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Try before you buy: An Evening i ...

When I think of Vienna I think of music. I think of the extraordinary world of the classical masters Haydn and Mozart, the genius of Beethoven and Schubert through to ...

MSO’s Last Night of the Proms: t ...

Just last month, while waiting in line for an ice cream at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, I overheard a lady commenting to a friend that her family had been enjoying the ...

Meet the Conductor: Clark Rundell

Ahead of his first time in Australia, Metropolis conductor Clark Rundell took some time out of his busy schedule to tell us why he loves his craft, and why audiences ...

International Women's Day with T ...

Try before you buy: Dahlesque

Elise McCann shot to national attention after winning a Helpmann Award for her portrayal of Miss Honey in Tim Minchin’s internationally adored musical Matilda. Her lo ...

The curse of the ninth

There is a superstition within classical music, dating back hundreds of years, known as the curse of the ninth. The superstition states that a composer’s ninth sympho ...

Meet the 2017 MSO Cybec Composers!

The Cybec Foundation supports the MSO in its flagship Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers’ Program. The four participants for the 2017 program are Catherine Likhu ...

Meet the Artist: Ma Xiaohui

Ma Xiaohui is an internationally celebrated Erhu player with an incredible ability to speak to the world through her instrument. Having left home at the age of 13 to ...

Date night, with the MSO

From Valentine’s Day, to a Night of Romantic Classics, an evening with the MSO offers the perfect escape from everyday life, and the chance to immerse yourself and yo ...