The composer discusses a new work that imagines the harmonic series of our solar system and employs magic squares to give each planet a musical colour.

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir reconnects Jalaluddin Rumi's 13th century poems to the divine.

A frustrating chimera of a lecture-performance hybrid buoyed by Aura Go’s Chopin.

In a world of multiple Beethoven, Shostakovich and Bartók cycles, asks Flinders Quartet, how have we missed Maconchy?

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music celebrates works that provoked audiences to make mayhem.

Honouring established musicians such as Liza Lim, Paul Dean and Mindy Meng Wang, this year’s Awards also celebrate an exciting number of first-time nominees.

Cameron Lam’s monthly playlist covers Classical, Jazz and Sound Art that adventures across land, sky and sea before returning to the comfort of home.

Australia’s Affinity Quartet becomes the first domestic ensemble to win the string quartet category.

Germany's Trio Orelon and Melbourne's Affinity Quartet top a terrific week of music making, reports Peter Tregear from MICMC 2023.

Nineteen world premieres and more than 1000 performances in a Brisbane Festival bill spotlighting local talents with national profiles.

Jacqui Smith will lead the historically-informed music group, which has also revealed its first tour to the US.

Fortune favours the bold – and the Freedman Jazz Fellowship winner’s new evocative interdisciplinary work puts himself among them.