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NSW government announces music education overhaul in public schools

The Minns Government’s Time for Music plan aims to improve the quality and consistency of music education.

September 25, 2026
Classical Music, News
news

Conductor Benjamin Northey to deliver 2026 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address

Northey’s address to argue that Australian art music’s central challenge is not preservation but “relevance, imagination and connection”.

September 24, 2026
News
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Australian makes Franz Liszt International Piano Competition finals

Calvin Abdiel one of four finalists in a competition concluding without a first-prize winner.

September 22, 2026
Classical Music
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Musicians amongst 2026 ARC Future Fellowships

Georgia Curran and Alon Ilsar secure funding for the cultural preservation of Indigenous song traditions and accessible musical instruments respectively.

September 11, 2026
News, Opera
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2026 Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award announced

Cairns-born soprano Cassandra Wright scoops the pool, taking the $40,000 first prize and two additional awards.

September 8, 2026
Classical Music, News
news

Tributes flow for Georg Pedersen, cellist and teacher

Danish-Australian musician Georg Pedersen, who taught generations of young cellists at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has died aged 80.

September 8, 2026
News
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Vale Ronald Smart, former Sydney Conservatorium principal

A talented trombonist and choir director, Smart went on to lead the Sydney Conservatorium of Music through a period of significant change.

September 5, 2026
Opinion
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ARIA rule changes send a message of reassurance and warning to artists

New rules on generative AI in music send a welcome message to artists, writes composer Alexis Weaver.

August 31, 2026
News
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Vale Stanley Ritchie, Australian violinist and champion of historical performance

Born and educated in Sydney, Stanley Ritchie went on to become a world-renowned authority on early and Baroque music.

August 26, 2026
News
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Liza Lim to receive Richard Gill Award at 2026 Art Music Awards

A "deeply honoured" Liza Lim recognised for a body of work exploring ritual, ecology and humanity's relationship with nature.

August 4, 2026
News
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Sydney Conservatorium launches Australia-India music partnership

$180,000 from the Australian Government's 2026 Maitri Grants Program to fund three-year, music-focused cultural exchange.

July 12, 2026
Classical Music
features

Baton charge: why is a new generation of musicians taking up conducting?

Enrolments in conducting studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music have surged in recent years. What’s the attraction in a podium position?

July 2, 2026
Classical Music
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Rising opera star helps save a life

Bass-baritone Freddy Shaw called an ambulance and administered CPR to a man who had collapsed on the street in the NSW suburb of Mona Vale.

June 5, 2026

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