Nowadays, audiences go to the ballet or to symphony concerts, but it wasn’t always that way.

A transcendent program co-curated and composed by Ross Edwards is the perfect send-off for outgoing Festival Director Catherine Harker.

The famed Swiss contemporary music group is about to make its Canberra International Music Festival and Australian debut. Serge Vuille and Antoine Françoise unpack the program.

Virtuoso David Elton conjures trumpet magic in a chamber music setting.

John Bell and Elysian Fields join forces in a world premiere that reimagines Shakespeare and Wyatt through evocative, jazz-infused settings.

A virtuosic hybrid approach to performing Baroque music with largely modern instruments.

Katie Yap and Donald Nicolson combine for an exceptionally varied and stimulating evening in one of Melbourne's music hotspots.

Artistic Director Nicholas Dinopoulos and Giovanni Consort air two works sharing a sublime, monumental beauty.

First Nations musician Eric Avery tells us why he has asked the Flinders Quartet to use stringybark as part of his new work.

This month features new music from Huw Watkins and Bernadette Harvey, old music by Dowland and Zelenka and blockbusters care of Alkan, Bizet and Lise Davidsen.

Melody Eötvös's new piano trio, commissioned by Musica Viva Australia, is a meditation on rulership inspired by her love of trees.

The latest arts appointments and departures.