MSO brings a welcome touch of Scandinavian savvy to Melbourne’s festive season.

A comprehensive guide to the performing arts in 2026, essential holiday listening and must-see shows, Limelight is your ideal summer companion.

The internationally acclaimed Australian composer wins one of classical music's richest awards with a cash prize of $100,000 USD.

Martín and his Melbourne forces revel in the familiar and unfamiliar.

A brilliant celebration of music as a tool for storytelling, remembering and reckoning.

The pairing of MSO’s refined musicianship and Joyce DiDonato’s vocal artistry makes for a potent dose of musical medicine.

Nicholas McCarthy makes an impressive MSO debut, comfortably accounting for the technical and interpretative demands of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

Benjamin Northey, the first-ever Professor of Conducting at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, traces his career and discusses different approaches to conducting.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

Heartening to see an almost full Hamer Hall for this admirable MSO performance under the baton of Vasily Petrenko.

Musical theatre stars Amy Manford and Josh Piterman sing a feast of favourites marred by sound issues.