New South Wales pianist takes top prize in Shepparton competition, with Alyssa Chalmers winning second prize and the audience vote.

The 25-year old soprano takes home Australasia's most prestigious classical voice prize for young opera singers.

QTC’s second season under Daniel Evans spans Homer, Shakespeare, Miss Fisher, Sondheim and contemporary Australian theatre.

Spanning psychological drama to high-energy comedy, Black Swan presents four works by Western Australian writers and two international hits.

Chard made his operatic debut with the inaugural production of the Australian Elizabethan Trust Opera Company – now Opera Australia – and became a star in the UK.

ASO’s Symphony Series expands; international artists including pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Alexander Gavrylyuk, violist Lawrence Power and violinist Anthony Marwood to feature.

The human hand takes centre stage in a Limelight issue devoted to imagination, craft, rediscovery and reinvention.

"Our 75th anniversary is about honouring our past without being held by it,” says Artistic Director Leanne Stojmenov.

An expanded program now includes community bands in metropolitan and Western Sydney, alongside those in regional NSW.

After 32 years at the mic, Ford leaves The Music Show to focus full-time on his own music. "Maybe there’ll be some new books, too," he says.

Sydney's youth arts crucible aims to raise $50,000 to support its pay-what-you-can programs and scholarships.

Australian great Emma Matthews stars in a vibrant BCMF program of opera, dances and chamber repertoire.