"The AI industry has had every opportunity to treat Australian creators as partners rather than a cost to be avoided ... they have chosen not to," says Dean Ormston.
South Australia's Finegan Kruckemeyer named winner of the 2026 BBC World Service International Audio Drama Competition.
Student Sterling Nasa jumped up on stage for Sydney's La La Land in Concert after conductor Justin Hurwitz turned to the audience for help.
Rising costs have prohibited more than half of Australians from attending a live show, while classical music audiences grow, finds Creative Australia in its latest survey.
Sydney-born, Berlin-based violinist Beatrice Colombis competes for a first prize that includes $40,000 NZ and a recording deal.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.
Soon to play with the Australian World Orchestra, Linda Stuckey, Associate Principal Piccolo with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, explains why the piccolo is such a dangerous instrument.
Ahead of her title-role debut in Opera Australia’s The Merry Widow, soprano Emma Pearson tells us why operetta deserves pride of place alongside opera.
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With composer-conductor Aaron Wyatt at the helm, the MSO presents an engaging program of works by First Nations composers.
This year's concert came complete with a star soloist in the form of Jenna Smith, a satisfying musical arc – and a touch of déjà vu.
The English tenor reveals his true colours and it’s a glorious palette to behold.
Set entirely within a locker room, this world premiere work is an impressive feat of independent theatre making.
From submerged meditations to turbulent storms, The Oracle is contemporary music at its most evocative.
An impressively enigmatic recital from a very individual pianist.
Eddy Chen and Brett Yang have become YouTube sensations as TwoSet Violin, taking classical music to new audiences through their tongue-in-cheek videos.
Ahead of his tour with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Italian baritone Renato Dolcini reflects on his passion for Baroque music and his collaboration with William Christie.
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As the end of the financial year approaches, we look into the Australian Cultural Fund’s revolutionary rethinking of the ways in which artists can connect with potential donors.
Samuel Cairnduff explores how political pressure, weak leadership and funding models are reshaping what Australian arts organisations dare to do.
Steve Dow talks with actors Googoorewon Knox and Guy Simon, and playwright Jane Harrison about her new play Bennelong in London.
Limelight partners with Australian Festival of Chamber Music for an immersive Cairns experience led by Rachel Whealy.
Ahead of her title-role debut in Opera Australia’s The Merry Widow, soprano Emma Pearson tells us why operetta deserves pride of place alongside opera.
Nelsons and his forces shine light into every corner in a Mendelssohn mega-release.
Bass-baritone Freddy Shaw called an ambulance and administered CPR to a man who had collapsed on the street in the NSW suburb of Mona Vale.
With composer-conductor Aaron Wyatt at the helm, the MSO presents an engaging program of works by First Nations composers.
This year's concert came complete with a star soloist in the form of Jenna Smith, a satisfying musical arc – and a touch of déjà vu.
From submerged meditations to turbulent storms, The Oracle is contemporary music at its most evocative.
An impressively enigmatic recital from a very individual pianist.
Rising costs have prohibited more than half of Australians from attending a live show, while classical music audiences grow, finds Creative Australia in its latest survey.
Brisbane-born soprano Xenia Puskarz Thomas receives $25,000 to support her rapidly-rising international career.
This concert of arias and duets was exceedingly well curated and performed; another feather in the cap for Artistic Director Ana de la Vega.
Ahead of his tour with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Italian baritone Renato Dolcini reflects on his passion for Baroque music and his collaboration with William Christie.
Jake Lyle, who played The Phantom on Sydney Harbour, is one of OA's new Young Artists, who will perform in concert with the graduating class in August.
An unforgettable Australian night of opera inspired by the landscape and spirit of the outback.
The English tenor reveals his true colours and it’s a glorious palette to behold.
Set entirely within a locker room, this world premiere work is an impressive feat of independent theatre making.
Rising costs have prohibited more than half of Australians from attending a live show, while classical music audiences grow, finds Creative Australia in its latest survey.
The Geelong-based theatre company will be the first Australians to hold the significant position of Portrait artist at the Festival d'Automne à Paris.
A strange fever dream of a production leads you down the highway to hell and back.
China's detention of journalist Cheng Lei is an important and compelling story but one that might best be served in other formats.
Rising costs have prohibited more than half of Australians from attending a live show, while classical music audiences grow, finds Creative Australia in its latest survey.
Musician Stephen Pigram, director and playwright John Harvey, and artist Bronwyn Bancroft are amongst this year's honourees.
Inaugural recipient Beau Dean Riley Smith will develop a new major work which the dance company will premiere.
This triple bill reminds audiences of the social and cultural issues that connect people and place.
Queensland Ballet takes its audience to Europe for a triple bill with personal meaning.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Nelsons and his forces shine light into every corner in a Mendelssohn mega-release.
Immaculate quintet go on a journey from Hildegard to Kate Bush.
The pianists, mostly British, performed these unfamiliar, challenging works with extraordinary discipline and flair.
Bychkov and his Prague forces prioritise history over histrionics.
Each piece in cellist-composer Hilary Kleinig's colourful solo debut is a star in its own right.
The attractive works of another talented Bach revealed.
Explore the guide and listen to our 25 in 25 playlist of Australia’s favourite art music.
Our specialist writers analyse this year’s offerings in theatres and concert halls.
Read our complete coverage of this year’s Canberra International Music Festival.
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