Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.

For the musicians of The Metropolitan Orchestra, playing aboard a BRAVO Cruise of Performing Arts is a floating festival where no two days are alike.

Vocalist Jess Hitchcock and choral director Steven Hodgson share their thoughts on Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s music ahead of the MSO's Yinya dana program.

Buoyed by the success of the inaugural event in 2024, this joy-filled day of professional learning and community returns with an expanded offering.

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On the centenary of Erik Satie's death, we examine the iconoclastic composer once described by John Cage as “indispensable”.

On the 150th anniversary of Carmen, we talk to director Anne-Louise Sarks about her new production for Opera Australia.

Arriving in Australia this month, British clarinettist Michael Collins chats about his fast-paced career and surviving two terrible setbacks.

La Boite Artistic Director Courtney Stewart tells Jo Litson about the company’s centenary season.

Nicola Boud explains the many differences between historical and modern clarinets, as she prepares to tour for Musica Viva Australia.

Mat Schulz, the co-Artistic Director of Kraków’s Unsound festival, unpacks his 2025 program for Illuminate Adelaide.

The lead character in Kimberly Akimbo is 16 going on 70 due to a rare ageing disease. Jo Litson talks to director Mitchell Butel and Marina Prior who plays Kimberly.