The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has stood down its musicians and 12 administrative staff due to COVID-19, and is applying for the JobKeeper wage subsidy to pay them.

Isolated at home waiting for your billy to boil? MSO invites choral singers to perform Banjo Paterson’s famous bush-ballad for a special ANZAC Day commemorative video.

We speak to MSO Managing Director Sophie Galaise about the success of the orchestra’s live streams, and how the organisation hopes to craft a model that might help other orchestras and small to medium ensembles ride out the COVID-19 crisis.

The Prime Minister has advised against “non-essential” mass gatherings of more than 500 people, effective as of Monday, which will have a massive impact on the arts.

In response to Stephen Hough's anecdote about ageing audiences, Elizabeth Quinn shares the story of her elderly friend meeting Sir Andrew Davis after his farewell MSO concert.

The Peruvian maestro with a diary full of Australian dates talks to Clive Paget about career choices, composers who float his boat, and how a zero-waste lifestyle has enabled him to turn garbage into art.

Matthew Laing will work closely with the orchestra over the course of the year-long program

Collaborations between Indigenous musicians and composers with Western classical orchestras, ensembles and musicians are beginning to grow. Steve Dow talks to some of the artists participating in the cultural exchange about the challenges involved, the protocols that need to be respected, and the exciting new Australian sounds that are emerging.

Ahead of upcoming performances with her father, Japanese composer and conductor Joe Hisaishi, the singer tells us about her big break as a four-year-old singing on the soundtrack to the iconic Studio Ghibli film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

The composer tells us about her response to Beethoven’s Ninth, which premieres at the MSO’s Season Opening Gala.

The Lady of the Camellias, to be presented by QB, has been postponed due to the Coronavirus, while MSO's Chinese New Year concert was affected by fear of the virus.

Alongside artists from every sector, the classical music community is uniting to stage fundraisers and offer other forms of relief to those affected by Australia’s catastrophic bushfires.