The addition of three new female busts to the collection in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music library seeks to redress age-old inequities.

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Long-standing aficionado Stuart Maunder chats about Gilbert & Sullivan, their ongoing relevance and State Opera South Australia’s G&S Fest.

Joanna Murray-Smith's new play ponders the days, months and years leading up to Julia Gillard’s ‘misogyny speech'.

What is a KeyScanner? Pianist and technophile Zubin Kanga show us how it works and how it's used in his latest piece from his London lab.

After 80 years of silence, music by Dunera Boy Max-Peter Meyer finally has its day in the sun at Canberra International Music Festival.

Arabella Steinbacher discusses joining the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for Georges Lentz’s new violin concerto and warns that it's a little wild.

Percussionist Louise Devenish explains how oystershell and underwater video feature in a project exploring the history of Australian rivers.

Elena Kats-Chernin explains how her first violin concerto, written for soloist Emily Sun, draws on ideas she had just explored in a score for a German silent film set in the circus world.

Guy Noble ponders whether animals like classical music and admits he is glad we don’t share 100 percent of our DNA with chimps.

The Brodsky Quartet has an enviable track record for thinking outside the box. It explains what makes the quartet tick – and keep on ticking.

Andrew Macleod of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra explains how he fell in love with the flute and piccolo, and the differences in playing them.