In ornate churches and lavish homesteads, the 2026 Orange Chamber Music Festival celebrates the spirit of the Central West with fine music.

In a year of music as “a timeless force for good”, season highlights include Sir Bryn Terfel and a complete Sibelius cycle.

Featuring superstar Aussie soloists, large-scale orchestral gems and home-grown music, this year's season is inspired by interconnectedness.

Rubiks Collective and friends put on a musically lavish micro-opera to celebrate the big 1-0.

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

Wynona Wang returns to Australia for Out West Piano Fest and a NSW tour. In her repertoire is a work Schubert once said "only devils can play".

Two new science-inspired works, three project developments and the 2025 Chrysalis Fellowship will be supported by Chamber Music Adelaide.

A solo recital from a true all-rounder serves up some mean saxophone chops as a light afternoon aperitif.

The 23-year-old Victorian mezzo-soprano takes home the prestigious Marianne Mathy Scholarship along with additional prizes.

A song cycle about cold-water swimming, a guzheng concerto and a work inspired by wind maps are among this year's nominees.

A new work from Lior and Nigel Westlake, international theatre productions and a First Nations theatre trilogy are among this year's funded projects.

A debut orchestral concert, a new staging of Pinchgut's first-ever production and an Australian premiere.