Erin Helyard on making his UK debut as conductor with Handel’s love-and-sorcery drama Amadigi di Gaula at the Buxton International Festival.

The conductor talks about completing one of the most challenging of all symphonic cycles.

Cameron Lam collects memories of home, travelling, and correspondence in the latest Australian Art Music playlist.

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

Simone Slattery and Anthony Albrecht discuss The Bowerbird Collective's Melbourne debut at Elizabeth Murdoch Hall, featuring a cinematic ode to the evolution of song.

Ahead of his tour with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Italian baritone Renato Dolcini reflects on his passion for Baroque music and his collaboration with William Christie.

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Eddy Chen and Brett Yang have become YouTube sensations as TwoSet Violin, taking classical music to new audiences through their tongue-in-cheek videos.

Ahead of her title-role debut in Opera Australia’s The Merry Widow, soprano Emma Pearson tells us why operetta deserves pride of place alongside opera.

At this year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music, a concert inspired by Horrible Histories will explore the demise of several composers.

Yve Blake chats about her reimagining of Macbeth for Bell Shakespeare, starring a 13-year-old TV star with a cut-throat stage mum.

Samuel Cairnduff explores how political pressure, weak leadership and funding models are reshaping what Australian arts organisations dare to do.