Unique conjunction of classical and folk guaranteed to set the spirits soaring.

Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.

Airing in the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Cairns, Lee Bradshaw's new piano quintet completes an unfinished work by a gifted Czech composer lost to the Holocaust.

Musica Viva Australia announces the 12 emerging ensembles set to compete in its National Finals in August.

German cello star Maximilian Hornung’s Australian debut solo recital captures the spirit of Casals.

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Hildur Guðnadóttir has become the go-to composer for film and TV. She has now composed a new work for the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Cellist Charlotte Miles talks about returning home to perform as a soloist with the Australian Youth Orchestra and at this year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

Australia’s ELISION Ensemble turns 40 this year. American writer Ty Bouque explains what makes it so special.

Australian baritone David Greco tells us why it’s so satisfying to have released historically informed recordings of Schubert’s three major song cycles.

This month we feature Samuel Hasselhorn in a Rolls-Royce Schubert recital, Mendelssohn from Leipzig, new music by Paul Stanhope and Carl Vine, and a Ring Cycle from Dallas.

Hope-filled Schubert Lieder offer unalloyed pleasure.