Challenging repertoire, executed with a quiet confidence and attention to detail. 

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All musical material is “received”, believes Huw Belling. He explains why as he prepares to direct a program for The Song Company, which includes a world premiere of his own music.

Big issues, huge voices, major talents ... September's Limelight casts a wide net over the Australian music and performing arts scene and hauls in a bumper catch.

Big issues, huge voices, major talents ... September's Limelight casts a wide net over the Australian music and performing arts scene and hauls in a bumper catch.

Devotional songs, Estonian chant and the "edgy modernism of Irish music" in the mix to be delivered by The Song Company in 2025.

Elizabeth Jigalin and Oliver John Cameron discuss their new site-specific work Sonant Traces, which has its world premiere at Sydney’s White Bay Power Station this month.

Fascinated by complex musical ideas, Jack Symonds never wants to make work that resembles anything else – whether he’s programming it or writing it himself.

Launching over 20 world premieres from emerging and established Australian composers, the ensemble touts new music across NSW and Victoria, as well as internationally in Helsinki and Berlin.

Rewarding excellence across a range of musical genres and categories, the awards return with an in-person ceremony next month.

Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared is given an exquisite staging before a bold new work tears it to shreds in this intelligent and entertaining double bill from Sydney Chamber Opera.