Fresh from winning Musica Viva's Strike A Chord competition, The IncrediBows land a place in the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s Pathways Program.
A "storage space with the best views of Melbourne” will be converted into The Beacon, an intimate venue for cabaret, musical theatre, jazz and First Nations storytelling.
"Forever grateful and so proud": Rafael Bonachela to leave SDC mid-2028.
From Mahler’s audacious First Symphony to site-specific bells and Sting's working-class roots, April’s issue explores music, place and identity.
Does the framing of AI as a threat place limits on our thinking about a technology that may prove meaningful and constructive in creative practice?
Best known for his leadership of the Australian Music Centre, John Davis is honoured for his pivotal role in shaping the contemporary music landscape.
Once dismissed as “a brutal din”, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 is now acknowledged as a monumental, groundbreaking work that expanded the symphonic genre.
After living in the UK for two decades, Helena Dix is back. And now there's "no more sitting like a puppy dog at an opera casting director’s door . . ."
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Luks, Zelenka’s champion par excellence, scores with a pair of dazzling Masses.
Anna Lapwood’s cinematic sweep marries the majestic grand organ with elite orchestra.
A brilliant adaptation turns Miles Franklin's classic into a world-class musical without compromising its feminist essence or Australian identity.
This production, staged in a large and wholly unsympathetic venue, struggles to find the play’s heartbeat.
Bette & Joan doesn't pierce the surface of its Hollywood star subjects but this production does polish it to a high sheen.
“Violinist’s violinist,” Ilya Gringolts shows Satanic majesty as he takes on the Devil.
From Mahler’s audacious First Symphony to site-specific bells and Sting's working-class roots, April’s issue explores music, place and identity.
In her new book Opera Wars, Caitlin Vincent takes a lively, illuminating, insightful and, at times, irreverent look at the world of opera.
Conductor Sam Weller and Ensemble Apex aim to create contemporary music events that feel less like an academic exercises and more like immersive experiences.
This month, Cameron Lam’s Australian Art Music playlist showcases the latest Bandcamp releases across local Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art.
British organist Anna Lapwood prepares to unearth the unique personalities of two of Australia's grandest instruments.
Limelight partners with Australian Festival of Chamber Music for an immersive Cairns experience led by Rachel Whealy.
You don’t have to be born into flamenco says Paco Peña. “What matters is how close you get, how deeply you receive it."
Andrew Aronowicz explains how he drew on a scary German legend for his new tone poem for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra where he is the 2026 Cybec Young Composer in Residence.
Luks, Zelenka’s champion par excellence, scores with a pair of dazzling Masses.
Anna Lapwood’s cinematic sweep marries the majestic grand organ with elite orchestra.
Fresh from winning Musica Viva's Strike A Chord competition, The IncrediBows land a place in the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s Pathways Program.
Tsujii reaches an important milestone en route to the stars.
“Violinist’s violinist,” Ilya Gringolts shows Satanic majesty as he takes on the Devil.
Acacia’s sparkly French buffet takes the cake as an Orange Chamber Music Festival highlight.
From Mahler’s audacious First Symphony to site-specific bells and Sting's working-class roots, April’s issue explores music, place and identity.
In her new book Opera Wars, Caitlin Vincent takes a lively, illuminating, insightful and, at times, irreverent look at the world of opera.
After living in the UK for two decades, Helena Dix is back. And now there's "no more sitting like a puppy dog at an opera casting director’s door . . ."
Guy Noble has had enough of the abusive men who populate opera and would love to see a few rewrites.
Director Neil Armfield tells Steve Dow why his production of Cinderella for State Opera South Australia will have a 1970s twist.
This month mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately rediscovers the remarkable Madeleine Dring, plus contemporary works by Kalevi Aho, Daniel Bjarnason and Dan Walker, and operas by Lully and Vivaldi.
A brilliant adaptation turns Miles Franklin's classic into a world-class musical without compromising its feminist essence or Australian identity.
This production, staged in a large and wholly unsympathetic venue, struggles to find the play’s heartbeat.
Bette & Joan doesn't pierce the surface of its Hollywood star subjects but this production does polish it to a high sheen.
Melanie Tait named the recipient of the award established in 2024 to support mid-career writers.
A fascinating historical tale of escape and derring-do but this detailed retelling risks becoming as confusing as the final chapter of Mission: Impossible.
Less is more in Suzanne Chaundy’s new production of a play about the Port Arthur massacre’s aftermath.
"Forever grateful and so proud": Rafael Bonachela to leave SDC mid-2028.
MEAA says "musicians must not be seen as optional extras"; WA Ballet says union claims are "simply wrong".
Beetlejuice, Victorian Opera's Katya Kabanova and MTC's Rebecca among the award magnets in this year's celebration of Melbourne’s live performance sector.
Shechter is a festival favourite in Australia but this time around, he disappoints.
A gala program avoids most of the usual suspects and introduces new faces.
Glamour trumps intensity in choreographer Jenni Large’s new work.
Tsujii reaches an important milestone en route to the stars.
A musical overview of the many voices of a neglected British polymath.
A novel approach to completing Vivaldi's unfinished opera pays dividends.
Doráti's Haydn is a sonic miracle, while Dohnányi is top tier, whatever he does.
A significant collection of Australian art song, including six world premieres.
A dazzling triptych of multicoloured works by one of Iceland’s finest.
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.
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