This year ABC Classic is looking to find Australia’s favourite music from almost a century of cinema, TV, and video games.

An entire recital of Chopin's Waltzes could be a daunting prospect, but Mark Coughlan's energetic performance carried the day despite occasional lapses in precision.

Composer Bruce Crossman and pianist Kane Chang discuss their piece Fragility and Sonorousness, which draws on the pair's diverse cultural heritage as well as their lived experiences in the Pacific region.

Cameron Lam started out looking at the sky and pondering the stars, but his thoughts quickly turned to contemplations of death, mourning, bird song, and distant landscapes.

The music in this concert spoke of existential griefs and joys that are heartbreakingly relevant today.

The Australian composer is currently in the Red Centre, working with the Alice Springs World Chamber Orchestra on a commissioned work, which has its world premiere this week.

Leya Reid and Georgie Cyrillo at NAVA argue that an arts and cultural policy, or National Cultural Plan, is essential if we are to start taking arts and culture seriously.

Percussionist Al Fane talks about '[sound is] A Body in Space', written with composer K. Travers Eira, which is centred on the human body and the physicality of percussion.

Composer Kate Tempany discusses her piece Honeyeater, written for trumpeter Nic Corkeron, which mourns the imminent loss of the critically endangered Regent Honeyeater bird.

Composer Andrián Pertout discusses his piece Mīmēsis, written for violist Henry Justo, which draws on Aristotle and the mathematical concept of ‘partitions’.

In the first of a five-part series, learn from the composer and performer about one of the pieces commissioned for The ANAM Set, one of the most ambitious commissioning projects in Australian history.

The final concert of the 2022 Canberra International Music Festival was a joyous, humours and heartfelt affair.