A round-up of our recent news reports.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike.

Advice dating back to the court of Frederick the Great still stands for students of Historically Informed Performance.

The composer discusses a new work that imagines the harmonic series of our solar system and employs magic squares to give each planet a musical colour.

In a world of multiple Beethoven, Shostakovich and Bartók cycles, asks Flinders Quartet, how have we missed Maconchy?

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music celebrates works that provoked audiences to make mayhem.

Cameron Lam’s monthly playlist covers Classical, Jazz and Sound Art that adventures across land, sky and sea before returning to the comfort of home.

The Finnish maestro on interpreting music when there are more questions than answers.

The Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre cuts through the smoke and mirrors in her new work for Illuminate Adelaide and her upcoming Sydney Opera House debut.

After making history at New York’s Juilliard School, the award-winning guitar duo is back in Australia with the launch of a new album.

Doomed to be judged on criteria such as strategic value and return on investment, performing arts training in Australia is in crisis, argues Chris Hay.