From Bach to Bernstein, classical music is still the drug of choice for those in pursuit of the ultimate legal high.

It’s 75 years since the Russian massacre and 55 years since Shostakovich commemorated it in a symphony. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Today marks ten years since Pavarotti’s death. In 2013, we spoke to Richard Bonynge about the remarkable tenor.

A cast of shape-shifters takes us deep into a hallucinogenic nightmare in Malthouse and Victorian Opera’s Black Rider. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

You’ve read the book and seen the film, now kick up your heels with West Australian Ballet in The Great Gatsby ballet. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

From Falla to Michael Jackson, the cello and guitar duo talk about their tour plans and the pleasures of Australian coffee.

Some thought Christopher Wheeldon “completely insane” when he decided to make a ballet based on Lewis Carroll's novel.

The Australian pianist discusses his new Medtner and Rachmaninov disc, Limelight’s Recording of the Month for September. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A pupil of Haydn and friend of Beethoven, Reicha was an experimenter and one of classical music's true originals.

In his new sonata, Aspects of Return, native cello-speaker Jakub Jankowski draws on psychology, philosophy and poetry. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Winner of the 2017 Hephzibah Tintner Conducting Fellowship, the hornist started conducting by accident. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Was Ravel’s music affected by external events and, eventually, mental illness? Absolutely not, says Gerald Larner.