Click this TICKETING LINK for restaurant tickets.
Monday 4 January,
Doors open from 6pm
Music 7.30–9.30pm, with interval
Montalto Winery, 33 Shoreham Rd, Red Hill South
Please note: It can get windy and cold on these evenings, please bring appropriate weather protection. This is an all weather event
Saxophonist Sandy Evans and pianist Andrea Keller, both three-time ARIA Award winners, bring a new quartet to the Peninsula with bassist Helen Svoboda and drummer Kyrie Anderson. These incredible jazz musicians from around the country come together for a special evening at Montalto. It’s a rare opportunity to hear such amazing musicians collaborate for an evening, gather friends on the lawn or enjoy the restaurant experience for a summer night of outstanding Australian jazz in a setting our festival audiences love.
If you’ve loved Twilight Jazz at Montalto, expect the same warmth, energy and sheer pleasure of great music that have made this a summer tradition worth returning to.
Since its inception, Twilight Jazz at Montalto has become a much-loved annual summer fixture, pairing world-class music with our vineyard and gardens at dusk. In 2026, we evolved this tradition into Twilight Sessions at Montalto - a new name that reflects the breadth of music we’ll welcome to the estate while keeping the heart of the event the same: extraordinary performances under the stars.
Strictly no BYO food or drinks. Food and wine will be available to purchase.
RESTAURANT TICKETS$250 per person - Begin with a glass of sparkling on arrival then take your seat in The Restaurant for an exceptional 3-course menu crafted with estate-grown and local produce (Wine charged on consumption). Please click this TICKETING LINK for restaurant tickets.
LAWN TICKETS $85 per person - BYO picnic rugs and stretch out to enjoy the show on the lush green lawn with food and wine available to purchase from Montalto. Strictly no BYO food or drinks. Purchase lawn tickets via the 'Add to Cart' button at the bottom of this page.
Be sure to book well in advance! Last year many patrons missed out on this wonderful event as it was sold out very quickly.
ARTISTS
Piano - Andrea Keller
Saxophone - Sandy Evans
Bass - Helen Svoboda
Drums - Kyrie Anderson
Sandy Evans is an internationally renowned saxophonist and composer with a passion for improvisation and new music. She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980s. She leads the Sandy Evans Trio and co-leads Resonance, (with Andrea Keller) the Evans/Robson Quartet, Shakti Spirit and Magic Music. She co-led GEST8 and Clarion Fracture Zone. She is a member of austraLYSIS, Mara!, The catholics and Ten Part Invention. Sandy has collaborated extensively with koto player Satsuki Odamura, and many noted Indian musicians.
Awards include: PhD, Australia Council Fellowship, Churchill Fellowship, OAM, Bell Award, Young Australian Creative Fellowship, APRA Award and three ARIA Awards.
Andrea Keller is one of Australia’s most original and influential voices in improvised jazz and art music. A multi-award-winning pianist and composer, she has released over 20 albums of her work, forging a distinct sound at the forefront of jazz and improvised music. Her career is defined by fearless creativity, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and a commitment to reshaping the music sector through gender equity and artistic leadership.
Her impact has been recognised with three ARIA Awards, multiple Bell Awards, an Australia Council Fellowship, the Freedman Jazz Fellowship, and the 2022 Art Music Luminary Award (Victoria). Andrea curates Monday nights at the Jazzlab, established and directs the educational program Gender Defying Jazz and is Head of Jazz & Improvisation at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne.
… The mind and sound-world of Andrea Keller, a place that is one of the most original – if not the most original – in Australian jazz. (John Hardaker, australianjazz.net, 2013).
Helen Svoboda is an award-winning double bassist, vocalist and composer. An active performer, composer and collaborator, Helen works across experimental and improvised music, theatre and interdisciplinary performance in Australia and internationally. Her main projects include Headwater (supported by Musica Viva Australia; 2025 Green Room Award Nominee for Outstanding Sound Work); An Iliad (composer and musician for Sydney Theatre Company’s production featuring David Wenham); and Panghalina, with drummers Maria Moles and Bonnie Stewart, whose debut album was released on Room40.
Helen has collaborated with artists including Mindy Meng Wang, Daniel Wilfred and David Wilfred, Jo Lloyd, Kutcha Edwards, Aviva Endean, Cory Smythe (US), Genevieve Lacey, Erkki Veltheim, Sebastian Gramss (Germany), Selma Savolainen (Finland) and Kari Ikonen (Finland). Her accolades include her appointment as a 2023-24 Musica Viva Australia FutureMaker, the 2020 Freedman Jazz Fellowship, MOMENTUM Commissions (Australian Music Centre, 2023), and Australian Art Orchestra Pathfinder Associate Artist (2020-21).
Kyrie Anderson, hailed as “mesmerising to watch” by Global Media Post, is a leading figure in the Australian Jazz and Folk scene renowned for her dynamic drumming and versatility. Kyrie plays regularly with Andrea Keller, The Maes, Rowena Wise, Sam Anning, Nancy Bates and others. She co-leads ensembles Aura, (ABC Jazz’s album of the week, Bandcamp’s new and notable, and the best Jazz on Bandcamp; Feb 2021), ThenNowWhen and LIIT.
She has collaborated with artists such as Philip Dizack (USA), Sumire Kuribayashi (JAP), Basia Bulat (CAN), Pussy Riot, (RUS), Emma Donovan, Allana Goldsmith (NZ), Rachel Baiman (USA) and Julia Jacklin. Her musical journey has taken her around the globe as a session musician, as well as Musical Director for notable productions at Adelaide Festival, Womadelaide and more.
