This wide-ranging program perfectly reflects Canberra Festival's overarching theme, even if one did have to work to see the links.

Why has classical music been so slow to incorporate electric instruments?

Over the Easter weekend in April, Bermagui will host some of Australia’s finest musicians from Pinchgut Opera to the Acacia Quartet.

The new CEO of Bundanon Trust, and former Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), explains how art and music have always been part of her DNA.

A Steve Reich survey shows old-school Minimalism still packs a punch.

Modern and minimal string quartets shimmer in brand new guises.

A fine performance of a rarely heard 20th-century masterpiece.

Alongside the golden oldies, not so old dogs deliver plenty of new tricks.

New, but not shocking: ACO Collective champions Muhly’s new concerto.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor tells us about recording the orchestra's new Westlake and Reich disc, Limelight's Recording of the Month in May.

A well thought-out program, spanning 100 years from Janáček to Reich.

The minimalist icon has spent 30 years avoiding the potential pitfalls of orchestral performance, so why break the habit now? Clive Paget visits the composer in his rural retreat to get the lowdown.