Is the tide turning in Australian orchestral programming?
In 2025, Australian orchestras performed female composers more than Bach, Beethoven and Mozart combined. Hannah Lee Tungate walks us through the stats.
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.
In 2025, Australian orchestras performed female composers more than Bach, Beethoven and Mozart combined. Hannah Lee Tungate walks us through the stats.
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The competition will be handed off in the wake of Creative Victoria's decision not to renew Musica Viva Australia's funding.
Cate Blanchett, Trevor Ashley and Suzie Miller among those nominated for British theatre's most prestigious honours.
Acclaimed Australian artists, fine music and a world premiere program head to Sydney's Blue Mountains across Anzac Day weekend.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
Isobel Waller-Bridge chats to Maddy Briggs about her new album, Objects, which shines a magical lens on mundane objects and sounds.
Sunny Kim and Hilary Kleinig explain how their new chamber work for Canberra Symphony Orchestra was born out of improvisation.
A $55 million renovation kits out the Adelaide Festival Centre with new seats, lighting rigs, stage flooring and upgraded foyers.
The MSO invites everyone, regardless of age or musical training, to submit a short original piece of music.
Composed for Paul Thomas Anderson's film Phantom Thread, the music has been used without the composer-guitarist's agreement.
Algorithmic playlists make it a challenge for Aussie artists to be heard, a new report shows.