This month features Spanish Baroque opera, castanets and all, pitch-perfect Mahler from Simon Rattle, and the winner of a notorious song contest (hint: it isn’t Eurovision).

Curator and pianist Andrea Lam discusses this year's Easter series, hosted in the "breathtaking" natural landscape of Barragga Bay.

Max Richter and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble delivered precisely what’s on the tin and then some.

For the first time, the ensemble hosts an international collaboration and plays a national tour to share Bach's "rich, life affirming music".

Cameron Lam collects the latest releases across Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art in this month’s Australian Art Music playlist.

A brilliant concert celebrating contemporary and classical works for cello and piano also explored the cello’s sonic properties with advanced playing techniques.

Michael Collins, Carolyn Sampson, Emily Sun and the Australian String Quartet among this year's artists playing the Aussie tropics.

Six young string players will work closely with the orchestra in its 50th anniversary year and perform with the ACO Collective.

Life as a Musica Viva Australia FutureMaker starts with a blank piece of paper, says Madeleine Jevons. "I’m hoping we can come up with something that will live on."

An intriguing snapshot of violin-led music from Latvia.

From its box of birds opener to Telemann at teatime, Salut! celebrates the span of the Baroque and 30 years of music-making.

Víkingur Ólafsson earns his first Grammy; Caroline Shaw, Gabriela Ortiz, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil among the winners.