2MBS Fine Music Sydney

Superlative descriptions of Palestrina’s music and influence are not hard to find in this 500th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The ‘Anno Pierluigiano’ celebration is in full swing in Italy, encompassing a busy year of concerts in the Cathedral Basilica of Palestrina.

For more than five years Emergent Jazz has broadcast Sydney’s emerging jazz musicians and their innovative work on Saturday evenings. Since the goal of 2MBS is to promote Australian musicians, particularly the young, many of them still on the jazz campuses of The Con or UNSW their jazz is our music.

Ben Robinson is the 2026 2MBS Stefan Kruger Scholarship winner. The 2MBS Stefan Kruger Scholarship supports young, outstanding individuals further their career...

Applications for our 2026 Classical and Jazz Scholarships and Artist in Residence Program close next week.

Immerse yourself in the world of “colour music” through world premieres by Sydney composer Nicholas Vines, presented alongside Haydn’s String...

Sally Lindsay returns to the village of Sainte Victoire as antique dealer and crime solver Jean White for series 4 of The Madame Blanc Mysteries.

Come to Christ Church St Laurence for their All Souls’ Service, an evening of remembrance and quiet reflection. Immerse yourself...

Most music loving Australians will have heard of Charles Mackerras, his conducting, arrangement and promotion of Czech music (especially that of Janáček), but how did it all happen?

Malcolm Arnold – the centenary of whose birth we celebrate on 21 October – was subject throughout his life to severe depression and extreme mood swings which, with acute alcoholism, led to several suicide attempts.

These exceptional young musicians competed in the 2MBS Young Virtuoso Award finals that took place on Saturday, 27 September 2025.