The latest from Sydney’s music scene.

Music Performance UNSW is delighted to announce Nicholas Vines as the winner of the Willgoss Choral Composition Prize for 2025, for their work, A Bhandari Pilgrimage.

A look at the music of Australian composer, pedagogue and pianist Dr Gina Ismene Chitty.

Australia’s biggest performing arts festival, the Sydney Eisteddfod 2025 is open for entries.

The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition for 2025 is calling for entries from opera or classical singers under the age of 26 (as at 23 June 2025).

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young AM celebrated the re-opening of the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House with a landmark recording.

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Art Music Awards. APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) are calling for members to nominate stand-out Australian art music makers, leaders, works and performances for the 2025 Art Music Awards.

Sydney-based chamber music group, Omega Ensemble has announced Norman Gillespie as incoming Chair of the Board.
Gillespie will join the Omega Ensemble board in December 2024, after serving ten years as Chair of Pinchgut Opera.

Piano virtuoso Andrea Lam and award-winning Australian composer Matthew Hindson have collaborated on a new release Sad Piano on ABC Classic.

Pinchgut Opera’s brilliant production of Handel’s masterpiece Julius Caesar, directed by Neil Armfield AO, opened at Sydney’s City Recital Hall last night and received warmly by the audience.