“I’m very passionate about music being alive,” says Artistic Director Kate Suthers of her first Coriole Music Festival. “There’s a responsibility to invite people to discover."

From Barrie Kosky finding the new in Wagner to Sheridan Harbridge on women who refuse to conform, May's issue of Limelight is a celebration of talent, resilience and audacity.

Four emerging composers will write a brand-new work for the ensemble to be premiered in the Sydney Opera House's Utzon Room.

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

Louis XIV's Master of the King's Music was a charming backstabber whose ruthlessness matched the monarch's.

A stylish, wide-ranging concert celebrating seasonal themes with virtuosity and flair.

An Olli Mustonen Southern Hemisphere premiere is the worthy centrepiece of a scintillating program.

Acacia’s sparkly French buffet takes the cake as an Orange Chamber Music Festival highlight.

The award-winning string quartet, formed in Berlin in 2019, gives us the lowdown on its name and debut Australian tour.

With the Goldner String Quartet’s final release Child’s Play out now, violinist Dene Olding talks about the ensemble’s relationship with composer Carl Vine.

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.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.