The jeweller and entrepreneur, who died this week, was also the founder of a highly regarded international violin competition.

Currently Head of Contemporary Performance at the Sydney Opera House, Ebony Bott takes the reins at a critical time for Brisbane Festival.

A new festival to rival the likes of Vivid Sydney and SXSW among initiatives designed to "unlock" the west's cultural potential.

Verbally gymnastic, politically astute and often risqué, Tom Lehrer fell foul of the authorities when he toured Australia in 1960.

Cleo Laine made history as the first British jazz singer to receive Grammy nominations in both the jazz and classical categories.

Over a career spanning six decades, Henri Szeps became one of Australia’s most familiar and versatile performers on stage and screen.

Rocking on: The Minns Labor Government to disperse $9.3 million in grants to "boost an industry facing significant challenges".

Violinists Josephine Chung and Harry Egerton win scholarships to attend Berlin's Karajan-Akademie and Munich's Hermann Levi Academy, respectively.

A Republican proposal to rebadge the JFK Center’s second-largest hall as the First Lady Melania Trump Opera House has raised some eyebrows.

A new First Nations recording initiative, a choral collaboration with Swedish voices and a new album from young jazz talents among those funded.

Loughborough University has created a violin narrower than a strand of human hair. Perfect for the ultimate whiner.

The Budapest-born pianist is among five stellar artists awarded this year's Praemium Imperiale.