Nima Fakhrara on scoring PS4 game Detroit: Become Human
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON, GLOBAL SERIES COORDINATOR When composers work together on a film, TV series, or video game, they’re often required to collaborate to […]
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Encountering talent with a world view
Standing on a piano in New York City
BY SYLVIE WOODS While I lay in bed scrolling through Instagram and eating crumbs out of my bellybutton yesterday*, Yvette Keong popped up in […]
Live review // Joe Hisaishi conducts the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE AND CHRISTOPHER LEON CutCommon is the only publication to review this premiere Joe Hisaishi performance in Australia. Joe Hisaishi Symphonic […]
Queer and Now: Fred Hersch, piano
BY JASLYN ROBERTSON/STEPHANIE ESLAKE Queer and Now is our interview series exploring identity. Many composers and musicians will allow their art to speak […]
Sheku Kanneh-Mason talks diversity and inspiration
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Sheku Kanneh-Mason is 18. He’s just released his debut album, and he is an inspiration. He is making inspiration. Sheku is one of […]
This guy invented his own music notation
BY CORY GLEDHILL In early 2016, I began creating a new music notation that would evolve over the following months into what is now […]
My journey into music therapy: India
BY NATASHA LIN After a 14-hour train ride, I had arrived at Varanasi from Kolkata. Looking back, it’s been an inspiring journey, full of […]
Matthew Fagan: “You will be hearing where we come from”
BY CAROL SAFFER Nature or nurture? Genetic or environment? Virtuoso guitarist Matthew Fagan believes “it is definitely in the genes”. When Gypsy Fire duo […]
When Gamelan meets Western art music
BY CHLOE SANGER I SAID NEON is a concert comprised of brand new compositions inspired by the music of Indonesia. They’ll include a mixture […]
A chat with La La Land composer Justin Hurwitz
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How do you write a modern-day musical about hopes and dreams? They’re themes we’re all-too familiar with; magically brought to life […]