Jessica Cottis inspires orchestra and audience alike in an accomplished concert unified by themes of friendship.

Featuring superstar Aussie soloists, large-scale orchestral gems and home-grown music, this year's season is inspired by interconnectedness.

What is synaesthesia? How does it manifest itself in music makers and their listeners? We talk to a leading expert and musicians to find out.

A punchy Prokofiev outshone by James Ehnes’ stunning Barber concerto.

From controversy to conservatoire: Pianist Jayson Gillham lands teaching role in Scotland.

Beethoven Five, Mahler Nine, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Stephen Hough are some of QSO’s 2025 players as the orchestra explores spirituality in all of its colours.

The number of Australians with their sights set on an international conducting career hasn’t changed, but their success rate is down. Why?

Female and gender-diverse talent cleans up at this year's awards, with Sally Whitwell, Genevieve Lacey, Mary Finsterer and Mindy Meng Wang among the winners.

CSO's 75 anniversary season features seven world premieres, works by Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Holst, and new compositions by First Nations artists.

In 1824, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna. Two hundred years later, it has not lost any of its impact.

Notable female talent deliver a one-off, semi-staged performance of the contemporary opera based on Lars von Trier’s disturbing film.

Miriama Young explains how she was inspired by Beethoven’s Ninth when she was commissioned by Canberra Symphony Orchestra.