Internationally acclaimed Australian pianist, Sarah Grunstein, returns to the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Recital Centre by popular demand, to perform two concerts in 2026.

Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon

Wednesday 21 October at 7.00pm

Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room

Wednesday 28 October at 7.30pm

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

“penetrating musical intelligence… tempestuous…imbued with a luminous calm”

The New York Times

Internationally acclaimed Australian pianist, Sarah Grunstein, returns to the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Recital Centre by popular demand, to perform two concerts in 2026.  While Grunstein is distinguished for her interpretation of Bach’s works, described as “tempestuous” and “imbued with a luminous calm“, the praise she has received is not limited to her performances of this composer.

Grunstein returns this year playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, which is perhaps one of the most challenging works in the keyboard literature.  Her recent performance of the Goldberg Variations has led to her being acclaimed as the “shining light” among the Bach pianists of this generation.