They will bring their celebrated two piano rendition of Bach's Goldberg Variations to the five-day festivities.

Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf and Handel’s Israel in Egypt among the highlights of the festival, which is united by the theme of ‘Return’.

Sixteen ensembles, representing 15 nationalities and eight countries, will compete for more than $150,000.

Reg Livermore, Rhoda Roberts and Carrillo Gantner are among the recipients of Centenary lifetime achievement awards.

The company has issued an updated statement regarding an employee complaint against the Australian actor.

The Australian flautist’s 2018 series at The Concourse will feature Australian artists Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Taryn Fiebig, Nexas Quartet and more.

The award-winning Australian actor’s lawyers have described the claims, which were reported in the Daily Telegraph, as “false and untrue”.

Joyce Morgan and John Shand will share the role of SMH theatre critic following Jason Blake's departure.

The MSO Chief’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra is in the running for Best Choral Performance while Dmitri Hvorostovsky gets a posthumous nod.

Concerned that Jason and Elissa Blake's new online arts platform Audrey Journal is a conflict of interest, Fairfax Media has stopped using them as contributors.

New research suggests physical measures and sound screens do little to protect musicians’ hearing.

A centenary production of Bernstein's Candide and Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles join three 18th-century choral masterpieces.