This month we interview Sir Simon Rattle, violinist Jennifer Koh, Àlex Ollé of La Fura dels Baus and look at the importance of breath control for musicians.

The ballet icon’s life and work undergo a forensic examination that pulls no punches.

This month we interview Sir Simon Rattle, violinist Jennifer Koh and Àlex Ollé of La Fura dels Baus, and look at the importance of breath control for musicians.

Eri Hotta's new book about Shinichi Suzuki and his approach to early childhood musical education is about to hit bookstores. Read an extract here.

Rutherford-Johnson illuminates the shape-shifting mycelial web of connections out of which Lim’s music emerges.

Exploring one man and his method through the history of 20th-century Japan.

Roya A, Rafeif Ismail and Maddie Little have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to their artistic fields.

In Currency House's New Platform Paper series, First Nations philosopher Tyson Yunkaporta examines how different concepts of arts, culture and economics have informed the history of relations between Aboriginal and colonial Australia. Read an extract here.

Erin Helyard investigates the 18th-century London music market and the crucial importance of women.

Andrew Mellor does an extraordinary job in teasing the Northern soul out of the Northern silence.

Read an extract from The Northern Silence, a new book by Andrew Mellor, which interrogates the Nordic psyche and its impact on composers.

John Clark delivers a forensic account of NIDA, from shed to world-class institution.