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Catherine Likhuta: Scraps from a Madman’s Diary

October 9, 2016

BY CATHERINE LIKHUTA AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE One evening in 2006, Catherine Likhuta read Ukrainian author Nikolai Gogol’s short story Diary of a Madman. Born […]

Con Fuoco: Elise Jeffrey

October 6, 2016

BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians in Australia. Born in Perth, Elise Jeffrey began piano lessons […]

Hot Off the Press: Sydney composers join forces

October 1, 2016

BY ANGUS DAVISON In February this year, I bid a fond farewell to Hobart and boarded a plane to Sydney. I was off […]

Alice Chance and AJ America talk wild women

September 17, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What composition throughout history do you feel has represented women wildly, absurdly, accurately, or powerfully? We pose the question to two […]

Con Fuoco: Angus McPherson

September 17, 2016

Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with young musicians across Australia. You may have seen Angus McPherson’s byline around here at CutCommon. But […]

Eileen Joyce: Five fun facts with Julia Hastings

September 16, 2016

After a sell-out premiere season in 2015, Melbourne classical pianist Julia Hastings returns with her original one-woman show Fame, Fortune & Lies: The Life and Music […]

Syzygy presents new music from Cheney, Aronowicz, Lyon, and Sdraulig

September 12, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Syzygy Ensemble will this week present a series of world premieres from some of the brightest living composers on the Australian […]

Brisbane’s Argo turns best-selling book into space opera

September 6, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ever wondered what another universe would sound like? Brisbane classical/electronic duo Argo will show you this month when they set best-selling […]

Con Fuoco: Louis Nicholl

September 6, 2016

Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Louis Nicoll is a Melbourne classical pianist studying his third year […]