Rachel Bruerville on procrastination, cats, and ‘Australian’ music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Rachel Bruerville may be a household name to the CutCommon reader. Having written widely about performance anxiety and mental health, and […]
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Celine Chong goes to the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
BY CELINE CHONG Piano Power Queensland Symphony Orchestra with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Daniel Blendulf (conductor) QPAC, 17 February The opening concert of The […]
Laura Biemmi goes to see Jordi Savall at the Perth Festival
BY LAURA BIEMMI Jordi Savall at the Perth Festival Perth Concert Hall, 17 February What’d you miss? Concert blacks ditched for red, white, […]
Arts news of the week (in 60 seconds)
BY JOHN GLOVER This week, we are relieved to hear some promising news from our friends at Limelight Magazine. We also share a particularly […]
Events: Dots+Loops Synthesis
CONTENT COURTESY KIERAN WELCH/DOTS+LOOPS Dots+Loops Synthesis On the program…. Dots+Loops Ensemble perform Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly and Allison Wright The Yes & (Aus premiere) SxS Next Gen […]
When minds, industries, and ideas converge
BY CELINE CHONG, 2017 CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR Dance and music. Art forms that, without a doubt, go hand-in-hand. For Queensland Conservatorium […]
A little like Mozart (on habanero peppers)
BY ELKE WAKEFIELD Takes two to tango? More like 12: three or four violins, a viola, a cello, three or four bandoneones, a piano […]
Defence invests $2.3 million in mysterious “Instruments of Warfare”
BY CHRISTOPHER HEALEY It was the news that broke the nation. In a shocking exposé of the Australian Department of Defence, the Sydney Morning […]
Melbourne’s art music scene gets a New Stage
BY LEWIS INGHAM “We’ll just take it as it comes, and I’ll keep making music regardless.” Composer Chris Pickering is talking about the future […]
Getting to know opera composer Jonathan Dove
BY LOUISE CROSSEN From full-scale operas to chamber operas, operas for TV to music for community choirs, Jonathan Dove has done it all. The […]