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The pianist talks about growing up in transit, maestros he's loved, and what he’d like to do to certain audiences....

Funding problems have spelled an early end for Madiba: The African Opera....

Piano selected for the Sydney Opera House and autographed by Vladimir Ashkenazy to go on sale....

British baroque band set sail for Venice and Naples...

Tuneful works by one of music’s more attractive bylines...

A tasty Vietnamese starter that leaves you wanting more...

Bach junior’s vocals find the composer at his most buoyant...

This year's birthday boy gets a masterfully curated box set...

Sights and sounds in hospital foyers prove music therapy to the ears for Melbourne's outpatients. ...

Jez Butterworth's brutally funny journey through the seedy, amphetamine-fuelled London rock scene of the 1950s follows a gang of would-be power-players who, seduced by the promise of fame and fortune, battle for control of hot teen singing idol, Silver Johnny. Mojo is a tightly-wound thriller which examines with grim humour the dark underside of the halcyon days of rock 'n' roll....

The composer and singer-songwriter's new album is a set of 10 vignettes about buildings in L.A. Throughout The Ambassador , Kahane speaks many musical languages fluently and beautifully....

The Israeli conductor spills on moulding the West Australian Symphony Orchestra....

Deborah Humble will give the Australian premiere of a work Mendelssohn didn't want you to hear....

Insightful production and a fine cast prove certain critics more boorish than Ochs himself....

The writer first connected with English folk songs – but wishes he’d started violin lessons a little earlier....

After slashing over $100m from arts funding, Prime Minister says things could have been far worse....

Let's hope the Australian premiere of the world's oldest opera goes better than it did in 1600....

The ACO tackle a universe of music with help from The Presets....

Learn how the 85-year-old composer got his start spoofing on John Cage, and hear his best impression of the coyote howl from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ....

Calling all brass players and percussionists – the SSO wants YOU!...