Elliott Gyger explains why each movement of his new viola solo Solitaire follows a strict set of rules.

Movie critics loved Tár and The Banshees of Inisherin, but Guy Noble begs to differ, and offers his own suggestions for the awards they should have won.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Is it time to ditch star ratings? Shamistha de Soysa would be happy to see them go.

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

This month, Tim Mead’s Beauteous Softness does what it says on the can, there’s new music from First Nations composers, and classics from Benjamin Grosvenor and the Brodskys.

Matthew Manchester explains that there is still much to learn about an instrument once likened to a “choice castrato”.

The General Manager of 4MBS Classic FM gives us the lowdown on the 30th anniversary of the 4MBS Festival of Classics.

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

Barry Humphries enriched the culture, reimagined the one man show and upended the cultural cringe.

Without the First Folio, we wouldn't have Shakespeare as we know him, Freud's Oedipus complex and Marx's Theory of Capitalism.