The gateway to the Macedon Ranges lights up on the King's Birthday Long Weekend with an impressive festival of music, talk and community.

New faces, international guest artists, returning favourites and a bittersweet farewell – the 2024 AFCM is brimming with gems.

Artists and audiences return to New Zealand's Adam Chamber Music Festival year after year. "We’re a festival that looks after people,” says Artistic Director Gillian Ansell.

Danes complete their Prism project, Bychkov delivers a blistering Resurrection, outstanding Beethoven from Ohlsson in the mountains, and Piers Lane goes to town . . . again!

"The perfect ambassador" wins the Sydney International Piano Competition with performances that brought tears to the eyes of its Artistic Director.

A stunning start to the Sydney International Piano Competition, 17 days of pianistic heaven on a stick.

Encores take centre-stage in Piers Lane’s entertaining recital.

The inspired pairing of Mozart’s powerful 24th piano concerto with Strauss’s exquisite Don Quixote proves dramatically and musically powerful.

The inaugural International Series shows off the sonic possibilities of Canberra Grammar School’s state-of-the-art Snow Concert Hall.

With Zubin Mehta as 2023 Artistic Patron, The Sydney announces the 32 pianists – including three Australians – participating in the internationally-acclaimed event.

Jack Liebeck explains how his life fell into place when a violin was put into his hands at age eight, and how he has programmed the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, where he is the new Artistic Director.

The first TCMF since 2019 features some of Australia's best musicians performing masterpieces by the likes of JS Bach and Liszt, as well as a decent helping of contemporary works.