The South-Korean pianist discusses her first solo recital tour in Australia and how she’s getting to grips with a challenging world premiere.

A wonderful feast of chamber music from hugely talented performers.

Women composers are wildly under-represented in Australian music across all genres but, as Rosalind Appleby discovers, a groundswell of change is gathering force.

Musical sommelier Carl Vine gives us a taste of the vintages on offer in this year’s Festival program.

Playing with a chamber outfit in Australia can be a pretty precarious profession. We spoke to some of our finest ensembles about the challenges faced and finding that special ingredient that makes them compelling for audiences today.

Sixteen ensembles will battle it out in Melbourne this July. We take a look at what’s in store for competitors and audiences at one of the world’s great chamber music launching pads.

Forty years young: Canada’s finest continue to delight with a winning formula.

The photographer, whose images will be familiar to anyone who’s been to a Musica Viva concert, takes us behind the scenes in a new exhibition

Mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital doesn't disappoint in this diverse and interesting program with the Giocoso String Quartet.

Pianist Aura Go and percussionist Matthias Schack-Arnott to follow Arcadia Winds as the next musicians in the two-year FutureMakers program.

The Israeli-born virtuoso faced two crises in his musical life. The first took him to Italy on a quest for buried treasure, and to solve the second, his latest willing recruit is Australia’s Elena Kats-Chernin.

Holly Harrison and Paul Stanhope will provide brand new works for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.