WTF?! (Successful) long-distance collaboration
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
It’s Open Mic time for these emerging artists
BY SOLOMON FRANK, ENSEMBLE ONSOMBL This week, Ensemble Offspring will host its inaugural Open Mic event as part of the Hatched Academy program for […]
Sunga Lee: “It’s valuable to support young local musicians”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Tone. Technical reliability. Stamina. All things you’d want to hear about your playing, right? Indeed, this was the praise Sunga Lee […]
Inventi Ensemble makes music fun for kids
BY ALISON PARIS We would like to welcome Alison in her first story as a CutCommon contributor. Are those bubbles onstage? It’s highly likely. […]
AYO: What’s in it for me, anyway?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian Youth Orchestra launches the careers of emerging performers, arts administrators, broadcasters, and writers. This is a statement that I […]
Con Fuoco | Aidan Gabriels, French horn
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Perth-born Aidan Gabriels comes from a family of four, all of whom […]
Behind the Curtain | Lindy Hume, director
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of […]
Con Fuoco | Sarah Chang, violin
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Sarah Chang is in Year 12, and her career success has already […]
Solo timpani for half an hour? Challenge accepted.
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Diaphanous Nebulosities. Say it out loud, and it’s even better. The concept of this new composition is just as ambitious as […]
Cat Hope talks gender, sound art, and the work of Éliane Radigue
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you are looking to explore French electronic music created in the past century, the name Éliane Radigue certainly springs to […]