Our reviewers and readers have voted for the Australian and international artists who raised their heart rates in 2022. Their votes have been tallied, and we are thrilled to announce our winners.

Following masterclasses at an intensive five-day music camp, the students of the Western Sydney Philharmonic presented their first orchestral concert, performing alongside their professional teachers.

This concert, celebrating the music of Vivaldi, was excellent in every regard, with soprano Miriam Allan holding the audience in the palm of her hand.

Packing a picnic hamper and joining opera lovers in black-tie on the train to see Alcina is an integral part of this year's Glyndebourne experience.

When singing becomes an outlet for pent-up emotions, the status quo hasn’t a chance.

This year the annual festival not only filled the streets of the ancient French city with music, but it also breathed new life into an abandoned stadium with Mahler's Resurrection.

Allchurch leads his fine ensemble in meticulous style offering songs for comfort, for entertainment and for change, sung from the heart.

On what could well be his last Australian visit, Zubin Mehta talks about his six-decade career, reuniting with the AWO, Strauss’s tone poems and his love of cricket.

This concert delivers the sounds of Vienna with splendid playing, a unique sound and winning repertoire. Pass the Sachertorte please!

Blending new and old works, this versatile program was given a superb performance; it was a shame that some of the audience weren't able to see the musicians.

A beautifully-performed concert with a clever concept, connecting Bach’s music with speech and commentary.

A gilt-edged ensemble of soloists with superlative all-round ability and stamina deliver a performance of dramatic power and grim beauty in Verdi's seldom-seen five-act Don Carlos.