ABC Classic and ABC Jazz announce the recipients of its $90,000 composer commissioning fund, which will support 15 new Australian works by a diverse range of artists.

The Dutch composer and musical agitator, whose music crossed boundaries, has passed aged 82.

Timothy Sexton, former Artistic Director of State Opera South Australia, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for abusing two teenage girls between 1989 and 1993.

Patrick Burns has been appointed as the new AD of Melbourne's Lyric Opera and plays a program committed to female Australian composers in 2022.

Hugh Robertson, who has worked as Marketing Manager for the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, and Label Manager of ABC Classic and ABC Jazz, is Limelight’s new Deputy Editor.

The $30,000 Conductor NSW Orchestral (Early Career) Fellowship, awarded to Leonard Weiss, will include a year’s activities with Sydney Youth Orchestras.

The Australian Ballet's new Artistic Director announces an exciting addition to the dance calendar, a festival called DanceX, which will bring together eight Australian dance companies.

UKARIA's new season features performances from pianist Stephen Hough, horn player Katy Woolley, the Orava Quartet and The Australian Vocal Ensemble AVÉ among others.

As COVID again wreaks havoc on the arts due to the NSW lockdown, Melbourne Digital Concert Hall will broadcast live performances this weekend in its Standing With Sydney Series.

Winners of this year’s Green Room Awards include Rachael Maza, Artistic Director of Ilbijerri Theatre Company, and arts journalist Richard Watts, who both received Lifetime Achievement Awards.

We look at opera's love affair with wine, the Australian Chamber Orchestra's new project River, and Virginia Gay's emergence as a playwright. We also salute Paul Goodchild, doyen of Australian brass.

Edwina Throsby will take on the new title for ABC, overseeing the new Art Works program, as well as new digital arts content.