This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

Is it justifiable to ban Russian music and musicians following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Should art rise above international conflicts?

In the larger national festival ecosystem, the Adelaide Festival retains the original intent of those who set it up more than 60 years ago.

Fantastical Journeys and outstanding performances by US violinist Jennifer Koh and Finnish conductor Emilia Hoving.

Canadian company Kidd Pivot's Revisor melds dance and text in an inspired version of Gogol’s The Government Inspector.

Over the past seven years, the UKARIA-based Chamber Landscapes series has grown to become an integral part of the Adelaide Festival.

A medical emergency and vocal problems couldn’t mar Christian Spuck’s monumental staging of Verdi’s masterpiece.

Collaborative spirit and supreme musicianship the hallmarks of Kronos Quartet's Perth Festival performance.

The heavenly voices of the world’s oldest surviving boys’ choir deliver a program that gives timeless liturgical works a surprising modern twist.

Every aspect of The Cage Project expresses a deep sense of collaboration and mutual trust between its performers.

Director Ivo van Hove's adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara's novel A Little Life is an unsubtle yet penetrating exposition of the worst of humanity.

Exiled from their homeland, the performers of Belarus Free Theatre deliver an urgent warning against complacency in the face of rising authoritarianism.