Is music a gift? Scientists weigh in on the debate
Nature or nurture? Swedish study of twins suggests musical aptitude is genetic.
August 19, 2014
Opera Australia wins big at the 14th Helpmann Awards
Melbourne Ring and Sydney Theatre Company win big while Sweet Charity slays the giants.
August 18, 2014
ACO celebrates 40 years with the old and the new
Vivaldi bookends next year's season but there's a great deal more in between.
August 18, 2014
Licia Albanese has died
Soprano embraced by Toscanini and Sondheim takes her final curtain call at 105.
August 18, 2014
Blood, gore and much more in Theatre Works’ Thérèse Raquin
Contemporary adaptation of Emile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin will reinvigorate the work, almost 150 years after it was written.
August 18, 2014
Music proven to be as good as sex
Innovative research examines how musical pleasure leads to physiological stimuli.
August 18, 2014
Demand for Brian Cox out of this world
Fourth concert announced for QSO’s cosmic collaboration with celebrity physicist.
August 15, 2014
Joyce DiDonato tells you how to get to Carnegie Hall
The singer shares her audition dos and don’ts for people wanting places at her masterclasses.
August 14, 2014
Nigel Westlake and Lior to headline Art Music Awards
Impressive roll-call of performers is announced for this year’s APRA AMCOS Awards.
August 14, 2014
Frans Brüggen has died
Early music pioneer and founder of Orchestra of the 18th Century passes at 79.
August 13, 2014
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra invites audience to conduct
Curtain up on ASO’s Beethoven Festival, but orchestra abandons stage for local railway station.
August 13, 2014
Intimate letters brought to life by music and theatre
Bell Shakespeare and the ACO breathe life into the musings of Janáček, Smetana, and Mozart. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 12, 2014
Wagner is jewel in crown for Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2015
An epic concert version of Tristan and Isolde heads up David Robertson's eclectic 2015 season.
August 12, 2014