Con Fuoco: Julia Nicholls
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. Perth violinist Julia Nicholls is in her third […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
6 composer dads who were hidden champions
BY MADELEINE ROYCROFT It’s time to acknowledge the underappreciated champions of classical music history: composer dads. In celebration of Father’s Day, we bring you […]
Artistic leader Anna McMichael on how to do it all (at once)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Anna McMichael is co-artistic director of the Tyalgum Music Festival. And a violinist in Ironwood Chamber Ensemble. Not to mention that, […]
Exploring Australia’s history with…beatboxing?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Let’s look back a few centuries to 1616. Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog, on his ship Eendracht, landed off the coast of […]
Con Fuoco: Madeleine Stewart
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. Madeleine Stewart, 20, is in her second year […]
Chris Perren talks no-nonsense about Nonsemble
BY MYLES OAKEY, CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR Composer and guitarist Chris Perren has honed a compositional sound which he explores through a […]
Young cellist Nana Ou-Yang visits Australia with Jackie Chan
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Acting? Writing? Making music? No problem. Cellist Nana Ou-Yang is just 16 but takes it all in her stride. The multi-talented […]
Taking a breath with Dan O’Connor
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For Dan O’Connor, the function of a musician’s breath is as significant as the sound it produces through the instrument. In […]
Con Fuoco: Chad Vindin
Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging artists across Australia. Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni Chad Vindin has made a name for […]
Opera star Pumeza Matshikiza visits Australia
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT Pumeza Matshikiza didn’t have the luxury of an early music education. Her childhood spent in South Africa’s Eastern Cape during the final years […]