Two full-scale orchestral performances, three intriguing chamber music series and an all-Australian festival in ANAM's 2024 calendar.

Five contemporary operas, a bigger Melbourne presence, more women conductors and directors – Jo Davies' inaugural season suggests a change of direction for OA.

Composers Brett Dean and Newton Armstrong in the running for the UK's prestigious music awards.

The Swiss-based Adelaide-born cellist James Morley got a rock star welcome – and played like one, too.

What do our orchestras and choirs have on offer in the year ahead?

Taking up residency at the Darwin Entertainment Centre, DSO presents a program for music lovers of all ages, combining classics with works by First Nations and Australian artists and composers.

Australian Brett Dean has received an award for his song cycle Madame ma bonne soeur, with Thomas Adès, Judith Weir and Rebecca Saunders also among the winners.

Paul Dean and Elliott Gyger have taken home this year's Paul Lowin Prizes, presented at a ceremony that also included the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.

Pianist Jonathan Biss demonstrates dignified introspection in a fine Beethoven concert that also features the Australian premiere of Brett Dean's Gneixendorf Music, a Winter’s Journey.

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

AD Lyn Williams will shortly be meeting applicants via Zoom for Gondwana Choirs in 2023. She expresses her excitement at the programs in store, including collaborations with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and New Zealand Youth Choir.

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