Click this TICKETING LINK for restaurant tickets.
Monday 4 January,
Doors open from 6pm
Music 7.30–9.30pm, with interval
Montalto Winery, 33 Shoreham Rd, Red Hill South
Please note: It can get windy and cold on these evenings, please bring appropriate weather protection. This is an all weather event
Saxophonist Sandy Evans and pianist Andrea Keller, both three-time ARIA Award winners, bring a new quartet to the Peninsula with bassist Helen Svoboda and drummer Kyrie Anderson. These incredible jazz musicians from around the country come together for a special evening at Montalto. It’s a rare opportunity to hear such amazing musicians collaborate for an evening, gather friends on the lawn or enjoy the restaurant experience for a summer night of outstanding Australian jazz in a setting our festival audiences love.
If you’ve loved Twilight Jazz at Montalto, expect the same warmth, energy and sheer pleasure of great music that have made this a summer tradition worth returning to.
Since its inception, Twilight Jazz at Montalto has become a much-loved annual summer fixture, pairing world-class music with our vineyard and gardens at dusk. In 2026, we evolved this tradition into Twilight Sessions at Montalto - a new name that reflects the breadth of music we’ll welcome to the estate while keeping the heart of the event the same: extraordinary performances under the stars.
Strictly no BYO food or drinks. Food and wine will be available to purchase.
RESTAURANT TICKETS$250 per person - Begin with a glass of sparkling on arrival then take your seat in The Restaurant for an exceptional 3-course menu crafted with estate-grown and local produce (Wine charged on consumption). Please click this TICKETING LINK for restaurant tickets.
LAWN TICKETS $85 per person - BYO picnic rugs and stretch out to enjoy the show on the lush green lawn with food and wine available to purchase from Montalto. Strictly no BYO food or drinks. Purchase lawn tickets via the 'Add to Cart' button at the bottom of this page.
Be sure to book well in advance! Last year many patrons missed out on this wonderful event as it was sold out very quickly.
ARTISTS
Piano - Andrea Keller
Saxophone - Sandy Evans
Bass - Helen Svoboda
Drums - Kyrie Anderson
Sandy Evans is an internationally renowned saxophonist and composer with a passion for improvisation and new music. She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980s. She leads the Sandy Evans Trio and co-leads Resonance, (with Andrea Keller) the Evans/Robson Quartet, Shakti Spirit and Magic Music. She co-led GEST8 and Clarion Fracture Zone. She is a member of austraLYSIS, Mara!, The catholics and Ten Part Invention. Sandy has collaborated extensively with koto player Satsuki Odamura, and many noted Indian musicians.
Awards include: PhD, Australia Council Fellowship, Churchill Fellowship, OAM, Bell Award, Young Australian Creative Fellowship, APRA Award and three ARIA Awards.
Andrea Keller is one of Australia’s most original and influential voices in improvised jazz and art music. A multi-award-winning pianist and composer, she has released over 20 albums of her work, forging a distinct sound at the forefront of jazz and improvised music. Her career is defined by fearless creativity, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and a commitment to reshaping the music sector through gender equity and artistic leadership.
Her impact has been recognised with three ARIA Awards, multiple Bell Awards, an Australia Council Fellowship, the Freedman Jazz Fellowship, and the 2022 Art Music Luminary Award (Victoria). Andrea curates Monday nights at the Jazzlab, established and directs the educational program Gender Defying Jazz and is Head of Jazz & Improvisation at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne.
… The mind and sound-world of Andrea Keller, a place that is one of the most original – if not the most original – in Australian jazz. (John Hardaker, australianjazz.net, 2013).
Helen Svoboda is an award-winning double bassist, vocalist and composer. An active performer, composer and collaborator, Helen works across experimental and improvised music, theatre and interdisciplinary performance in Australia and internationally. Her main projects include Headwater (supported by Musica Viva Australia; 2025 Green Room Award Nominee for Outstanding Sound Work); An Iliad (composer and musician for Sydney Theatre Company’s production featuring David Wenham); and Panghalina, with drummers Maria Moles and Bonnie Stewart, whose debut album was released on Room40.
Helen has collaborated with artists including Mindy Meng Wang, Daniel Wilfred and David Wilfred, Jo Lloyd, Kutcha Edwards, Aviva Endean, Cory Smythe (US), Genevieve Lacey, Erkki Veltheim, Sebastian Gramss (Germany), Selma Savolainen (Finland) and Kari Ikonen (Finland). Her accolades include her appointment as a 2023-24 Musica Viva Australia FutureMaker, the 2020 Freedman Jazz Fellowship, MOMENTUM Commissions (Australian Music Centre, 2023), and Australian Art Orchestra Pathfinder Associate Artist (2020-21).
Kyrie Anderson, hailed as “mesmerising to watch” by Global Media Post, is a leading figure in the Australian Jazz and Folk scene renowned for her dynamic drumming and versatility. Kyrie plays regularly with Andrea Keller, The Maes, Rowena Wise, Sam Anning, Nancy Bates and others. She co-leads ensembles Aura, (ABC Jazz’s album of the week, Bandcamp’s new and notable, and the best Jazz on Bandcamp; Feb 2021), ThenNowWhen and LIIT.
She has collaborated with artists such as Philip Dizack (USA), Sumire Kuribayashi (JAP), Basia Bulat (CAN), Pussy Riot, (RUS), Emma Donovan, Allana Goldsmith (NZ), Rachel Baiman (USA) and Julia Jacklin. Her musical journey has taken her around the globe as a session musician, as well as Musical Director for notable productions at Adelaide Festival, Womadelaide and more.
