World premieres, bicycle bells, and high energy with Nexas
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Since its inception more than 12 years ago, Nexas Quartet (Michael Duke, Andrew Smith, Nathan Henshaw and Jay Byrnes) has premiered countless […]
November 2016
Dan Thorpe talks broken pianos and queer culture
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE South Australian composer Dan Thorpe recorded much of his new release Diaphragm on a porch in Wentworth Falls. Playing on a piano that […]
TwoSet Violin: The Brisbane music graduates breaking the internet
BY ELEANOR WOOD Eddy Chen and Brett Yang are worldwide internet sensations. But don’t be fooled – they’re in it for the long game. […]
Susan de Weger and 3MBS take us Beyond the Stage
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You may have read some of Susan de Weger’s blogs on CutCommon, teaching us valuable lessons on how to make it […]
Essential facts about electric viola da gamba
BY JENNY ERIKSSON Jenny Eriksson plays a unique instrument. That’s not an overstatement – her electric viola da gamba really is the only one […]
Five groundbreaking female artists to see at Mofo
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s set to be a hot, hot summer for Tassie when more than 200 artists from across the globe come together […]
Simon Tedeschi talks The Vampire Diaries
BY ELEANOR WOOD Pianist Simon Tedeschi and flautist Jane Rutter unite to conjure up The Vampire Diaries – featuring a passionate Eastern European program. The […]
Hush: Australian music for health and peace
BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT The ability to transform medical care from scary to peace-filled deeply resonates with me. As a child, I went through many […]
Scott McIntyre, the ‘conservative modernist’ composer
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Only the dedicated listener is able to draw comparisons between two seemingly unrelated works – and then spin the resulting interpretation […]
Peggy Polias composes Picnic at Hanging Rock
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE More than a century ago, a group of school girls ventured into the Victorian outback for a Valentine’s Day picnic. Some […]