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

Pianist Konstantin Shamray and conductor Nicholas Milton's overdue reunion with Willoughby Symphony promises to be “pure fireworks".

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.

Want to join in? Here's a selection of events around Australia celebrating the joy of music.

A stellar showcase of charisma and coordination from the MSO led by visiting conductor Anja Bihlmaier.

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

The 'age-quake' shaking up dance; Dvořák’s opera Rusalka; the connections between poetry and music; plus Marina Prior, Xavier de Maistre and Olivier Latry feature this month.

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

Sydney is the only capital city actively losing its creative workforce. This is how the City of Sydney hopes to fix it.

Soprano and actress Christiana Aloneftis has received the $20,000 prize, while two other Australian creatives are awarded a supporting bursary.