Beethoven, Brahms, and a new quartet worthy of serious buzz.

Highlights include a new work by Jessica Wells, a choir of thousands, and the return of a revamped Opera at Jimbour.

Cicada song is a vividly Australian sound. Kate Moore tells us how these ‘little stringed instruments’ inspired her new work for the Australian String Quartet.

Featuring Ute Lemper, requiems, Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims, ZOFO's new Pictures at an Exhibition, the Bolshoi Ballet and the AWO's Alexander Briger.

We finish our round up of the shows that excited us most in 2018 with a look at dance.

Two wildly different works, with live music by the Australian String Quartet in one, make for a thrilling ride.

Rafael Bonachela and Dale Barltrop discuss the Australian String Quartet's collaboration with Sydney Dance Company on a Bryce Dessner score.

A world premiere by James Ledger demonstrates that he's a formidable composer for the string quartet.

In his new work for the Australian String Quartet, the composer holds a mirror up to the form made famous by Joseph Haydn.

New commissions by Kate Moore and Nigel Westlake feature alongside canon works in the ASQ’s National Season.

Many first-time finalists, emerging composers and past winners are in the mix this year.

Director Andy Packer explains how the text of Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament interweaves with the music of the Australian String Quartet’s Beethoven Widmann Beethoven tour.