All the world’s a stage | Runa Murase, violin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Should you stay in Australia to build your music career, or travel overseas in search of bigger things? What even are those […]
February 2019
Natalie Clein is going to get your “brain cells working” with this program
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This article was produced with Musica Viva and was featured inside the concert program. It has been edited for publication in CutCommon. […]
Marina Prior: “Young singers should be prepared to do lots of hard work”
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Marina Prior left her music studies at university after two years. It didn’t stop her from picking up more than 30 lead […]
“Music dies” when you don’t program new works
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian National Academy of Music doesn’t care when a piece of music was written – as long as its fulfilling. Fulfilling […]
Every classical music lover should own a vinyl collection
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Classical music lovers are spoilt for choice when it comes to listening to their favourite music. Streaming services like Spotify […]
Con Fuoco | Pavan Kumar Hari, percussion (and piano, dance, composition…)
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our series with emerging artists in Australia. Pavan Kumar Hari is a composer, performer, dancer, and director. He has been performing since the […]
Music education matters, says Harry Ward, violin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music education matters. Whether you first picked up an instrument at school, you’re working full-time in an orchestra, or you’re just entering […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jasmine checks out the new Persephone Productions
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON Sāvitri Persephone ProductionsFringe World FestivalCheeky Sparrow, 2 February It’s festivals like Fringe World in Perth that help fuel the arts and give smaller production companies the […]
Uplifting and inspiring? You’ll want to hear the Silkroad Ensemble
BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Ever checked out the tags on Netflix to find your next show to binge-watch? Maybe it was tagged under […]
Oliver Patrice Weder tells us what it’s like to compose for Spitfire Audio
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON, GLOBAL SERIES EDITOR Coming from a purely performance and composition background, Oliver Patrice Weder has carved himself a unique path into […]