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 Artistic Director of Victorian Opera tells us about his passion for G&S and the musical celebration he is directing for Opera Australia.

Calum Builder explains how he created his extraordinary, dismantled organ, using pipes salvaged from churches across Northern Denmark.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Watkins’ sparkling orchestral music celebrates a very special relationship.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

Joe Chindamo’s dazzling new clarinet concerto is brilliantly premiered by Dean Newcomb and the ASO.

Two Russian masterpieces where the composers win against the odds.

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.