A text message from his daughter got Guy Noble and his friend Teddy Tahu Rhodes thinking about how comforting (and amusing) it would be to have an emotional support animal or person on stage.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

Shostakovich’s jazzy side leads the field, with ear-ravishing Ravel, Carl Vine’s piano sonatas and Matthias Goerne’s collaboration with Daniil Trifonov in hot pursuit.

This month our features explore investing in music education, reevaluating Australian culture through a regional lens, two stage adaptations of Jekyll and Hyde and whether postmodernism has put paid to beauty.

The Australian composer and former opera singer discusses her new song cycle, Four Lost Songs, which will be performed by the Darwin Symphony Orchestra and soprano Rachelle Durkin as part of Darwin Festival.

Perhaps the solution to the never-ending debate about when to applaud at classical music concerts is to ban all applause.

Andrew Bain now owns over 20 horns, two of which he will bring with him when he returns home to play with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Australian World Orchestra.

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

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

The last of the great Kapellmeisters has passed away at the age of 73 after collapsing during a performance in Munich.

Not even a change in program and line-up could detract from this evening of exceptional musicianship.