Breathing as one: new study highlights effects of classical music on audiences
A new study finds that audience members’ heartbeats, breathing and even sweating synchronise when they watch a classical music concert.
October 9, 2023
New links forged between Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Academy of Music
A new three-year program seeks to enrich the training of Royal Academy and MSO Academy members and prepare young musicians for their performance careers.
September 21, 2023
Review: Rachmaninov and Smetana (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Pianist Joyce Zhang and conductor Xian Zhang deliver a big hit in the guise of an MSO Quick Fix.
September 19, 2023
Voice to Parliament: John Farnham and other artists saying Yes
John Farnham, Opera Australia, Musica Viva Australia and two state symphony orchestras are among artists who have shown support for the Voice to Parliament.
September 4, 2023
On Stage: the events you need to see in September 2023
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
August 21, 2023
Newsworthy: September 2023
A round-up of our recent news reports.
August 21, 2023
On Air & Online: Radio and streaming in September 2023
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
August 21, 2023
Review: Marsalis: Symphony No. 4, The Jungle (Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, MSO)
Marsalis enters The Jungle to claim Gershwin and Bernstein’s crown.
August 16, 2023
Review: Discovering Mendelssohn (Christian Li, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis)
Aussie prodigy revels in the world of a 19th-century German prodigy.
July 28, 2023
A Bee In My Bonnet: The necessity of internal organs
John Maidment laments the absence of a grand organ in Melbourne’s Hamer Hall.
July 24, 2023
On Stage: the events you need to see in August 2023
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
July 24, 2023
On Air & Online: Radio and streaming in August 2023
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
July 24, 2023
MSO announces 2024 Cybec Young Composer in Residence
Naomi Dodd will join the orchestra for a 12 month residency and write a new work to be premiered in October 2024.
July 21, 2023