Perth-based conductor Leanna Mei-Ling earns a spot in the internationally prestigious conducting mentorship program.

Yo-Yo Ma earns his 20th Grammy, while Boston-based classical ensembles win big.

Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.

"These remarkable artists arrive at a time of reflection," says SDC Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela.

Co-director and cellist Chris Howlett on how the Bendigo Chamber Music Festival gives back to a mighty, art-loving regional community.

The New York-based Australian composer has been honoured with €35,000 and a digital recording release; Jordi Savall takes home the big prize.

FQ commissions three major works over five years from Melody Eötvös to allow "the expressive possibilities of the quartet medium to be fully explored".

The Hansen Little Foundation has ensured the Musica Viva program will continue in 2026 after its Creative Victoria funding was discontinued.

Emerging composer Jessie Leov represents Australia at the festival, with two more works by Australian-born composers in the lineup.

Olli Leppäniemi, Lerida Delbridge and Robert Smith have all earned permanent positions within the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

"A deeply regrettable outcome": Just hours after Adelaide Writers' Week director Louise Adler resigned, the entire event has been shelved.

Committed to championing First Nations music, the new music group makes the move in order to "pass the baton onto the next generation".