Despite a few odd choices in the program, this concert showed that there is always more to discover about the Bachs – even for an ensemble as steeped in them as the ACO.

Pinchgut’s sumptuous production of Orontea – with its quartet of feisty females – is sparkling entertainment.

The piano leads the field with front runners Mitsuko Uchida and Leif Ove Andsnes, but first an auspicious start to a brand new Mahler cycle.

Leading Australian pianist Stephanie McCallum explains why she fell for the pianos from the workshop of French instrument maker Sébastien Érard.

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The first TCMF since 2019 features some of Australia's best musicians performing masterpieces by the likes of JS Bach and Liszt, as well as a decent helping of contemporary works.

The ethereally voiced Australian countertenor Max Riebl, described "as a prince of a human being", has died of cancer, aged 30.

McCallum and Helyard bring sparkling French duets to life on 1853 Erard piano.

Anna Dowsley fell asleep when she was taken to see her first opera but she still decided to train as a singer. Clive Paget talks to the Australian mezzo-soprano whose European career is taking off.

The inaugural season for new Artistic Director Christie Anderson will see the ensemble head to new spaces and launch a new mentoring program.

MRC has announced composer and performer Mindy Meng Wang and conductor and instrumentalist Erin Helyard as Artists in Residence for 2022.

This sublime concert of music by Monteverdi is a substantial program, expertly curated and performed.