Despite notable ups and downs, Ian Whitney’s annual report into the number of Australian works performed by the major orchestras sees little improvement year on year.

The orchestra achieved a stunning level of power in Dvořák's Ninth.

In his latest work for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Lachlan Skipworth evokes the unique rock formations of WA.

Four years after filling in last-minute for Jaap van Zweden, the American conductor tells us about an early career that’s seen her gravitate from playing under Bernard Haitink to taking over his dressing room.

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Gun-Brit Barkmin returns, Siobhan Stagg is the orchestra’s first ever Artist-in-Association, and a raft of stellar soloists and conductors make this a jam-packed season.

An orchestra’s 90th birthday celebration is an astonishing gift to audiences and a triumph of music making.

Over the past two decades, Australian Heldentenor Stuart Skelton has quietly conquered the operatic world. He reveals how he discovered he wasn’t vocally bulletproof, and admits to an ambition to run an opera house.

Two WASO debuts impress in this satisfying concert of two favourites and an Australian premiere.

The Swiss-Australian conductor will lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in concerts in November and December as part of the orchestra’s mentorship program.

Women composers are wildly under-represented in Australian music across all genres but, as Rosalind Appleby discovers, a groundswell of change is gathering force.

An eclectic, innovative program that saw the orchestra on top form.