Andrew Ford explains how he was given permission to write his “free ramble”, which has its premiere at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townville works because it's off-the-radar, not despite it, says Artistic Director Jack Liebeck.

A concert of contrasts underscoring how music and Christmas have held diverse meanings for composers across centuries.

For its 10th anniversary year, the ensemble offers two new concert programs, three new premieres, one tour and a Christmas classic.

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The composer, writer and broadcaster recalls a childhood full of music, the first time he saw a composer in the flesh and turning a Beatles’ song into a lullaby.

Everyone's favourite cartoon canine, a new opera inspired by one of the great Las Vegas acts, life aboard a BRAVO arts cruise and the 2024 Limelight Recordings of the Year.

Everyone's favourite cartoon canine, a new opera inspired by one of the great Las Vegas acts, life aboard a BRAVO arts cruise and the 2024 Limelight Recordings of the Year.

Ford’s non-linear storytelling weaves a multicoloured web of musical history.

Heavens above! This year's Port Fairy Spring Music Festival reaches for the stars – some you know and others you need to hear.

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In his new book, The Shortest History of Music, Andrew Ford discusses why music is as intrinsic to human life as the air we breathe. We run an extract.