The season features Australian guest soloists including Siobhan Stagg, Jayson Gillham and Grace Clifford, a new chamber series, and a new initiative committed to greater representation of women composers.

"It's been a journey," says Co-Artistic Director Rachel Healy as the Adelaide Festival announces a program featuring 10 world premieres, 14 Australian premieres, and 18 events exclusive to the festival.

The new Canberra company unveils its inaugural season tomorrow. In an exclusive story, we reveal the two productions it will present next year.

Adelaide Chamber Singers’ 2021 season features three dynamic programs across three iconic Adelaide venues, and includes the premiere of a new work by Kerensa Briggs.

Incoming Artistic Director David Hallberg has launched a program that includes three full-length ballets, two contemporary mixed bills, and a gala.

The 40th anniversary season will feature Lorelei, a new Marriage of Figaro and Aida with Opera Australia, as well as a regional tour of Are You Lonesome Tonight, which combines opera and country music.

The new Re-imagine: sector recovery initiatives fund, which acknowledges the “significant forces of change and evolution facing the cultural and creative industries”, is supported by the Sidney Myer Fund.

Musica Viva has revealed the six student groups who will compete in the initiative introduced for groups unable to participate in Strike a Chord due to COVID-19.

Next year will see the long-awaited return of Richard Meale’s Voss, as well as four world premieres by Australian composers.

Oud virtuoso and composer Joseph Tawadros’ took out the award for Best World Music Album in the 2020 ARIA Awards.

Emily Sun, Daniel Rojas and the Orava Quartet are among the artists performing in the chamber music series.

The news of a staged concert of Voss in September follows the announcement earlier this month of two performances of Carousel in March.