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

Guy Noble explains why positive affirmations drive him mad and have the reverse effect.

Technical mastery is the key to musical expression, says Opera Australia Concertmaster Matthieu Arama.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

Isobel Waller-Bridge chats to Maddy Briggs about her new album, Objects, which shines a magical lens on mundane objects and sounds.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

This month features Elsa Dreisig, a soprano of prodigious talents, Allan Clayton singing Winterreise and orchestral music, some familiar, most not.

The Adelaide Festival Centre CEO has loved music and the arts since childhood, having learned at the knee of her father, arts leader Tony Gould.

The Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra discusses China’s relationship with Western music ahead of an Australian tour.

Sunny Kim and Hilary Kleinig explain how their new chamber work for Canberra Symphony Orchestra was born out of improvisation.

After the success of last year’s inaugural Handa Opera at Millthorpe festival, Lyndon Terracini talks about this year’s expanded program.

Playwright Dennis McIntosh was a child when the West Gate Bridge collapsed, but he has never forgotten it.