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From the bush to the Opera House, choir raises the roof

From the bush to the Opera House, choir raises the roof

A youth choir program that runs across 80 remote communities is celebrating two decades of changing rural children's lives through the power of music.

World class music expats return home for concerts

World class music expats return home for concerts

World class music expats return home for concerts

World class music expats return home for concerts

Quite possibly the orchestra with the most frequent flyer points, the Australian World Orchestra sees the nation's best musicians return for sellout concerts.

AI-assisted staging draws boos at Wagner festival

AI-assisted staging draws boos at Wagner festival

AI-assisted staging draws boos at Wagner festival

AI-assisted staging draws boos at Wagner festival

The audience at the Richard Wagner festival in Germany has booed after AI-assisted projections were used in the staging of the prestigious annual event.

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Pianist's disappointment after bosses claim court win

Pianist's disappointment after bosses claim court win

A pianist sacked after telling an audience Israel deliberately targeted journalists to curb war crimes reporting has opened up on a high-profile court loss.

Shower of sparks as singer serenades to the stars

Shower of sparks as singer serenades to the stars

The stars have aligned at an opera festival in the outback, where a star tenor has performed under a meteor shower.

Highway to the highfalutin': opera hits the outback

Highway to the highfalutin': opera hits the outback

Put on your fancy pants and cowboy hats: opera's annual run through a state's outback towns is back. Just look out for flying locusts.

Pianist cancellation 'shredded' orchestra's reputation

Pianist cancellation 'shredded' orchestra's reputation

An orchestra board member and ex-government minister says he was surprised to learn a pianist's upcoming concert had been cancelled over Gaza comments.

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Pianist to tour Australia amid legal row with orchestra

Pianist to tour Australia amid legal row with orchestra

Pianist to tour Australia amid legal row with orchestra

Pianist to tour Australia amid legal row with orchestra

Concert pianist Jayson Gillham will return to Australia for a self-presented tour, as his court case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra continues.

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

Tale of horror for musos as ballet uses recorded music

More than 500 musicians have called on a state ballet company to reverse its plans to use recorded music for an upcoming tour of Dracula.

Concerto that was lost to time to premiere in Australia

Concerto that was lost to time to premiere in Australia

Concerto that was lost to time to premiere in Australia

Concerto that was lost to time to premiere in Australia

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will premiere a concerto that had been lost to time, and rediscovered by accident.

No early curtain on axed pianist's feud with symphony

No early curtain on axed pianist's feud with symphony

No early curtain on axed pianist's feud with symphony

No early curtain on axed pianist's feud with symphony

A pianist allegedly sacked after dedicating a piece to slain Gazan journalists has scored an early win in a legal dispute with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Guiding light in the sky inspires musical composition

Guiding light in the sky inspires musical composition

Guiding light in the sky inspires musical composition

Guiding light in the sky inspires musical composition

Troy Russell incorporates Indigenous stories and ideas into his compositions and his work honouring the history of Venus, or the morning star, is no different.

Prodigy wins piano award, but prize itself in doubt

Prodigy wins piano award, but prize itself in doubt

Prodigy wins piano award, but prize itself in doubt

Prodigy wins piano award, but prize itself in doubt

Young pianist Joshua Han has won Australia's National Piano Award but without more funding, the prestigious prize's future is in doubt.

Sixty years of ballet history 'pointe' to the future

Sixty years of ballet history 'pointe' to the future

Sixty years of ballet history 'pointe' to the future

Sixty years of ballet history 'pointe' to the future

The Australian Ballet School's 60th gala performance draws on past and present students in a celebration of artistic growth and legacies turned new.

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Cancelling pianist for Gaza comment an error: orchestra

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra says it was an error to remove a pianist following his comments on Gaza.

Forget Taylor Swift, tune into Bach for musical genius

Australian violinist Madeleine Easton heads an ensemble and choir dedicated to the music of J.S. Bach - and promises she will never run out of material.

'Transformative' funding music to the ears of orchestra

The Darwin Symphony Orchestra will be able to pay all of its principal musicians for the first time following a $1 million federal budget funding boost.

Didgeridoo and orchestra ensemble to harmonise culture

Didge player William Barton and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra are on a journey looking for a new generation of storytellers to create a song to country.

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Schoenberg's Gurrelieder in Sydney for the first time

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will perform Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, with a cast of about 350. The massive work has never been played in Sydney before.

Barton's unique music builds a didge between two worlds

Australia’s leading didgeridoo player William Barton sees his role as a performer and a composer to tell stories through his music.

Awards flow for composer inspired by AC/DC, Vivaldi

Musician and composer William Barton, who has played didge with symphony orchestras around the world, has been honoured with two prestigious awards.

Tognetti puts art above politics in ACO season launch

There's widespread fatigue with agenda-driven art, according to the Australian Chamber Orchestra's Richard Tognetti.

An ugly duckling's explosive take on Swan Lake

The world's best-known ballet will take on a new life as a chaotic display of acrobatics when a circus company Circa premieres its reimagining of Swan Lake.

World's best young pianists face off in Sydney showdown

The Sydney International Piano Competition will pit some of the world's best young performers against each other in a show of skill, stamina and emotion.

Man from Snowy River's journey from tape to orchestra

A live symphony orchestra will accompany The Man From Snowy River in special screenings attended by stars of the classic Australian film.

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