Australian Accent: December 2025 – January 2026
It's Silly Season but there's plenty of seriously Australian music to be heard in the next two months.
It's Silly Season but there's plenty of seriously Australian music to be heard in the next two months.
Close contenders to our top 25, these works deserve a listen.
Lou Bennett, Paul Stanhope, the ASQ and Adelaide Festival's Lesley Newtown recognised in the Ruby Awards, celebrating SA's arts and culture.
A round-up of our recent news reports.
With a major world premiere on every program, Omega Ensemble brings a fresh, contemporary focus to its 2026 season.
This month features a major rediscovery, Simon Rattle’s take on a concert staple, a probing Well-Tempered Clavier and, remarkably for the first time, the complete My Fair Lady.
In its fortieth anniversary year, the ASQ illuminates the string quartet genre with major works by Stanhope, Britten and Schubert.
Lou Bennett, Paul Stanhope and James Ledger take home one of Australia's richest compositional prizes.
Paul Stanhope’s remarkable Requiem is just what the world needs now.
A song cycle about cold-water swimming, a guzheng concerto and a work inspired by wind maps are among this year's nominees.
Wagner and Debussy made shipshape and a major new contribution to Australia’s choral and symphonic repertoire from Paul Stanhope.
Spanning centuries of music, ACO's 2026 season retains the sharp edge of the new and the unexpected.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.