The inaugural Women in Music Festival will take place over two days in Melbourne, on a site that became a focal point for women’s suffrage, while ABC Classic celebrates International Women's Day on the airwaves.

Professor Cat Hope examines gender equality and empowerment in Australian music culture in this year's Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.

The composer and Head of the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music will examine gender equality and empowerment in the 2018 address.

Two new Australian operas, an Estonian choir, the eight-hour theatrical tour-de-force Gatz and a host of "Made in WA" productions feature.

More than half the grants awarded to individual artists have gone to women.

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

Devenish took centre stage for 60 minutes, delivering complicated experimental music with poised artistry.

Lyle Chan, Peter de Jager, Speak Percussion, Moorambilla Voices and Tura New Music among the winners at this year's awards.

Composer Leah Blankendaal discusses the Adelaide-based new music ensemble's upcoming concert featuring Allison Bell.

The work in progress showing of Cat Hope's new experimental sound opera left one writer virtually speechless.

Acclaimed composer and musician Catherine (Cat) Hope is appointed Head of the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Effortless virtuoso in complete command of this (quite literally) electrifying modern repertoire. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in