This month we take you into places seldom seen, speak to superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann and explore the life and music of "the Black Mozart".

The Julliard-trained pianist and conductor led symphony, ballet and musical theatre orchestras across Australia for four decades.

The Ugly Duckling and Swan Lake collide in this modern circus blending of fairytale and reality.

The Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre cuts through the smoke and mirrors in her new work for Illuminate Adelaide and her upcoming Sydney Opera House debut.

Nineteen world premieres and more than 1000 performances in a Brisbane Festival bill spotlighting local talents with national profiles.

Fortune favours the bold – and the Freedman Jazz Fellowship winner’s new evocative interdisciplinary work puts himself among them.

Melanie Lane’s Slow Haunt and Adam Alzaim’s GAINSBOURG are perfect foils in a double bill of the visceral and the spectral.

The Australian conductor joins a list of prestigious musicians celebrated for outstanding contributions to music.

The Canberra Times joins other mastheads and the ABC in the downsizing and/or sidelining of review coverage.

Australian Ballet dancers ramp up pressure on management over stalled negotiations regarding a cost-of-living contract clause.

"This journey has enriched my life beyond measure." Ill health forces Li Cunxin to step down from Artistic Directorship of Queensland Ballet.

Classical and contemporary music, evocative performance and the world premiere of a rock-opera on the bill to celebrate the half-century of the iconic Sydney sails.