Written for Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's violinist Sophie Rowell, Young’s new work finds hope amid environmental uncertainty.
A talented trombonist and choir director, Smart went on to lead the Sydney Conservatorium of Music through a period of significant change.
With five national tours and 12 acclaimed guest artists, Selby & Friends' 2027 season celebrates the diversity and vitality of chamber music.
With her rich voice and expansive taste in song, Casandra Wilson was one of the preeminent jazz vocalists of the past half century.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.
In subsidised cultural institutions, explains Izabella Nantsou, wage negotiations are often inseparable from questions of government support.
American guitarist and composer Bryce Dessner is about to join the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for two programs of his work. He chats about his compositions.
The Dutch cellist discusses the ambitious recital program he and Australian pianist Piers Lane are performing at Melbourne Recital Centre.
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Two pianos, sparkling chemistry and a thrilling Respighi make for a thrilling SSO Symphony Hour.
Kafka, Woody Allen and computer games collide in this colourful comedy of existential misadventure.
A short, sharp, shock of a program is terrific for contemporary dance aficionados and newcomers alike.
Depth and conviction brought to canonical works and lesser-known treasures.
Frank Loesser’s musical comedy about climbing the workplace greasy pole is sadly dated.
An amiable tribute to analogue Hollywood, built around something this show’s target audience knows and loves.
In May, Harry Connick Jr. premiered a symphony at Carnegie Hall with Orchestra Victoria. He tells us why it was his most significant performance.
New rules on generative AI in music send a welcome message to artists, writes composer Alexis Weaver.
In The Enormous Radio, Roslyn Oades and Bob Scott turn a circle of vintage radios into a listening station for the animal world.
Dominic Flynn's new work draws sonic material from a 1830s transcription that "fails to preserve" a traditional Palawa song.
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Twenty-five years after founding her innovative contemporary dance company, Lucy Guerin is ready to embrace the next chapter in her career.
As he prepares to tour Australia with a multi-sensory, all-Australian program, the harpist-composer chats about what's in store.
Ahead of his Sibelius cycle with the ASO, Mark Wigglesworth talks about the composer’s radical reinvention of the symphony.
Two pianos, sparkling chemistry and a thrilling Respighi make for a thrilling SSO Symphony Hour.
Written for Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's violinist Sophie Rowell, Young’s new work finds hope amid environmental uncertainty.
With five national tours and 12 acclaimed guest artists, Selby & Friends' 2027 season celebrates the diversity and vitality of chamber music.
Depth and conviction brought to canonical works and lesser-known treasures.
Piers Lane, Emily Sun, Li-Wei Qin and the Chroma and Orava quartets to gather in Hobart for TCMF's seventh edition.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.
Soprano Louise Keast takes home the $43,000 prize, which will support her ambitions for an international singing career.
La Scala's subscription screen platform drops its paywall, making the Italian opera company's digital archive free worldwide.
A Kosky Kafka and a Castellucci Bartók among the keystone events of the 2027 Adelaide Festival.
Splendid singing by Helena Dix, Rosario La Spina and Christopher Hillier compensates for a potboiler plot.
State Opera South Australia finds a compelling darkness and light in Humperdinck’s enchanted forest.
Victorian Opera takes us inside its new adaptation of Helen Garner’s award-winning novel The Spare Room.
Kafka, Woody Allen and computer games collide in this colourful comedy of existential misadventure.
Frank Loesser’s musical comedy about climbing the workplace greasy pole is sadly dated.
An amiable tribute to analogue Hollywood, built around something this show’s target audience knows and loves.
In a career spanning Australian television and British and American theatre, Ted Craig combined a director’s versatility with an actor’s understanding of performance.
In The Enormous Radio, Roslyn Oades and Bob Scott turn a circle of vintage radios into a listening station for the animal world.
A big warm hug of a show, full of deft theatrical touches and calculated mischief.
A short, sharp, shock of a program is terrific for contemporary dance aficionados and newcomers alike.
Swan Lake, Mayerling and Cinderella anchor a season of landmark revivals and contemporary choreographic masterpieces.
Set designer Keerthi Subramanyam, costume designer Jennifer Irwin and lighting designer Paul Jackson are among those honoured.
From symphonic reinvention to new theatrical worlds, Limelight's September issue spotlights artists reshaping tradition while forging their own futures.
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Twenty-five years after founding her innovative contemporary dance company, Lucy Guerin is ready to embrace the next chapter in her career.
A welcome return for a departed English symphonist.
Vistoli serves up a veritable cornucopia of Handelian delights.
A monodrama steeped in musical history brings us brutally into the present day.
Harpist Emily Granger's seventh album is aptly named.
Stasevska and the BBC give terrific performances of under-heard Ukrainian music.
Hough digs deep to find a treasure chest of miniature gems.
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Our specialist writers analyse this year’s offerings in theatres and concert halls.
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