Performance Projects
These performance projects represent the range of work I present on stages around the world — from solo and cabaret formats to ensemble productions. They draw on classical tradition, contemporary Australian composition, crossover repertoire, and audience-engaging programming developed over more than two decades of touring, recording, and collaboration. Each show has a defined identity, repertoire focus and presentation style, making it suitable for theatres, concert series, festivals, cruise stages and special events
Highlights include:
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Variety / Solo Cabaret Shows – Over two decades of touring on land and sea, blending classical, Broadway, rock, pop, and more in interactive, audience-driven performances.
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Kismet: Vignettes for Violin and Piano – New works by Elena Kats-Chernin, combining narrative music-making with award-winning recordings.
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La Vida Apasionada – A Latin-inspired suite by Dr Margaret Brandman, performed and recorded in multiple arrangements, with integrated educational programs for senior music students.
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Sentimental Journey – Nearly 20 years of collaboration with pianist Glenn Amer, delivering popular classics, jazz favourites, and engaging stories.
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The Band Played On: Music from the Titanic – Recreating the spirit, repertoire, and charm of the Titanic’s band with The Palace Orchestra.
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Heart Strings – An international collaboration with Mary-Jess, Glenn Amer, and The Palace Orchestra, blending music from classical to world styles.
Please scroll down to see details on all current projects and touring shows, also feel free to reach out to Vov to discuss which show may be most suitable for your venue or event.
VARIETY / SOLO CABARET SHOWSIn a dynamic show encompassing Classical, Broadway, Rock, Pop, Contemporary, and more Vov Dylan's solo Cabaret show has been touring on land and on the sea for over 2 decades. A program that is constantly evolving to suit the audiences featuring melodies that audiences engage, sing, and clap along with from the opening strains to the last notes. This show can be a 'as one' or is broken into two segments (particularly for cruise ships): Strings of Hits - from Classics to Queen Australian chart-topping violinist Vov Dylan delivers a vibrant musical journey from gypsy and Irish favourites to the iconic hits of Queen, Michael Jackson, Elvis and The Beatles. Blending classical roots with rock and pop energy, this polished, dynamic performance is designed to engage from first note to final encore. By Request - "This shows for you!" After the first show, guest requests have shaped this high-energy evening of favourites. From the William Tell Overture to Latin rhythms, Broadway and vegas classics plus some country and western hits! Expect a performance full of musical surprises mixed with fun and virtuosity. |
KISMET: Vignettes for Violin and PianoA recital-style project featuring new compositions by Elena Kats-Chernin performed by violin and piano. This repertoire draws on narrative and character in sound, focusing on works that explore evocative musical storytelling in a way that is synonymous with Kats-Chernin. The album of the same name became the highest-selling Australian classical release of 2022 and 2023 and achieved No. 1 on both the ARIA Classical and Crossover charts as well as the AIR Independent charts. This program has performed to Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre, Empire Theatre, Glen Street Theatre and more |
LA VIDA APASIONADAA suite by Dr Margaret Brandman rooted in Latin-inspired melodies and rhythmic energy. Originally conceived for fuller ensemble, the project is also presented in violin and piano or small ensemble formats. It serves both concert presentation and educational engagement contexts, with HSC-recommended works listed by the Australian Music Centre. Launched in March 2025 at Joan Sutherland Theatre, this album of the same title went to No1 on the ARIA Classical Crossover Charts in 3 weeks. A ‘sneak peak’ of this program was presented to the International Piano Teachers conference in 2022 and from this point the educational benefits have been developed and explored more. The Violin and Piano adaptions of the suite have all been now listed as recommended works for HSC students by the Australian Music Centre | The overture / sneak peak at the main melodies of the suite featuring Vov Dylan and Composer Margaret Brandman on Piano. Vov Dylan frequently performs the finale of this suite with his Cabaret shows. This video is a melding of 3 different backing bands on 4 different occasions.
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SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY A collaboration with pianist Glenn Amer built on almost 20 years of working together. The programme brings together popular classics, jazz standards, Broadway highlights and light entertainment repertoire. It balances musical variety with personal stories and audience connection, suited to theatres, recital halls and cruise stages alike. Boasting countless shows across Australia and on sea. |
| A concert and collaboration featuring a wide-ranging selection of music — from classical highlights to jazz standards, Broadway melodies to continental café tunes — all performed with humour, relatability and an invitation for audiences to sing and dance-a-long to the performers. Additionally, the concert will feature a selection of new Australian works written specifically for Vov and John to perform, including a special performance of “La Vida Apasionada”, the new suite by Margaret Brandman, which debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Classical Charts in March 2025. |
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THE BAND PLAYED ON: MUSIC FROM THE TITANICOn the 10th of April 1912 the RMS Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage. Over 100 years later the story and the legend of the very brief voyage of the Titanic has continued to grow and fascinate every generation since. One of the legends of the Titanic is that of the musicians - the band that continued to play on deck while the ship sank around them in order to help provide peace and calm in a time that was anything but. VOV DYLAN and members of THE PALACE ORCHESTRA recreate on stage the band and the music as played on the Titanic as “THE BAND PLAYED ON”. All musical selections are taken from “The White Star Line Songbook” - and all pieces are still well known today. In this show you hear period arrangements of numbers like: The Blue Danube, Pavane, Humoresque, The Can Can, Tales Of Hoffman, William Tell Overture, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Alexanders Ragtime Band, Ave Maria and Nearer My God To Thee (the fabled very last number). THE BAND PLAYED ON is peppered with anecdotes and stories that are often not known, and audiences can expect so sway, laugh, sing and want to dance along to the melodies being played - as the worlds most famous cruise ship has its Show, Party and Cafe Orchestra recreated for modern audiences. |
HEART STRINGSA new international collaboration between Mary-Jess, Vov Dylan, Glenn Amer and the Palace Orchestra. Encompassing music from Classical and Operatic Highlights to Broadway, Latin, Continental Chinese and more. This collaboration began at the opening of the "Anping Great Maritime Castle" Tainan City, Taiwan in 2023. |
BEYOND THE DANUBE
Envisage if you will the curtains open and on stage is a lush Viennese Orchestra of between 7 and 30 members, Opera Singers, Ballroom Dancers, all dressed in Glamorous Evening Wear. The Orchestra starts to play and immediately the audience starts to sway, hum and sing-a-long to the melodies coming from the stage.
BEYOND THE DANUBE is a spectacular show featuring a combination of superb international guest artists, musicians that are the highest acclaim in Australia, and led by chart topping Violinist Vov Dylan in a show that will delight fans of classical and popular music of all ages.
Musical highlights include The Blue Danube Waltz, the edge of your seat excitement of the William Tell Overture, Highlights from Carmen, Gypsy thrills with Czardas, a surprisingly completely unique rendition of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, plus some fabulous interpretations of Zorba, Unchained Melody, Swan Lake and the Radetzky March to name just a few.