bakhar nabieva / xhamster / Onlyfans. Read & Watch Classic

Skip to main content

A gold and orange sky at sunrise with the silhouettes of bird flying.

Cellist Abel Selaocoe performs a rendition of Marais' Les Voix Humaines.

Abel performs on a cello in an empty auditorium stage, his head is back and holds an expression of concentration.

Fake musical discoveries and a prodigy of old age are some of the pranks pulled by musicians over the past 150 years. Why did they do it?

black and white line illustration of some Morris Dancers in a line holding hands wearing costumes that look like court jesters.

To celebrate the year of the Piano and the new ABC series The Piano, the ABC and Piano Plus Australia will be delivering up to 20 pre-loved pianos donated by organisations and ordinary people to a town near you.

A piano on a blue-green with music lines coming out of it with the words Pop Up Pianos

Music lovers show how special musical memories are, with recollections going back decades. Here's how music from childhood can form lifelong memories

An old woman and a little girl listening to music with headphones

Hear Dr Matthew Horsley perform the traditional Irish song Aisling Gheal (Bright Vision) on uilleann pipes.

Matthew sits leaning over playing the Irish pipes with a bellow under his arm.

Musicians have been making music about global events and complex societal issues for centuries. What do they bring to the conversation?

The Adelaide Chamber Singers performing onstage at the Adelaide Town Hall.

A piano on a blue-green with music lines coming out of it with the words Pop Up Pianos

ABC Classic's annual Classic 100 countdown will once again be celebrated with a concert of highlights performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Benjamin Northey conducts the Melbourne Symphony in a tuxedo. His hair is flying in the air and his arms gesture dramatically.

In 2025, ABC Classic and ABC Jazz bring back all of your favourite programs and presenters, along with four new shows and more music from Australian artists.

A collage of ABC Classic's presenters in 2025, featuring 17 headshots of the various presenters.

Australia's premier national young artist development program for classical musicians.

Emily Sun plays violin on a concert stage. There is purple/blue lighting on the background behind her.

Headshots or Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Caitlin Yeo and Alice Chance compiled on a background with bright green and purple lines

She died almost a thousand years ago, yet she continues to fascinate us today. Who was Hildegard von Bingen and what is her legacy?

A singer wears white medieval robes on stage while another singer places a silver crown on her head.

ABC Classic's one-of-a-kind festival celebrates music by women from March 4 – 8. Immerse in music from the Middle Ages to today, for the concert stage, screen, video games, musical theatre and more.

Conductor Elena Schwarz holds Claire Edwardes's hand up in the air in triumph in front of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Stephen Watkins joined the ABC in 1964, like many others, in the mailroom. He reflects on his 60-year career, spanning TV and radio, including his much-loved weekly program, For The God Who Sings.

Stephen Watkins wearing headphones and smiling at the camera.

Abel performs on a cello in an empty auditorium stage, his head is back and holds an expression of concentration.

Hear Dr Matthew Horsley perform the traditional Irish song Aisling Gheal (Bright Vision) on uilleann pipes.

Matthew sits leaning over playing the Irish pipes with a bellow under his arm.

Singer-songwriter Lior performs a special rendition of his hit song 'This Old Love' with Tamara-Anna Cislowska on piano for Duet.

Lior performs in a dark empty auditorium with Tamara Anna Cislowska piano

Andrea Lam performs Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. on piano in Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne, 2025.

Andrea Lam leans over piano in a dark room with her arm stretched. She wears a bright green dress and black belt.

Four faces beneath the words "What's So Great About Queer Composers?

Sheku Kanneh-Mason breaks down the playing of five of the greatest cellists through history: Jacqueline Du Pré, Pablo Casals, Yo-Yo Ma, Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason holds a cello and looks at the camera. There is also a rectangle showing a video of Jacqueline Du Pre.

Composer Nat Bartsch explains how to transform Mozart's energetic Eine Kleine Nachtmusik into a soothing lullaby for adults and children alike.

A woman seated at a piano, on a video call with a very excited man.

It's one of the most heartrending pieces of music ever composed. Sharon Grigoryan introduces the Elgar Cello Concerto.

A woman holding a cello points to coloured blocks representing musical notes.

Sunrise over a snow-covered lake in Helsinki

Sibelius' true passion lay with the violin. Andrew Schultz explores Sibelius' life and career, and Violin Concerto.

Northern lights over Finland

Sibelius was a composer at odds with himself. Andrew Schultz explores Sibelius' life and career, his First and Second Symphonies and Finlandia.

Snow covered rooftops in Finland

Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu creates a strange yet beautiful world, of yearning, of submerged complexity, of perfectly weighted timbres, of magical spans, of clouded, sensuous sound.

Black and white image of the Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu.

A woman seated at a piano, on a video call with a very excited man.

Lag, dropouts, and live mics: Running a music rehearsal online can be a nightmare. We asked choral director Juliana Kay how to do it right.

A wall of videos of singers.

The challenges of teaching online are interpersonal as much as technological, but that's exactly where music teachers excel.

Online music lessons can be surprisingly effective. Here's how to set yourself up for success when learning a musical instrument at home.

Two photos of a cellist in an online music lesson.

An illustrated map of Australia featuring location names and composers who have written about or are from the place.

Age-old is a collaboration between the multi-talented composer, performer and marine scientist Emily Sheppard, and celebrated singer song-writer Claire Anne Taylor.

Emily Sheppard and Claire Anne Taylor

This sparkling gem of a duo provides a window into the compositional world of one of Australia's most celebrated composers.

Ross Edwards's Symphony Da Pacem Domine was written in the twin shadows of the first Gulf War and the failing health of conductor Stuart Challender.

Maroubra beach with storm clouds.