Judge rules that MSO's cancellation of a Jayson Gillham concert was a business, rather than a political decision.

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The Australian-British pianist discusses his self-produced, two-piano recital tour, Keys to Life, performed with UK-based Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer.

Our mid-winter edition celebrates orchestral milestones and boundary-breaking composers while pondering creativity in the algorithmic age.

Our mid-winter edition celebrates orchestral milestones and boundary-breaking composers while pondering creativity in the algorithmic age.

Samuel Cairnduff explores how political pressure, weak leadership and funding models are reshaping what Australian arts organisations dare to do.

The 15-day hearing in the Federal Court in Melbourne has opened and is being livestreamed.

The Australian-born pianist partners with Palestinian-Jordanian rising star Iyad Sughayer in a musical "act of connection" as MSO court case looms.

Beauty and power triumph in Gillham’s Chopin Etudes.

Protesters accusing the MSO of having "blood on its hands" for its role in silencing Jayson Gillham hold up its BBC Proms performance.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra deficit stoked by Jayson Gillham “case management" costs and resulting "restructure and separation" payments.

If Australia is to maintain a thriving arts industry, it needs to rethink its cultural leadership and governance, argues Samuel Cairnduff.