Returning international favourites, first-time collaborations and world premieres: MVA launches seven national tours.

Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.

The UKARIA Cultural Centre celebrates its first decade with Pekka Kuusisto’s intriguing program for strings and an all-star cast.

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Are Australian orchestras and musical institutions genuinely embracing Indigenous voices?

Shostakovich responded to the political world around him in his compositions. We look at why his music remains as vital and relevant as ever.

American mezzo Joyce DiDonato is known for her musical versatility and her advocacy. She talks her love for Berlioz and commitment to opera.

Ahead of his latest tour, Taiwanese-Australian violinist Ray Chen talks about the multidimensional journey that led him to reimagine music education.

All musical material is “received”, believes Huw Belling. He explains why as he prepares to direct a program for The Song Company, which includes a world premiere of his own music.

Small companies are “vital” to Australia’s arts ecology, given “so much opera is being dictated by finances” higher up the chain, says soprano Celeste Lazarenko.

American percussionist, conductor and author Steven Schick unravels the musical philosophy that informs his residency at the Australian National Academy of Music.

Brian Maloney is Principal Percussion at the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. He explains what makes the vibraphone special.