reserve $85/$80

B Reserve $75/$70

Presented in Association with the City of Melbourne