The Australian Art Music monthly playlist by composer Cameron Lam reflects on the rich Australian repertoire for the harp, and the harpists who championed it.

Honouring established musicians such as Liza Lim, Paul Dean and Mindy Meng Wang, this year’s Awards also celebrate an exciting number of first-time nominees.

Celebration of Australian women continues in excellent latest instalment.

A five-day broadcast celebrates the achievements of female composers across the globe and at home, including Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Ella Macens, Anne Boyd and Hildegard von Bingen.

Anne Boyd's new opera about trailblazing ethnographer Olive Pink recently premiered in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. Myfany Turpin questions the choice of content, and questions the extent of engagement with the Warlpiri people.

A new opera premiering in Mparntwe/Alice Springs follows a day in the life of the formidable Olive Pink.

In this month's features we explore three new productions of Swan Lake, pay tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams on his 150th, investigate a new opera about Olive Pink and publish an extract from Andrew Mellor's new book The Northern Silence about Nordic music and culture.

Star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason gives an impressive performance in his Australian debut, while a work by Anne Boyd proves the perfect concert-opener.

Recorder virtuoso Alicia Crossley presents the results of her commissioning project, presenting new works by some of Australia's finest female voices.

Cameron Lam explores music for two in this month's playlist of Australian art music.

Nothing base about these cliche-smashing new works for bass recorder.

Cameron Lam explores the string quartet in this month's playlist of Australian art music.