Andromeda Saxophone Quartet, Per Duo and Trio Lumina to participate in a week of masterclasses with acclaimed AFCM artists.

A legendary improviser and the intimacy of grand Elizabeth Bay House make for a perfect musical pair.

With a new twist to its annual centrepiece, the OCMF invites acclaimed musicians to the Central West, including Orava Quartet and Andrea Lam.

Composers Elena Kats-Chernin, Elliott Gyger, Cheryl Durongpisitkul and Mindy Meng Wang among this year's finalists.

The 17-year-old musician has won $5,500 in cash prizes, an orchestral engagement and a loan of Emily Sun's 1946 violin.

Over $2m dollars has been invested to give 71 projects across performing, visual and community arts an international reach.

Connor D'Netto, Peter Knight, Andrée Greenwell and Freya Schack-Arnott are among those supported through the inaugural matched funding initiative.

Rachel Healy will begin her five-year term with QPAC in December after the departure of John Kotzas.

The partnership will deliver a new program of collaborative events, inspired by Grabowsky's improvisatory, open-minded musical approach.

Australian composer Victoria Pham is among the 16 artists who will receive mentorship and a $3,000 prize.

Ahead of his Australian appearances in July, French cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca discusses his multimedia concert-show about the planet.

A wonderful package of bite-sized Australian works, and a long-awaited world premiere from an Australian legend.