Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: July 2026 – Starlight
Cameron Lam brings together Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art pieces that are evocative of starlight in this mid-winter Australian Art Music playlist.
July 9, 2026
Australian Composers: C is for Cawrse, Carr-Boyd & Chindamo
Discover the music of Australian composers, from Frances Cameron to Paul Cutlan.
October 16, 2025
Winner of 2022 Freedman Classical Fellowship announced
Violist Katie Yap will use the $21,000 prize to create a series of collaborative works with prominent Australian musicians.
August 1, 2022
Review: Classic Afternoon: The Elements (Canberra Symphony Orchestra)
This was an elegant, well-programmed concert by Canberra Symphony Orchestra, with the world premiere of Kim Cunio's CO2 and the Ice Core the clear highlight.
June 21, 2021
World Premiere: Kim Cunio’s CO2 and the Ice Core
The composer reveals how a recording of an ice core melting broke his heart and inspired this piece of music.
June 11, 2021
Review: The Vietnam Requiem (Australian War Memorial, The Flowers of War)
This monumental, unforgettable, deeply moving experience left the audience silent for a full minute before the roaring applause rang out.
June 6, 2021
Australian Art Music Playlist: September 2020
Cameron Lam shares his latest playlist of Australian art music from Melbourne’s lockdown.
September 9, 2020
Review: Musical Kin (Newcastle Music Festival, Twilight Musical Dialogues)
A sublime concert featuring soprano Miriam Allan and her pianist father Christopher, with flautist Sally Walker.
August 10, 2019
Review: Mass for Double Choir (Luminescence Chamber Singers, Consort of Melbourne)
Frank Martin's rarely heard Mass and four new Australian compositions make for a refreshing concert.
October 8, 2018