How do we approach music composed by “bad people”?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Violinist Lizzy Welsh will perform at Castlemaine State Festival this month. She will perform music composed by bad humans. Music and Murder […]
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LONGREAD // Clemens Christian Poetzsch finds his musical language
MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Antique brass chandeliers and plastic fans are suspended from a corrugated iron ceiling. A cathedral-like steel arch braces the roof. To […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]