Juggling Flames: The Life of a Working Student
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA Antonia is a Sydney-based music writer and student of NIDA with degrees in music and music technology. She shares her story […]
2015
Coffee, Cake, and Carl Vine
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A warming cup of freshly brewed coffee, a slice of cake, and some of the greatest classical works that exist. This […]
Growing Up Different: Paul Lewis
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE English classical pianist Paul Lewis discovered music all on his own. As an 8-year-old, he visited a record library each week […]
Upcoming Opportunities for Emerging Artists
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA Interested in participating in a workshop or competition? We’ve compiled a list of this month’s opportunities for emerging artists to help […]
Classic Flow: When Yoga Meets Live Music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What happens when you combine live classical music with yoga? We have no idea. Neither do pianist Sally Whitwell and cellist […]
Coming Home: Harold Gretton
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When guitarist Harold Gretton tours to Australia from his home town of Kehl on the German border, he’ll be coming home. […]
SoundSCAPE: An Australian in Italy
BY NAOMI JOHNSON Contemporary music is full of juxtapositions: great flurries of notes and ethereal suspense, the intimacy of a single instrument and the […]
CD Review: Elsen Price’s Red Planet
BY SAMUEL COTTELL ‘red planet’ Elsen Price (double bass) Self-produced, 2014 An album of music for solo double bass, at first, might seem […]
Con Fuoco: Rohan Dasika
Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s new interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. Raised in Melbourne, Rohan Dasika received a Bachelor of Music from the Australian […]
Beethoven’s Piano Concertos in 15 Fun Facts
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We’re crazy for Beethoven. And we’re pumped that this month the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra will host a series of concerts across […]