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

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

This collection of essays is a sophisticated meditation on virtuosity itself.

The Australian Music Centre turns 50 this year. Composer Vincent Plush, who was there at the start, recalls how it all began.

This month features operatic fantasies for cello, Shostakovich quartets, new albums from the Seraphim Trio and Andrea Lam, and the latest in Simon Rattle’s Janáček project.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

"It feels like my brain gets massaged," says Shimada, Principal Contrabassoon of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

In our 250th issue, Guy Noble explains how he came to write his monthly Soapbox column and how the ideas continue to flow.

In Europe for a series of high-profile appearances, the players of the Australian Youth Orchestra are making the most of the opportunity.

In heavy disguise, opera critic Albert Ehrnrooth experiences the sweaty business of performing in a gigantic Carmen staged in scorching summer heat.

Chloé Charody brings her politically charged performance pieces to Melbourne for the first time. "I want to use my platform to amplify the voices the world wants to forget,” she tells Limelight.

Making her Australian World Orchestra debut in its MAHLERFEST, violinist Sola Hughes is tuning up for a once-in-a-career musical experience.