11 Sep, 2019

The upcoming chamber music season promises a heady mix of exotic destinations, swirling colour, mystique, celebration and dazzling talent in a selection of bold programs that are awe-inspiring in their range and imagination.

11 Sep, 2019

To celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2020, Musica Viva Australia is proud to announce the introduction of a National Chamber Music Championship (NCMC) for secondary-school-aged students with support from Creative Victoria and in partnership with Melbourne Recital Centre and the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM).

11 Sep, 2019

Congratulations to Sophie Galaise, Managing Director of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, on being named one of The Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence for 2019.

11 Sep, 2019

More than 20 years after its ground-breaking Asian tour, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is set to take 66 musicians to China and South Korea in October 2019.

10 Sep, 2019

Public expenditure on cultural activity per capita has dropped by 4.9 per cent over the period 2007 to 2018, and cultural expenditure at 0.71 per cent of GDP ranks Australia 26th out of 33 countries, well below the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) members's average.

05 Sep, 2019

ASO Advocates are a group of people aged 18-30 who are empowered to represent the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. They work together over the course of the year to drive and inspire engagement with orchestral music and the arts

04 Sep, 2019

Telstra has announced the six nominees for 2019 awards- and celebrates its 35 year partnership with The Australian Ballet.

04 Sep, 2019

Jane Mathews AO, whose passing was announced on Sunday September 1, was a visionary and generous supporter of Musica Viva Australia over several decades. Musica Viva invited former CEO Mary Jo Capps AM to pay tribute to Jane’s wide-ranging legacy.

04 Sep, 2019

Queensland Symphony Orchestra musicians will travel to Roma, Miles and Chinchilla meeting the community, work-shopping with students and teachers and playing great music in October.

04 Sep, 2019

The Australia Council has announced its new vision for a creatively connected Australia where creative enterprise is entrenched across society, industry and government as the fuel that ignites our social, cultural and economic success. 

04 Sep, 2019

Sydney Dance Company and Carriageworks, in conjunction with The Balnaves Foundation, announce four Australian choreographers commissioned to create works for the acclaimed New Breed initiative that supports Australia’s next generation of choreographers.

04 Sep, 2019

Congratulations to the new Wesfarmers Arts Young Artists for 2019 and 2020. WAO looks forward to working with Sopranos Chelsea Burns and Brianna Louwen, mezzo-soprano Chelsea Kluga, baritones Matthew Dixon and Lachlann Lawton, pianist Adrian Soares and conductor Leanne Puttick through this initiative.

04 Sep, 2019

Black Swan State Theatre Company is has announced the appointment of Professor David Shirley to the Company’s Board of Directors.

04 Sep, 2019

Exceptional playwright and Trawlwoolway, Pakana/Palawa man from Lutrawita/Tasmania, Nathan Maynard has been announced as the 2019 Balnaves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow. The Fellowship is an evolution of the Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright Award, which has long been recognised as one of the most prestigious playwriting awards in Australia.

28 Aug, 2019

On World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September 2019, some of Australia’s leading musicians will come together for a special concert to raise funds for Indigenous suicide prevention, presented in association with Suicide Prevention Australia.

28 Aug, 2019

Join Director Chris Saines CNZM (Queensland Art Galley / Gallery of Modern Art) in a panel discussion with Li Cunxin AO (Queensland Ballet), Amanda Jolly (Queensland Theatre), Patrick Nolan (Opera Queensland), Craig Whitehead (Queensland Symphony Orchestra) AND John Kotzas (Queensland Performing Arts Centre).

28 Aug, 2019

The TSO announce composer Wayne Neilson as the winner of the inaugural Heyward Prize for Tasmanian composers, for his work From Valley to Summit.