Canberra International Music Festival's Eugene Ughetti unpacks this year's program, promising a "five day-long deep listening experience".

Eddie Perfect discusses writing the music and lyrics for Beetlejuice The Musical and why he agreed to play the poltergeist in Melbourne.

It took Angelin Preljocaj 50 years before he felt ready to tackle Swan Lake. The French choreographer talks about his modern, ecological production, headed for Brisbane.

As the ABC begins a two-month celebration of the piano, we look at the heartwarming new TV series The Piano with Andrea Lam and Megan Burslem.

Johann Strauss II has always been popular, while also being dismissed by some as a composer of ‘light’ music. Yvonne Frindle takes up the cudgel on his behalf.

German virtuoso Carolina Eyck explains what it’s like to become one with arguably the rarest instrument ever invented.

Peggy Polias takes us inside her new orchestral work – a melody-driven meta piece, which plays with the mathematical idea of self-similarity.

As co-director and star, Pamela Rabe is well and truly up to her neck in Samuel Beckett’s absurd masterpiece Happy Days.

Composer Jonathan Dove talks to Clive Paget about his comic opera Flight, coming to Adelaide.

Louise Fox tells Jo Litson about her visceral new stage adaptation of The Birds.

About to step down after 19 years as CEO & Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival Centre, the busy arts leader shares his fascination with cultural connections.

Ensemble Offspring joins new music giants at Bang on a Can’s 2025 Long Play festival. Claire Edwardes tells Maddy Briggs why she’s so thrilled.