Nat performs a solo set (digital piano/ambient effects) for the grass-roots local venue Hurstbridge Jazz Club. The 2nd set will be performed by Bektet, a jazz ensemble led by Nat’s former student, saxophonist Jared Becker. Limited tickets still available.

Nat performs a selection of her compositions with a female-led emerging jazz ensemble from Monash University.

For Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival @ The Jazzlab

2 sets, doors at 7pm, music from 7.30pm

Join Nat for a free workshop at The Jazzlab, exploring her approaches to composition, improvisation and live ambient effects. Hosted by the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival and Monash University

Nat is honoured to be delivering this year’s annual Peggy Glanville Hicks address for Australian Music Centre, on the topic of her late diagnosis of neurodiversity and how it relates to her music and career.

Tickets are free and available here

Nat performs Hope as part of her Regional Victoria Tour with local string ensemble Itet Traralgon TraQ Quartet.

Friday 19 July
7.30pm
Forge Theatre, Bairnsdale

This tour is supported by Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria.

Nat performs Hope at The Wedge as part of her Regional Victoria Tour with local string ensemble Simply Classical Quartet.

Thursday 18 July

8pm

John Leslie Theatre, The Wedge, Sale

This tour is supported by Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria.

Nat performs Hope at Gippsland Performing Arts Centre as part of her Regional Victoria Tour with local string ensemble Itet Traralgon TraQ Quaret.

Sunday 14 July
5:30pm
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre, Little Theatre

This performance is presented as part of the Creative Arts annual Daylight Entertainment program and this tour is supported by Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria.

Nat performs lullabies from Forever, and No Time At All presented by Family Fiesta, an event series creating performances for families held by Monash University. This intimate solo performance is aimed at toddlers and their grown-ups with an early performance time and relaxed atmosphere, and will take place in the stunning acoustics of the David Li Sound Gallery, in immersive surround sound.

Nat is joined by her acclaimed jazz quartet to present Hope Renewed as part of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival.

Nat Bartsch - piano, synth, ambient effects
Robbie Melville - guitar
Tamara Murphy - double bass
Maddison Carter - drums

Friday 27 October
2:00pm
St Ambrose Hall, Woodend

Nat performs Hope at The Ararat Town Hall Gallery as part of her Regional Victoria Tour with local string ensemble Amber Duo.

Saturday 8 June
7.30pm
Ararat Town Hall

This performance is supported by Regional Arts Victoria, Creative Victoria, and Ararat Rural City.

Nat performs solo at beloved Melbourne vinyl retailer Rocksteady Records - free entry

Keyboard/ambient effects

Saturday 19 May
4pm

Level 1, Mitchell House, 358 Lonsdale St, Melbourne CBD.
Check out a map here

Nat is joined by her jazz quartet in a special performance in the Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre, as part of Nat’s 2024 Artist in Residency.

They will premiere a new work composed as a companion piece to Nat’s 2023 Art Music Award-winning work Busy/Quiet; as well as music from their albums Hope Renewed and Forever More.

Nat Bartsch - piano, synth, ambient effects
Robbie Melville - guitar
Tamara Murphy - double bass
Maddison Carter - drums

Nat hosts the first of several informal industry meet-ups for neurodivergent members of the music industry

Melbourne Recital Centre Foyer
Tuesday 30 April
4-6pm
with thanks to Unified Music Group and Melbourne Recital Centre Artist in Residence program

Nat performs her album Hope with Lucy Warren (violin) and Anna Pokorny (cello) in a special free outdoor concert by the banks of the Yarra River.

This event uses audio equipment powered by renewable energy provided by Wildlive 

Presented by Shire of Yarra Ranges & Melbourne Recital Centre

As part of Bendigo Art Gallery’s Paris: Impressions of life 1880-1925 exhibition, Nat will perform several solo shows for keyboard/electronics, inspired by Eric Satie’s ‘Music D’ameublement’ (furniture music). For her family and relaxed performances she will perform in Dudley House Gallery, surrounded by children’s artworks. Her afternoon concert will be in the historic Drury Court.

10am - Family show - Dudley House Gallery
11.30am - Relaxed show - Dudley House Gallery
4pm - Drury Court

Nat performs a solo show at Tempo Rubato, in a special double bill with indie-pop singer-songwriter Phia Exiner. Bar open from 7pm, music from 8pm

Nat performs music from her acclaimed jazz re-interpretation albums Forever More and Hope Renewed, with a quartet featuring special guests Tom Lee (double bass) and Steve Magnusson (guitar).

