English actor Maxine Peake is known for portraying tough, complex women. She talks to Justine Nguyen about making her Australian stage debut in a play about a woman undergoing IVF, and the toll it takes on her, before presenting an immersive performance piece about the Velvet Underground’s Nico.

Chinese choreographer Yang Liping returns to Australia with her latest production.

A pernicious bout of fake news landed the famous conductor in hot water and worse.

Ahead of a chamber performance that will put the MSO Chorus in the spotlight, chorusmaster Warren Trevelyan-Jones explains why Brahms’ music is still so relevant today.

The flamenco guitarist and composer gets to the bottom of the style that has made him the musician he is today.

The versatile director discusses his touring production of Hair, opening tonight, The Selfish Giant for VO, and a new song cycle.

Luthiers have been making top-notch string instruments in Italy for centuries. Janet Wilson visits Roberto Cavagnoli in his Cremona studio where he is making copies of the Australian String Quartet’s original Guadagninis. She also asks some of the Australian musicians who play ‘Golden Age’ strings, what makes these highly prized (and pricey) instruments so special?

The conductor tells us about recording his disc of Dove's orchestral music, Limelight's Recording of the Month in August.

Have you ever wondered what happens inside a piano when you press down a key? Producer Matthew Lorenzon takes us behind the scenes of ABC Classic’s new video series, How a Piano Works.

While masterfully adaptable when his creativity was restricted by others, it was on being given a free rein that the Polish composer revealed his unique brilliance, as Adrian Thomas explains.

Experimental pianist Margaret Leng Tan, famous for her performances on toy piano, tells us about her work with John Cage and George Crumb, and how she learned to caw like a crow.

Violist Katie Yap introduces us to the period instrument ensemble, who describe themselves as ‘musical explorers’.