Nima Fakhrara on scoring PS4 game Detroit: Become Human
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON, GLOBAL SERIES COORDINATOR When composers work together on a film, TV series, or video game, they’re often required to collaborate to […]
May 2018
The piece I was born to compose
BY SEAN ROSS Winner of the Director’s Choice Award for opera in the 2014 Boston International Contempo Festival, Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music is not […]
(Literally) Live Reviews // Celine sees Harry Potter
Welcome to our CutCommon’s (Literally) Live Reviews – our new video review series that aims to reshape the way we think about arts criticism in […]
EVENTS // New Zealand Guitar Quartet meets Guitar Brisbane
CONTENT COURTESY GUITAR BRISBANE The New Zealand Guitar Quartet is coming to Brisbane as part of a four-country June tour. The tour will feature […]
Live review // Syzygy’s Pagan Dances
BY NICHOLAS COLLINS Syzygy Ensemble Pagan Dances Melbourne Recital Centre, 10 May When singing, lyrics are there to help paint a picture the […]
This is how classical guitars are made
BY MATT WITHERS – AUSTRALIAN GUITARIST Imagine a guitar that can sing, producing the deepest bass to the highest treble, evenly and with good […]
33 thoughts I had while watching La Traviata
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE La Traviata Opera Australia Arts Centre Melbourne, 28 April Act 1 Why is everybody saying that opera is ‘dead’? This […]
This orchestra makes you “uplifted, inspired, excited, moved, reflective”
BY LAURA BIEMMI Whether or not you live in Perth, you’ve probably heard of the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Launched in 2011 by executive director […]
EVENTS // The Spirit of Spain
CONTENT SUPPLIED Young Steinway Artist Nicholas Young joins internationally renowned 10-string guitarist Matthew Fagan to combine musical passion and virtuosity to celebrate the Spirit of Spain – […]
Standing on a piano in New York City
BY SYLVIE WOODS While I lay in bed scrolling through Instagram and eating crumbs out of my bellybutton yesterday*, Yvette Keong popped up in […]