Li-Wei Qin shows he is highly talented and adaptable to all situations.

The R&B; singer appeared to blame Rihanna for provoking his 2009 attack due to her 'trust issues'.

"Our dad told each of us, over and over throughout our lives, 'Children, you can choose love or hate. I choose love,'" they wrote.

For '80s singer Bonnie Tyler, sun, moon and ubiquitous power ballad are all set to align perfectly next week.

The opera by British composer Benjamin Britten has long been regarded as a "problem work".

Sticky Carpet: Pennsylvania's noisey punks Pissed Jeans are touring in December.

The families of those killed in the Manchester Arena attack will receive hundreds of thousands of dollars thanks to the Ariana Grande tribute concert.

Former Australian Idol contestant Paulini Curuenavuli has been too busy to properly instruct her lawyer after being charged with bribing a RMS employee to get an unrestricted NSW driver's licence.

The Jungle Giants' Sam Hales isn't afraid of trying new methods of writing and recording.

Approaching his 29th year leading the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti still seems like a man in a hurry, boiling with fresh ideas and ambition.

European and American modernist styles often seemed on irreconcilably divergent paths in the 20th century.

It is nearly 20 years since Emma Dunch quit as a publicist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and moved to the US, where she carved out a successful career in arts management and fund-raising.

Australian composer Carl Vine wrote 'Child's Play' for the Takacs Quartet.

Grizzly Bear roar back to life with new album Painted Ruins following hiatus.

Bach specialist Sir Andras Schiff returns to Australia in 2018 for Music Viva.

London Grammar's frontwoman says the toll of constant touring left her unable to get out of bed, but that now she's getting better at handling it.

Kesha returns to seduce anew, Pennsylvania quartet the Districts pump it up, David Rawlings gets intimate and Martha Argerich offers a salve for disappointed concertgoers.

The grime of the beer barn comes to life in the pages of a slew of new memoirs as Australian musicians put pen to paper and their audiences swap rocking for reading.

Pieter Wispelwey plays the Bach Cello Suites. Sydney Symphony Orchestra. City Recital Hall. August 7. ★★★★½

Takacs Quartet has been through changes over four decades, but remain at the top of their game.

Peter Knight's band may only be a septet, but it sounds like an orchestra

Former Eurovision finalist Isaiah Firebrace has dropped a new video clip to his latest single Streets of Gold, and wants fans to know it's just a taste of things to come.

Australian composer and comedian Tim Minchin has mocked the Turnbull government's non-binding postal vote on same-sex marriage.

Australian singer Paulini Curuenavuli is facing charges of bribery and is due to appear in a Sydney court midway through her run in the musical The Bodyguard.