In an exclusive interview with Limelight, Anna Netrebko speaks about life, art and the things she won’t do anymore.

★★★½☆ Intercurrent demonstrates a contemporary music scene alive, evolving and thriving.

Ace Hotels will be presenting a full day of the composer’s music in lobbies and public areas on September 5.

The composer, artist, writer and broadcaster has won the Classical section in this year’s awards, taking home a $15,000 prize.

Julian Day and Katy Abbott are among the 40 songwriters and composers named as finalists for this year’s $15,000 Awards.

Philip Glass produces a great deal of music. His works unfold through the repetition of rhythmic figures, and by juxtaposing straightforward tonal chords (major and especially minor) that frequently have no traditional harmonic association with each other. It’s a recognisable sound, quite distinct from the music of his Minimalist colleagues Steve Reich and John Adams, particularly in their most recent works. Of the three, Glass has the broadest following because of the films he has scored, and operas like Akhnaten and Einstein on the Beach which helped define the zeitgeist of the 1980s. This new 2-disc set brings a selection of Glass’s music for solo piano. There have been previous such compilations and a pianist named Nicolas Horvath has been recording a complete series that reached its fifth volume last year. Levingston gives us the Etudes Nos 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 and 17; The Illusionist Suite (based on the music for a film); Dreaming Awake, described as “a deeply enigmatic, metaphysical study in sonority”; Metamorphosis No 2 (derived from Kafka’s story), and a piece inspired by an Allan Ginsburg poem, Wichita Vortex Sutra, during which the poem is recited by actor Ethan Hawke. I do…

★★★★½ A live rendition of Glass’s iconic hyper-score still thrills decades on.

What do you get when you place nuts and bolts on the keys of an organ (apart from a smack on the wrist from the organist)?

The Gandalf of the keys is headed for Oz, and Sydneysiders take note, the sorcerer of Continuous Music is seeking an apprentice.

★★★★☆ Glass’s opera for ensemble and film is hypnotic start to Festival’s opening weekend.

The Minimalist icon and the Broadway star are among the latest recipients of the National Medal of Arts.

Glass, Lepage and some Canadian ice-skaters help Jonathan Holloway blur borders in his inaugural programme.