Hosted as part of Montsalvat’s Sunday Jazz Series
5-7pm
Easter Sunday (31 March)

Celebrate the piano on the 88th day of the year at The Jazzlab! Curated by Nat, this concert brings together pianists from both classical and jazz scenes, each with their own distinctive approach to the instrument.

Romy Hernandez
Original pieces from ‘Poems of Bliss and Loss’

Georgina Lewis
Pēteris Vasks - Nocturne from The Piano Cycle 
Ann Southam - Soundstill
Nadia Boulanger - Improvisation from Trois Piéces 
Stuart Greenbaum - Equator Loops 

Josh Hooke
Federico Mompou - Paysages
I. La fuente y la campana {The fountain and the bell} (dedicated à Carmen Bravo)
II. El Lago {The Lake}
III. Carros de Galicia {Carts of Galicia} (dedicated à Antonio Iglesias)

Frederic Chopin - Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor Op. 31

Nat Bartsch
Original compositions including the premiere of new lullabies

Profits from this concert will be donated to Support Act

Nat performs solo for Melbourne Recital Centre’s Relaxed Performance Series. This series is specifically suited for audiences with sensory sensitivities, using altered lighting, more in-depth musical explanations and accompanying access resources.

Tuesday 19 March
Primrose Potter Salon

Two shows:
10.30am - for individuals and community groups
12pm - for school groups

As part of Nat’s 2024 Artist Residency at Melbourne Recital Centre

Nat and her quartet perform her critically acclaimed album Hope Renewed at Phoenix Central Park in Sydney.

Nat Bartsch - piano, synth, electronics
Robbie Melville - guitar
Tamara Murphy - double bass
Maddison Carter - drums

Two shows: 6.15pm and 8.30pm (1hr duration)

Entry is free, tickets obtainable via ballot only (closing end of October)

Nat was awarded the 2023 Guitar Perspectives Commission at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, made possible with the support of Peter and Rasika Crowley.

Nat’s piece, Bart Tricky Matilda Frankie for solo guitar will be premiered by Roy Girvan as part of the annual Guitar Showcase concert. Tickets must be reserved in advance but are free .

Friday 27 October
7.30pm
Hanson Dyer Hall (level 2, Ian Potter Southbank Centre, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music).

Nat is joined by her acclaimed jazz quartet, and special guest Mary Doumany, as they bring Hope Renewed to life in the stunning Primrose Potter Salon. Don’t miss this special show!

Nat Bartsch- piano/synth/effects

Robbie Melville- guitar

Tamara Murphy- double bass

Maddison Carter- drums

With

Mary Doumany- harp

The Australian Doctor’s Orchestra perform Nat’s arrangement of Hope (the piece) for Symphony Orchestra, first commissioned by Stonnington Symphony Orchestra in 2022.

This concert will raise money for the Hush Foundation, and will also be livestreamed via Australian Digital Concert Hall.

Australian Doctor’s Orchestra: 30th Year Anniversary Concert
Ingrid Martin - Conductor
Briana Leaman - Oboe
Thomas Heywood - Organ

Program:

Maria Grenfell - Rock Hopping

Graeme Koehne - In Flight Entertainment 

Nat Bartsch - Hope

Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’

Ivanhoe Girls’ Performing Arts Centre
Sunday 8 October
2.30pm

The National Capital Orchestra, Canberra, will perform Nat’s arrangement of Hope for Symphony Orchestra, first commissioned by Stonnington Symphony Orchestra in 2022.

National Capital Orchestra

Hope, Struggle, Victory
Nat Bartsch - Hope (from Hope)
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4

Conducted by Louis Sharpe
Featuring James Monro (cello)
Sunday 24 September 3pm
Albert Hall, Canberra

Nat performs her acclaimed 2021 album Hope, in piano trio format: joined by Lucy Warren (violin) and Charlotte Jacke (cello).

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear her ARIA-nominated suite, responding to the Black Summer fires and pandemic, in the historic Barn Gallery at Montsalvat.

Wednesday 20 September
7pm
Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham

Earlier in the day, Nat will perform her lullabies for families at the same venue.

Nat performs a selection of her lullabies in the beautiful Barn Gallery at Montsalvat. An all ages show: bring your baby or child/ren, or just yourself!

Wednesday 20 September
2pm
Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham

Following this show, Nat will perform Hope (with strings) in the evening in the same venue.

Following on from Luke and Nat’s tour in 2022, they meet again to perform as a duo at Tempo Rubato, alongside a set from pianists Matt Steele/Pat Jaffe.

After a beautiful sold out show in Mirla’s hometown of Newcastle, last year, Mirla and Nat join forces again to present a double bill of solo piano at the intimate Church St Studios in Camperdown, Sydney

Sunday 27 August
5pm
BYO drinks
Church St Studios