Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak is the latest artist to be signed by Decca Classics, Universal’s US-based classical label. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Pianist Nelson Freire has been made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

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Sony Classical has announced an exclusive long term agreement with Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Reportedly the world’s best-selling classical artist, Italian opera star Cecilia Bartoli is set to tour Australia in 2011.

Orchestra Victoria will be forced to shrink their core ensemble in 2011 in order to avoid bankruptcy.

Swiss tenor Hugues Cuénod has died at the extraordinarily advanced age of 108.

Stephen Hawkings' A Brief History of Time may soon be the subject of a new opera collaboration.

A professional Palestinian orchestra has performed in Israel for the first time in the history of the Jewish state – a landmark cultural event for residents of a region wracked by conflict for generations.

Love Sting? Also love that live symphony orchestra sound? Then you’re in luck, as you can enjoy both at the same time when Sting brings his Symphonicity show to our shores.

It’s January, and for Sydney that means festival time!

Verdi’s La Traviata will be performed on a floating stage on Sydney Harbour next year, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has announced.