The violinist, conductor and teacher, former Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, died in Sydney at the age of 87.

The 2022 Adelaide Festival program from Joint Artistic Directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healy features 71 events including nine world premieres and six Australian premieres.

Six concerts and an intriguing line-up of soloists see the orchestra venturing well beyond the Baroque.

Rising star Christian Li proves a violinist for all seasons.

November is Australian Music Month across the ABC, and ABC Classic’s concert schedule for the month features some stunning works by Australian composers – some old, some new.

In this month's features we talk to Barrie Kosky about The Golden Cockerel, run an extract by Leigh Sales from the book Well Hello, explore the role of music reviewers today, and examine the pleasures and perils of writing music for the screen.

Thirty-six years after founding Adelaide Chamber Singers, Carl Crossin is to step down as Artistic Director and Conductor at the end of the year and will be replaced by Christie Anderson – but retirement isn't part of his plan.

In 2022, Queensland’s chamber orchestra adds a fourth mainstage concert to its season, and welcomes Lior as its guest for an additional performance at HOTA, Home of the Arts.

What do we want from music reviews these days, when anyone can publish online?

Why Barrie Kosky’s strange, dreamlike staging of The Golden Cockerel is unlike any other production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s final opera.

The pleasures and perils of writing music for film and television.

Beset with monkey mind, Guy Noble currently finds satisfaction in cleaning, and wishes he could take his brain out and give that a good scrub too.