The addition of the slated 1500-1700 seat theatre will make QPAC one of the largest performing arts centres in Australia.

Over the June long weekend, ABC Classic FM invites people to get their toes tapping to music voted for by listeners.

Box office success and visitor booms have seen the Festival generate a considerable amount of gross expenditure for the state.

In the Festival’s third year, the Omega Ensemble are the performers in residence, joining a bill that includes Ray Chen, Tamara-Anna Cislowska and Deborah Humble.

Researchers in Taiwan used speech analysis techniques to explain the distinctive brilliance of the famous Italian violins.

The ensemble's newly launched Composition Prize is worth $1500 prize money and includes a number of career development opportunities.

Smith has been awarded the $25,000 Fellowship, while Kim Ho has taken out the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award.

Two rival films about the conductor’s life are in the works, helmed by Jake Gyllenhaal and Bradley Cooper.

The Betty Amsden Foundation has helped implement a wide-ranging program for families in memory of the late philanthropist.

A bassoonist, practising outside a church having arrived early for rehearsal, was approached by police after a concerned citizen called 911.

Benjamin Northey and musicians all around the globe will submit video clips of themselves playing an iconic bush ballad.

The Swedish soprano is the fourth recipient of classical music’s richest award.