UKARIA celebrates artistic discovery with a season spanning chamber music, jazz, folk and contemporary song.
The planned national run of the stage adaptation of Tim Burton’s cult 1988 film ends in Brisbane on 5 July.
Three emerging composers and a saxophonist-producer are among this year's mentees, paired with leading figures in Australian music.
The Australian Ballet's Music Director and Chief Conductor on the music of Aaron Copland and choreographer Justin Peck's captivating Copland Dance Episodes.
Ku-ring-gai Council allows a redevelopment plan for the northern Sydney theatre complex to lapse. Advocates vow to fight on.
Now based in Basel, the Australian composer chats about her blossoming career and her role as the Australian World Orchestra's librarian.
At this year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music, a concert inspired by Horrible Histories will explore the demise of several composers.
Samuel Cairnduff explores how political pressure, weak leadership and funding models are reshaping what Australian arts organisations dare to do.
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Baritone Renato Dolcini leads a memorable journey through the Italian Baroque, from Florence to Naples, Rome to Venice.
An ancient Egyptian mystery, a Beethoven blockbuster and some mellow cello – this SSO concert has it all.
Sad songs tenderly unpacked by two of Melbourne's finest.
A playful evocation of homophobia in the early 2000s by an emerging writer to watch.
This classic of contemporary Australian theatre explores the marginalisation and mistreatment of people with disabilities.
Brilliant low comedy for high brows, using some of the great novels of the past 200 years as a springboard into an hour of mayhem.
Monteverdi's opera of lust and ambition gets a Mob makeover courtesy of Victorian Opera.
Cameron Lam collects memories of home, travelling, and correspondence in the latest Australian Art Music playlist.
Our mid-winter edition celebrates orchestral milestones and boundary-breaking composers while pondering creativity in the algorithmic age.
Erin Helyard on making his UK debut as conductor with Handel’s love-and-sorcery drama Amadigi di Gaula at the Buxton International Festival.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.
Samuel Cairnduff explores how political pressure, weak leadership and funding models are reshaping what Australian arts organisations dare to do.
Limelight partners with Australian Festival of Chamber Music for an immersive Cairns experience led by Rachel Whealy.
Paolo Hooke talks to composer Alex Chilvers, pipa player Lulu Liu and harpsichordist Anthony Abouhamad about Tang Suite, a new work inspired by ancient pipa manuscripts discovered in China’s Mogao Caves.
Baritone Renato Dolcini leads a memorable journey through the Italian Baroque, from Florence to Naples, Rome to Venice.
An ancient Egyptian mystery, a Beethoven blockbuster and some mellow cello – this SSO concert has it all.
UKARIA celebrates artistic discovery with a season spanning chamber music, jazz, folk and contemporary song.
A richly rewarding program of Chinese orchestral music by a modern master.
UK violist Lawrence Power creates a brillant mixtape of English song from the Baroque period to the present day.
A superb concert of exceptional music-making opens Musica Viva’s latest tour.
Monteverdi's opera of lust and ambition gets a Mob makeover courtesy of Victorian Opera.
Dallas plants its flag with this new live recording of the Ring.
The de Hartmann renaissance continues apace with a fine 20th-century opera.
Erin Helyard on making his UK debut as conductor with Handel’s love-and-sorcery drama Amadigi di Gaula at the Buxton International Festival.
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.
The planned national run of the stage adaptation of Tim Burton’s cult 1988 film ends in Brisbane on 5 July.
Ku-ring-gai Council allows a redevelopment plan for the northern Sydney theatre complex to lapse. Advocates vow to fight on.
A playful evocation of homophobia in the early 2000s by an emerging writer to watch.
This classic of contemporary Australian theatre explores the marginalisation and mistreatment of people with disabilities.
Brilliant low comedy for high brows, using some of the great novels of the past 200 years as a springboard into an hour of mayhem.
The prominent actor, director and theatre lecturer who starred in the controversial play The Boys in the Band, and was awarded an OAM in 2007, has died aged 83.
The Australian Ballet's Music Director and Chief Conductor on the music of Aaron Copland and choreographer Justin Peck's captivating Copland Dance Episodes.
Two contemporary dance productions remind us to position ourselves as part of, not separate to, nature.
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.
A richly rewarding program of Chinese orchestral music by a modern master.
Russia’s underrated quartet cycle gets off to a flying start.
Dallas plants its flag with this new live recording of the Ring.
Aussie composer shows himself to be a master of spin.
The de Hartmann renaissance continues apace with a fine 20th-century opera.
Nelsons and his forces shine light into every corner in a Mendelssohn mega-release.
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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