Brett Dean conjures a dramatic debate between philosophers in his final concert as SSO Artist in Residence.

Not so much a new music tasting plate as a sumptuous multi-course banquet.

Alban Gerhardt brings Dean's colourful new Cello Concerto to life with subtlety and fire.

The composer and clarinettist tells us about his love of dark operas, transcribing butcherbirds, and how he left home with his bags unpacked.

QSO Music Director Alondra de la Parra talks to Limelight about a 2019 full of contrasts.

"The cello is being treated as a cello, and not as some trumpet-violin gone crazy," the German cellist says ahead of the world premiere with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Part marathon, part tasting plate, part John Cage’s Musicircus, Lyle Chan’s 12-hour festival will see Australia’s most innovative music-makers converge on City Recital Hall.

Box office success and visitor booms have seen the Festival generate a considerable amount of gross expenditure for the state.

Dean's opera has received four nominations, among them best Large Scale Composition.

The Australian composer’s acclaimed opera has won best World Premiere.

With two days to go, the Festival has announced it’s already achieved its biggest box office takings in its history, while the Fringe has also announced a bumper year.

Brett Dean’s intense, immersive new opera makes for a thrilling start to this year’s Adelaide Festival.