Six leading Australian composers have been named as finalists for this year's Paul Lowin Orchestral and Song Cycle Prizes.

Cameron Lam explores the music of South Australia in this month's Australian Art Music playlist.

With music by Australian composers including Corrina Bonshek, Anne Cawrse, Gambirra Illume, David John Lang and Chris Williams, this concert was the perfect way to mark World Migratory Bird Day.

South Australian music festival ReClassified has announced the six emerging composers for its inaugural year.

Cameron Lam explores choirs new and old, and the music written for them, in this month's Australian Art Music playlist.

Highlights include Stephen Hough and the ASO performing all of Rachmaninov's works for piano and orchestra, world premieres by Elena Kats-Chernin, Anne Cawrse and Grayson Rotumah, and the arrival of new Concertmaster Kate Suthers.

Michael Pisani, Principal Cor Anglais at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, didn’t even own the instrument when he was first offered the chance to play it. Now he is about to perform a new work by Anne Cawrse.

Rewarding excellence across a range of musical genres and categories, the awards return with an in-person ceremony next month.

A new Adelaide-based festival will provide mentoring and performance opportunities to budding composers.

Co-curators Anne Cawrse and Anna Goldsworthy have made an exceptional contribution to a paradigm shift in favour of Australian women composers.

This month, we lead with gripping string quartets from the greatest composer nobody knew for years, plus a century of outstanding music by women, both home and away.

Debut release for Cawrse a long time coming but well worth the wait.