Mark Holdsworth wins 2018 Arcadia Winds Composition Prize
The young, Perth-based composer will receive $1,500 in prize money and flights to Melbourne for the premiere of his winning composition.
September 7, 2018
Natasha Walsh wins 2018 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
The young Australian artist will take up a three-month residency in Paris and receive $40,000 funding.
September 7, 2018
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra announces new Chief Conductor
Norwegian maestro Eivind Aadland will commence a three-year engagement with the TSO from 2020.
September 7, 2018
Sydney Theatre Company announces its 2019 Season
Power and family are in the spotlight in STC’s 2019, Kip Williams explains, with a swathe of new plays alongside modern classics like Lord of the Flies, Così and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
September 6, 2018
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra announces its 2019 season
Next year’s season includes guests from violinist Andrew Haveron to oboist Diana Doherty, plus the orchestra’s first ever choral collaboration.
September 6, 2018
Ophelia and Lady of Shalott to travel to Canberra
The National Gallery of Australia will showcase 80 Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces this December.
September 6, 2018
A New Hope: Zurich Chamber Orchestra cancels Sydney performance
Congratulations are in order for violinist Daniel Hope on the birth of his son – who arrived a little ahead of schedule.
September 5, 2018
Asher Fisch reveals WASO’s plans for 2019 and the future
Gun-Brit Barkmin returns, Siobhan Stagg is the orchestra’s first ever Artist-in-Association, and a raft of stellar soloists and conductors make this a jam-packed season.
September 5, 2018
Miriam Margolyes, Shakespeare in Love and Kiss of the Spider Woman make up Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2019
An exciting new season that balances international plays with new and classic Australian works.
September 5, 2018
The film Starstruck is set to become a musical
Garry McQuinn, the lead producer of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, has announced a partnership with NIDA and Destination NSW to develop the show.
September 4, 2018
Finalists announced for 2018 Freedman Classical Fellowship
This year’s finalists are Courtenay Cleary, Thea Rossen and Oliver Shermacher.
September 4, 2018
Israel’s public broadcaster apologises for playing Wagner
The Voice of Music channel broke a long-standing ban on the anti-Semitic composer’s works.
September 4, 2018
Malthouse Theatre announces its 2019 season
Cloudstreet is the centrepiece in a 2019 season steeped in horror, Malthouse AD Matthew Lutton explains.
September 3, 2018