Featuring 21 world premieres, the 2025 Brisbane Festival promises "a world-class event with a fiercely local heart".

Australia crowns Beethoven king of the keys (again) as the 'Emperor' Concerto takes out this year's piano-centric poll.

Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, composer Iain Grandage and Canberra Symphony Concertmaster Kirsten Williams among this year's recipients.

Already an Emmy and Olivier Award winner, Sarah Snook adds a Tony to her cabinet at Broadway's night-of-nights.

Appointed Assistant Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Martin relocates to the US with wife Susan Eldridge, who works in trauma-informed orchestral research.

A live orchestral performance of the Blue Danube Waltz transmitted to Voyager 1 corrects what some Strauss fans regard as a long-standing omission.

Multi-national Live Nation to add to its growing portfolio of venues in Australia and New Zealand with a new 3000-capacity hall in Perth.

The Sydney contemporary scene's volunteer-run Weekly Gig Guide is shutting down after a "difficult period" and no funding solutions ahead.

Foundry616 shuts its doors at the end of June – the second Sydney venue to announce closure this week.

Composer-conductor Richard Mills takes over the podium from Jonathan Tooby to lead "an orchestra with a unique voice in Australia".

The donation supports a children's exhibition from Kip Williams and Elizabeth Gadsby and the establishment of a new gallery.

Australia's Brett Dean named the new Creative Partner of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, designing concerts set for April 2026.