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Composer Alex Turley premieres his City of Ghosts

May 11, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A city deserted. Fog, light, movement through the shadows. This is the concept behind young composer Alex Turley’s latest creation City of […]

Subterranean after-party breathes new life into concert experience

May 9, 2016

BY DYLAN HENDERSON A new audience of young concert-goers under 30 attended the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Elegant Tchaikovsky concert on April 29, with an after-party […]

Winner Announced: CutCommon Young Writer of the Year

April 29, 2016

Here at CutCommon, we’re excited to reveal the results of the inaugural CutCommon Young Writer of the Year Competition. Congratulations to our winner Myles […]

Con Fuoco: Laurence Matheson

April 29, 2016

BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. Melbourne pianist Laurence Matheson has a long […]

Sampology: when bird songs meet the turntable

April 28, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Brisbane audio-visual artist Sam Poggioli (Sampology) grew up surrounded by modern sounds. His brother had turntables and their older cousins ran […]

Things are becoming new with Kupka’s Piano

April 24, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Classical music shouldn’t be restricted to compositions of the Classical period, centuries ago. At least, that’s what flautist Jodie Rottle reckons, and […]

Rafael Karlen in an exploration of memory

April 18, 2016

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A library houses a collection of memories. Biographies sharing a person’s childhood; volumes detailing the knowledge an author spent his life […]

8 Young Superstars Taking the World by Storm

April 13, 2016

MADELINE ROYCROFT It’s National Youth Week in Australia, which means we’re joining in to celebrate people aged 12-25. In the classical music world, ‘young’ […]