On Air & Online: Radio and streaming in May 2026
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
Maddy Briggs is a writer, sound designer and composer who works across theatre, screen, dance and video art. Her work has been featured in VIVID Sydney, MUSLAB’s International Electroacoustic Music Festival, SBS on Demand on BBC Music 6. She was also a 2024 Media Fellow with Bang On a Can.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
Joe Chindamo’s new concerto for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra puts the pedal to the metal with drifter (and clarinettist) Dean Newcomb.
Four emerging composers will write a brand-new work for the ensemble to be premiered in the Sydney Opera House's Utzon Room.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.
Acacia’s sparkly French buffet takes the cake as an Orange Chamber Music Festival highlight.
Luminescence Chamber Singers is set to premiere a new, electronically infused program. AJ America breaks it down for Maddy Briggs.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
Sublime saxes and Simon Tedeschi's piano brilliance light up a celebration of American Songbook classics.
After 25 years of "adventure and ground-breaking musical activity", Ughetti steps down as the group's founding Artistic Director.
OCMF strikes gold on its opening night with Lior, Nomad String Quartet and a diverse program spanning classical to contemporary.
In 2025, Australian orchestras performed female composers more than Bach, Beethoven and Mozart combined. Hannah Lee Tungate walks us through the stats.
Not so Supreme: Timothée Chalamet's "no one cares" comment provokes a backlash.
The competition will be handed off in the wake of Creative Victoria's decision not to renew Musica Viva Australia's funding.