Brett Dean's Hamlet on DVD, Stuart Skelton's debut recital album, and Pinchgut Opera are among the finalists.

Claire Edwardes unveils James MacMillan's latest percussion concerto and David Robertson gives us a cracker of a Beethoven 7.

Ahead of conducting his Hamlet concert suite at ANAM, the composer talks about the ‘spin-offs’ from his opera and turning his attention to other projects.

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.