Our favourite books for music lovers to relish this summer.

Artistic Director Paul Kildea promises audiences the "broadest possible definition" of chamber music, with a season that reaches across cultures, genres and borders.

Acclaimed violist and composer Matthew Laing joins the Partridge String Quartet in Musica Viva's artist development program.

This concert, being toured by Musica Viva, is both a journey to Russia’s dark soul and a farewell to a rising star.

An antipodean dream finally comes home.

Paul Kildea’s first season as Artistic Director will feature several programs rescued from 2020, plenty of Australian artists, as well as a staged presentation of his book Chopin’s Piano.

Violinist Harry Ward and the Partridge String Quartet will participate in the prestigious two-year leadership initiative.

From flygskam to hazardous air quality, the changing climate is increasingly having an impact on classical music and the arts. Angus McPherson considers how artists and organisations are rising to meet these challenges, and asks what role the arts can play in the face of a climate crisis.

Musica Viva Australia turns 75 this year. As the chamber music organisation started by refugees in 1945 celebrates its milestone season, we talk to former Artistic Director Carl Vine and new Artistic Director Paul Kildea about Musica Viva’s past, present and future.

Carl Vine tells us about his swansong season as Artistic Director of the organisation, which celebrates its 75th birthday next year.

Paul Kildea conducts the CSO for the first time in a concert featuring the Grigoryan brothers and a world premiere by Kenneth and Kirsten Lampl.

The Australian conductor and author will take up the role in mid-2019, succeeding longtime AD Carl Vine.