2024

Unfamiliar music “can provide a window into how others think”

August 11, 2024

BY CUTCOMMON In 2022, Reuben Johnson heard his Australian National Academy of Music colleagues perform Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. So engrossing was […]

EVENTS // Grand Final of Strike A Chord at the Melbourne Recital Centre

August 9, 2024

CONTENT COURTESY MUSICA VIVA Join audiences for the Grand Final of Strike A Chord on Saturday 31 August at the Melbourne Recital Centre. Selected from […]

These are the 57 Australian Women in Music Awards finalists for 2024

July 24, 2024

CONTENT COURTESY AWMA Now in its fifth year, AWMA attracted a record number of nominations across 19 award categories spanning all music genres and acknowledging […]

Eliza Shephard is asking Australia to “think big and be brave” in programming works by women

July 23, 2024

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Eliza Shephard has long been concerned with a lack of representation in the Australian music industry. She wanted to see more works […]

Molly experiences the Australian Youth Orchestra performing Mahler and Wagner

July 23, 2024

BY MOLLY JENKINS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA Silence fell over Hamer Hall as the lights began to dim for the Australian Youth […]

Amy Rita releases new piano music inspired by the winter solstice

July 23, 2024

BY LILY BRYANT Amidst the seemingly never-ending discussion about the inaccessibility of classical music, a quiet hero has emerged: contemporary-classical piano. A genre perfectly suited […]

4 concerts not to miss in Melbourne this August

July 19, 2024

BY CUTCOMMON It’s been exactly 15 years since the Melbourne Recital Centre started supporting live music — and it’s given Australian audiences access to hundreds […]

Apply for the $40,000 Dorcas McClean Travelling Scholarship

July 19, 2024

CONTENT COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Australia’s finest young violinists will once again compete for a total prize pool of $55,000 in the country’s most generous […]