Though she studied the piano, Laura Vaughan became smitten with the viola da gamba and also plays the lirone, which a colleague described as “The Goosebump Machine”.

The New York Phil's first Black Principal talks neglected composers and #TakeTwoKnees.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s new Artistic Director talks COVID and connection.

This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

After a year writing for the screen, Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith is ecstatic to be back in the theatre with her new play Berlin, a nail-biting two-hander about young love and inherited guilt.

Why representation matters in Australian musical history, and what is at stake for all of us in deciding which musical stories we tell.

A Belgian choreographer and Gluck make perfect bedfellows, Schnittke wins a convert and Osmo Vänskä delivers an unforgettable Mahler 10.

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Sir Simon Rattle and bass-baritone Gerald Finley talk to Clive Paget about how Janáček spun something so profoundly philosophical out of a tale of foxes in a forest.

The stage performer, whose Bette Midler show The Divine Miss Bette has toured widely including to the US, discusses learning on the job in Wagga Wagga, and her excitement at premiering a new show at Tasmania’s Festival of Voices.

The Song Company premieres a Gavin Bryars classic in its 50th anniversary year.

Instead of only celebrating people when they’re in a box, let’s regularly tell them we love them, says Guy Noble.