As sales of CDs and downloads continue to decline, and online streaming becomes the most popular way of listening to music, we investigate how these changes are affecting the classical music industry – from the ramifications for labels, artists and listeners, to the innovators making streaming more classical-friendly.

Philippe Jaroussky was one of the first countertenors to meet with international stardom. He tells Mélissa Lesnie about his new album, conducting his first opera, and passing on what he’s learned.

Clive Paget looks at what we can learn about Tchaikovsky the man by listening to the music with the help of Maestro Semyon Bychkov, who has just released new recordings of the complete symphonies and piano concertos.

With Johnny Carr and Geraldine Hakewill shining in the central roles, Simon Phillips' production is the real deal.

Eleven-year old violinist Christian Li proves to be something rather extraordinary in this ABO concert.

Conjuring Italo Calvino’s 1972 novel Invisible Cities on stage seemed an impossible but irresistible challenge. Leo Warner and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui tell Olivia Stewart how they and their creative team have used every possible tool to (loosely) bring the book to life.

In 2018, aged 10, he won the Junior First Prize at the Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition. Now he is playing with the likes of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Sydney Symphony – after a banana.

Simon Phillips talks about meeting Tom Stoppard, how The Real Thing is beautiful as well as brilliant, and why Australian actors need to understand that for Stoppard the brain is sexy.

Explore your classical streaming options, learn more about Tchaikovsky through his symphonies, and meet Maxine Peake as she makes her Australian debut.

Maxine Peake gives a beautifully calibrated performance in this frank, one-woman play about IVF.

English actor Maxine Peake is known for portraying tough, complex women. She talks to Justine Nguyen about making her Australian stage debut in a play about a woman undergoing IVF, and the toll it takes on her, before presenting an immersive performance piece about the Velvet Underground’s Nico.

The acclaimed American string quartet will perform at the 2019 Melbourne International Arts Festival as part of Jonathan Holloway’s final program as Artistic Director.

Cavalli gallops to the finishing line with exquisite music.

How Lee Hall has adapted Tom Stoppard’s love letter to the theatre for the stage.

A new study, commissioned by classical music streaming service IDAGIO, paints a rosy picture for the future of classical music streaming.

The Ukrainian-born violinist’s Stradivarius was slated to give the world premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto, but its former owner had other ideas.