The 2024 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards
Composer Brenda Gifford and soprano Sarah Prestwidge among those celebrated in a ceremony timed to mark the start of National Reconciliation Week.
Composer Brenda Gifford and soprano Sarah Prestwidge among those celebrated in a ceremony timed to mark the start of National Reconciliation Week.
The composer-violist will write a new work for The Australian Wind Quintet, to be premiered in 2025.
English former tenor Matthew Beale brings over 30 years of classical music industry experience to his new role at Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
"Like you're running on your tiptoes." Sophie Rowell unpacks her program for Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's Blazing Trails.
Phenomenal music, questionable talkfests and Welsh rum. Limelight correspondent Chris Lloyd reports back from the giant art music conference.
Patti LuPone, Roderick Williams, Christos Tsiolkas, Benjamin Millepied ... stars from various firmaments are out in force in Limelight's June issue.
We talk with musicians and medical experts to investigate the movement disorder that can end a musician’s career, and the search for a cure.
The Artistic Director of Tasmania’s Festival of Voices shares her excitement at what’s in store this year.
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Despite some fine performances, this new production of Puccini’s tragedy feels diminished in Margaret Court Arena.
WASO trumpet star Jenna Smith's abilities showcased in a concert of instrumental high-wire acts.
Oscar and Felix are back, this time with Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney in the title roles of Neil Simon’s classic comedy.
Lally Katz’s two-hander is gender flipped with perfectly placed energy, integrity, zest and clowning.
Perhaps Candide, like its hero, is never destined to find its true form as a work of theatre. But there is still much to enjoy.
A passionate serenade of guitar and strings featuring Karin Schaupp’s virtuosic veracity and a tender tribute to a life cut short.
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Billie Eilish and BTS among artists given a chamber spin by the LA-based Vitamin String Quartet.
A BRAVO Cruise of Performing Arts is one invite opera singers David Hobson and Teddy Tahu Rhodes never turn down.
Ahead of an Australian tour, Patti LuPone talks to us about her extraordinary career as the undisputed queen of Broadway.
Cameron Lam slows down and settles in to ponder the collection of Classical, Jazz and Sound Art in this month’s Australian Art Music playlist.
Music in the Regions heads for Broken Hill to present William Barton and Véronique Serret’s Heartland.
Classical pianist and author Simon Tedeschi reflects on the power of art, inspired by Ralf Yusuf Gawlick’s 2022 oratorio O Lungo Drom.
Arts training to receive $115m funding boost after a decade of decline in government support.
The composer-violist will write a new work for The Australian Wind Quintet, to be premiered in 2025.
Norwegian trumpeter and her girl (brass) band blaze a trail.
"Like you're running on your tiptoes." Sophie Rowell unpacks her program for Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's Blazing Trails.
English former tenor Matthew Beale brings over 30 years of classical music industry experience to his new role at Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
Phenomenal music, questionable talkfests and Welsh rum. Limelight correspondent Chris Lloyd reports back from the giant art music conference.
A young talent tackles the Chopin études with flying colours.
Despite some fine performances, this new production of Puccini’s tragedy feels diminished in Margaret Court Arena.
Perhaps Candide, like its hero, is never destined to find its true form as a work of theatre. But there is still much to enjoy.
A baroque curiosity well worth your time.
Having perfected the formula for its annual festival, Opera Queensland ups the ante with its most sophisticated program to date.
Powerful Australian presences on stage and podium contribute to a Ring Cycle that gives its audiences much to think about.
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Oscar and Felix are back, this time with Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney in the title roles of Neil Simon’s classic comedy.
Lally Katz’s two-hander is gender flipped with perfectly placed energy, integrity, zest and clowning.
Perhaps Candide, like its hero, is never destined to find its true form as a work of theatre. But there is still much to enjoy.
Neil Armfield's powerful production persuasively backs the argument that Arthur Miller's drama is true tragedy.
Sydney Theatre Company names Joanna Murray-Smith as its Patrick White Fellow and Wendy Mocke the winner of the Playwrights' Award.
A rare autoimmune condition took Robinson away from the stage for 10 years, prior to a memorable comeback at Belvoir.
Revenue up in The Australian Ballet's 60th year but inflationary pressures continue to weigh on company accounts.
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Ahead of a Sydney season, the French dancer and choreographer (of Black Swan fame) reflects on the music that shaped him.
First Nations choreographers Moss Te Ururangi Patterson and Deborah Brown talk about working together on Bangarra's first mainstage international collaboration.
Patti LuPone, Roderick Williams, Christos Tsiolkas, Benjamin Millepied ... stars from various firmaments are out in force in Limelight's June issue.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
Norwegian trumpeter and her girl (brass) band blaze a trail.
A young talent tackles the Chopin études with flying colours.
A baroque curiosity well worth your time.
A dazzling display of fine, young artistry in captivating repertory.
Arcangelo's Theodora soars above all other accounts of Handel's masterpiece.
Four hands better than two in delightful Romantic works for piano duet.
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