Tilde Festival: celebrating new music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Prepare to hear music you’ve never heard before. The Tilde New Music Festival showcases just that – new and rarely heard […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Classical music inspired by holidays
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT It’s that time of year again. If, like me, you spent almost every night of the Christmas break watching Netflix in […]
Is classical music boring?
BY SAMUEL COTTELL I have a confession to make. Sometimes I get bored at classical music concerts. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not the […]
2016: Meet the Team
Here at CutCommon, we’re working to bring you some exciting business this year. New content, new initiatives, and new opportunities. So as we prepare to […]
Schwing on Bruny Island, jazz, and ‘painter envy’
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Neck is a narrow strip of land; an isthmus that connects one part of the wild Bruny Island to another. […]
Josten Myburgh talks improvisation, collaboration
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Perth composer Josten Myburgh, 21, reflects on his 2013 journey to Palermo in new piece ‘a window in Sicily’. The 40-minute […]
Vale Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)
BY ANGUS DAVISON Today we acknowledge the tragic passing of an incredible figure in the history of 20th Century music, Pierre Boulez. Born in […]
Gut Instincts: Old instruments meet new music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The sound of early music performed on modern instruments is not unfamiliar – but what happens when it’s the other way […]
New York, New York: Joanna Wallfisch
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Joanna Wallfisch was born to a family of classical musicians. Her father was a cellist, older brother an opera singer and […]
Top 5 Music Theatre Songs of All Time
BY MICHAEL HAMMELMANN Since the beginning of the theatrical endeavours of the stage, musicals have grown in popularity and success. They are able to […]