The Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the OA Sydney winter season, and the Bangalow Music Festival are among the numerous cancellations as COVID restrictions remain in place in NSW and Victoria.
Australian-Indonesian pianist Calvin Abdiel has won third prize in the 2021 Sydney International Online Piano Competition, with Italian-Slovenian Alexander Gadjiev winning first prize.
Five young Australian dancers are among the 15 finalists in the Royal Academy of Dance's Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition (formerly known as The Genée).
Applications for the 2022 Prelude Residency program are now open to composers of any genre at any stage of their career.
Christopher Cartlidge will leave the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to join the Australian String Quartet as its new violist.
Joe Gelonesi will oversee content and initiatives as the new Content Manager for ABC Classic and ABC Jazz, taking over from Toby Chadd.
The stimulus package will provide much-needed support for performing arts organisations who have lost income as a result of Sydney's current COVID lockdown.
Artistic Director Louise Bezzina hopes people will be able to come together "in a really bright, shimmery way, with a sense of celebration" at this year's Brisbane Festival.
Creative State 2025 aims to grow and strengthen a diverse and innovative arts industry for Victoria.
State Opera South Australia will perform The Turn of the Screw and The Barber of Seville in the remainder of its 2021 season.
Damiano Michieletto's new Tales of Hoffmann for Opera Australia is to be postponed to a future season due to the NSW Government’s extended stay-at-home orders in Sydney.
Steve Moffatt, who has been following the Sydney International Online Piano Competition, brings us up to speed as the Semi Finalists are announced.
The NSW Government is investing an additional $24 million into its Arts and Cultural Funding Program over the next four years.
