The Sydney Chamber Choir demonstrates its versatility with a concert ranging from Renaissance music to Britten to an impressive new song cycle by Australian composer Joseph Twist.

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After a hiatus in 2020, we once again asked our reviewers and readers to vote for the Australian and International Artists of the Year. We are thrilled to announce our 2021 winners.

What will Simone Young bring to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as its new Chief Conductor?

Our favourite books for music lovers to relish this summer.

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

Thanks to her beloved – and greatly talented – parents, music was ever-­present in the ABC Chair’s home when she was a child. The passion that was sparked then has never waned.

Luminous and characterful, Respighi’s uncharted side is revealed in the richest of lockdown discoveries.

Belonging to a specific culture or genre can be great, but you can end up being stymied, without realising.

There are big egos in music, but happily not too many narcissists, says Guy Noble, who is recovering from a difficult experience with a self-­described “visionary”.

For Swafford’s Mozart, love was in the air, everywhere he looked.

This month’s news round-up includes a name change for Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, the release of a National Cultural Plan to grow the post-COVID arts economy, and the announcement of a number of awards and fellowships.