Soprano Helena Dix’s performance in Strauss’s glorious Four Last Songs shines alongside a condensed and dramatic Ring Cycle.

Mark Wigglesworth says Henk de Vlieger’s orchestral synthesis captures the drama – not just the highlights – of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle.

Stellar musicianship and extraordinarily close connection make for a compelling performance.

Mark Wigglesworth and the ASO open up a window into a golden age of musical evolution.

In a year of music as “a timeless force for good”, season highlights include Sir Bryn Terfel and a complete Sibelius cycle.

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Shostakovich responded to the political world around him in his compositions. We look at why his music remains as vital and relevant as ever.

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.

Stephen Hough revives the pianist-composer tradition in grand style in the wondrously musical final concert of the ASO’s engrossing Brahms series.

In the ASO’s sell-out season of Brahms symphonies, it was Stephen Hough’s performance of Grieg’s piano concerto that completely enthralled.

Every Brahms symphony, every Beethoven piano concerto and a Stephen Hough world premiere in Mark Wigglesworth's first program at the ASO.