There are a large number of musicals to look forward to this year, COVID permitting, from the well-known to the less familiar, with several new Australian musicals among them.

The much-lauded saxophone quartet celebrates its second decade with concerts featuring Ravel, Debussy, Jennifer Higdon, Lyle Chan and Nicholas Vines among other composers.

Melbourne's Australian Contemporary Opera Company has announced its 2022 season, with seven productions – all directed by women – including five Australian premieres.

Mozart, Bach, Haydn and Handel top the bill, but there's plenty of new music too in SPC's 2022 program.

The ASO's impressive 2022 season is one of the country’s bolder efforts, with women composers and living composers well represented.

The great Australian maestro lends support to a season of bittersweet masterpieces.

Important premieres, revivals of loved repertoire, national and international tours, a new season for independents and more add up to a busy year for SDC.

The trailblazing Flinders Quartet returns in 2022 with a record eight premieres of new works, and classics from the string quartet repertoire.

There is an emphasis on West Australian talent and deep engagement with the community in the state opera company’s programming for next year.

The Metropolitan Orchestra’s 2022 season includes seven world premieres and two new children’s shows, as it continues to strive for accessibility and support for Australian artists.

Running over four days in March, WOMADelaide's 30th iteration is a largely Australian affair, with a few international guests that underscore the diversity of the lineup.

The great conductor will visit Melbourne and Sydney for an all-Strauss Fest with the Australian World Orchestra.

The Australia Ensemble UNSW has announced its 2022 season, featuring some classic chamber masterpieces and a new work by Australian composer Holly Harrison.

The intimate, Sydney-wide concert series features some of Australia's most beloved artists in wonderful settings throughout metropolitan Sydney.

With the theme of 'Pole to Pole', the festival celebrates the journeys and travels humans have undertaken for millennia, and what we have learned and discovered along the way.

The Australian Haydn Ensemble has announced its 2022 concert program, celebrating its tenth anniversary with its biggest-ever season.