Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia. Compassion, written by singer songwriter composer Lior and composer Nigel Westlake, premiered with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in late 2013. Compassion by Lior is based on seven ancient Hebrew and Arabic texts, written in response to the vicious and implacable cycle of violence …

Not many have lived as many lives – from stolen child, teenage alcoholic, seeker, lover, father, musical and lyrical genius, to social advocate and First Nations leader – but it took almost a lifetime to find who he really was. He is Archie Roach. His new memoir Tell Me Why (Simon and Schuster) is an …