The latest arts appointments and departures.

Madeleine Easton cherry-picks choice selections in an engaging exploration of the incomparable composer's brilliance.

Twelve young ensembles will compete for a prize pool of over $60,000 in the competition's biggest edition to date.

Eleven composers will create new works addressing themes including the ecology, 3D sound, Chinese rituals and beliefs, gender identity and faith.

Roderick Williams, Ben Mingay and Simon Tedeschi are amongst the artists gracing the festival’s seventh edition.

Australian String Quartet delivers a near-perfect concert, a balance of clarity, rhetorical urgency and sensuousness of tone.

Brilliant cello star Nicolas Altstaedt and the ACO take us to Esterhazy, Transylvania and beyond.

A stunning exploration of the impressionistic potential of the piano, in an immersive visual environment.

Harry Sdraulig discusses his "mercurial" Second String Quartet, which has its national premiere with the Australian String Quartet.

Trio Gaspard, pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, a Goldner String Quartet farewell and the Kristin Berardi Quartet are among the artists set to appear.

Chinese virtuoso Xuefei Yang, Paco Peña and a live performance of The Princess Bride featuring Slava Grigoryan are part of the rich lineup.

Theatre, drone improvisations and opera overlooking the beach. Like the Sunshine Coast itself, the SCCMF is all about variety.