The largest instrument of its kind in the southern hemisphere – truly a "Wondrous Machine" – gets a thorough celebratory workout.

Conductor Alpesh Chauhan brings out the darkness and drama in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's deep dive of the fairytale genre.

The MSO's Beethoven Festival ends on an emphatic high, buoyed by fine singing and an Auslan choir.

Cellist Steven Isserlis demonstrates what a consummate artist’s total commitment to a composer's vision looks and sounds like.

The Orchestra Project and IOpera are set to premiere a World War II-era work that came close to being lost with its composer in the battle for Leningrad.

Music is not and never has been isolated from politics, writes Peter Tregear. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's 2024 season gets underway with a strong reading of Holst’s magnificent score.

A liturgical performance of Beethoven's masterpiece, exactly 200 years after its first hearing, reminds us that peace is always longed for, seldom found.

Pianist Joyce Zhang and conductor Xian Zhang deliver a big hit in the guise of an MSO Quick Fix.

Germany's Trio Orelon and Melbourne's Affinity Quartet top a terrific week of music making, reports Peter Tregear from MICMC 2023.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra launches its season with a powerful if sonically patchy showcase featuring Siobhan Stagg and a new work by Mary Finsterer.

Todd Field’s TÁR shines an uncomfortable light on some of the social and political dynamics of the world in which it is set, argues Peter Tregear.