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

Rewarding excellence across a range of musical genres and categories, the awards return with an in-person ceremony next month.

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.

It was all firing rockets, flashing light sabres and tooting old-fashioned French car horns in this sold-out Canberra Symphony Orchestra concert.

Sydney-born pianist Rosemary Tuck shares her love of the fun, beguiling music of English composer Albert Ketélby, which she has recorded on her new album A Dream Picture.

The new Melbourne venue will offer eclectic programming from Kate Ceberano to Dustyesky to David Helfgott, with an immersive La Bohème on the horizon.

More a musical pavlova than a croquembouche, but tasty nevertheless.

The ACO’s Richard Tognetti’s in the Limelight hot-seat for a special December issue. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Dame Edna may be hanging up her purple rinse but there’s plenty of life in the old dog yet. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Enjoy a cruise down the French Riviera with Roger Hodgman’s award-winning production. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

From the iconoclastic John Zorn to a ‘drone metal’ trio head, here is a program not for the faint-hearted. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

South Pacific leads set to reprise their onstage chemistry in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in