Performance spaces are being redeveloped and built all over the country. Steve Dow charts the changes happening to mainstage venues, and explains what this flurry of architecture will mean for classical music and the performing arts.
Guy Noble reflects on our astounding luck to live on a stable planet and the perspective that gazing at the universe brings.
The Adelaide-based video game composer tells us about how he created the atmospheric music for the award-winning indie game Hollow Knight.
Christopher Watson, Director of Music at The Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne, discusses Land of Dreams, Limelight's Recording of the Month for October.
The Kronos Quartet will perform a “live documentary” at next month’s Melbourne International Arts Festival. But what is it? A concert, a film or a lecture? Ben Wilkie explores the project, which defies easy categorisation.
The Hungarian pianist and composer – who once held the Guinness World Record for most piano key hits in one minute – explains the importance of keeping music's genetics fresh.
Kirsten Flagstad revisited, Marriner’s pre-HIP Bach and DG’s Ozawa box.
The crossover artist talks about growing up in Wales, the discipline of choral music, and her approach in the recording studio.
Sam Allchurch reports on the restoration of one of Sydney’s most historic and musical churches, Christ Church St Laurence.
The beloved broadcaster tells us about her favourite Requiems, and why Berlioz didn't make the cut, ahead of her new series on ABC Classic.
Recording WASO’s concert performance of Tristan und Isolde with Asher Fisch and Stuart Skelton was a huge challenge, says producer Virginia Read, but also a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The Irishman who came to define English music is undergoing something of a pre-Brexit reassessment. RJ Stove investigates a rich musical life and legacy.
Detractors cite Béla Bartók’s famous quote: “Competitions are for horses, not artists”, yet music competitions are proliferating. Xenia Hanusiak, who has first-hand experience as a competitor, journalist and administrator, considers why so many musicians are happy to be judged, and the raft of possible benefits.
