The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

Affectionately known as ‘Tipi’, Timo Veikko-Valve is Principal Cello at the Australian Chamber Orchestra. He picked up the instrument to fill the family piano trio, and because a teacher once declared “he looks like a cellist”.

For its 2022 season the Australian Chamber Orchestra announces a new era as it moves to its new home at Pier 2/3 in Sydney's Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.

Few performances of Schubert's 'Trout' come close to this hour-long slice of heaven from the Australian Chamber Orchestra. 

The pandemic has accelerated the move online, but is it financially viable?

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

The ACO's fifth StudioCast presents some of their favourite repertoire – including Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa – as you have never seen it before.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

We look at opera's love affair with wine, the Australian Chamber Orchestra's new project River, and Virginia Gay's emergence as a playwright. We also salute Paul Goodchild, doyen of Australian brass.

Anna Melville, former Head of Programming at the ACO, discusses moving countries during a pandemic to take up a role at City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the challenges for arts programming.

The new Director of Artistic Programming at the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and former ABC Classic and ABC Jazz Content Manager, reflects on how his musicologist father informed his curiosity, and admits to playing the cello, badly.

Ahead of a solo with the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, Brian Nixon explains why you will often see the timpanist with an ear close to the drum.