The latest arts appointments and departures.

Soprano Siobhan Stagg's first Chamberfest as curator explores music’s broader social role: as storyteller, philosopher and “bias-breaker and community builder”.

As 2026 Composer in Residence at the Canberra International Music Festival, Fiona Hill presents a body of work in which collaboration is more worldview than method.

Cameron Lam’s Australian Art Music playlist focuses on Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art made outside of our capital cities this month.

“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.