The great leap forward
US violinist Benjamin Beilman returns to Australia with a Mendelssohn masterpiece and a violin with a stellar past.
US violinist Benjamin Beilman returns to Australia with a Mendelssohn masterpiece and a violin with a stellar past.
Cellist Ivan Karizna – playing an instrument that once belonged to Paul Tortelier – is both songster and storyteller in his WASO debut.
Holly Harrison talks to Katie Yap about her love of nonsense and her new Concerto for Classical Accordion, composed for James Crabb and four of our orchestras.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
A spectacular Dracula satisfies our yearnings for the darkest stories.
Shipshape and Bristol fashion. No weak links in this WASO Wagner led by British baritone Christopher Maltman.
A virtuosic hybrid approach to performing Baroque music with largely modern instruments.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
Conductor Riccardo Minasi applies a musicological blowtorch to three favourite works of the Classical period.
A compelling triple bill explores mortality through ritual, sculpture and ecstatic movement.
MEAA says "musicians must not be seen as optional extras"; WA Ballet says union claims are "simply wrong".
Chee recognised for being “an integral part of WASO’s artistic life” for more than a decade.
In 2025, Australian orchestras performed female composers more than Bach, Beethoven and Mozart combined. Hannah Lee Tungate walks us through the stats.