Series

All the world’s a stage | Runa Murase, violin

February 25, 2019

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 […]

“Music dies” when you don’t program new works

February 21, 2019

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…)

February 19, 2019

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

February 19, 2019

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 […]

Life after uni: Shubshri Kandiah, musical theatre

February 12, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]

Get ready, ANAM is launching its 2019 concert season

February 12, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When you’re going to launch a concert season to showcase the passion and “burning curiosity” of Australia’s next biggest performers, you’re going […]

(Literally) Live Reviews // Invenio Singers

February 6, 2019

Welcome to CutCommon’s (Literally) Live Reviews – our video review series that aims to reshape the way we think about arts criticism in Australia. Lydia […]

Blood, Sweat, Opera // Elena Perroni, soprano

February 1, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Last year, we took you backstage with opera stars in our interview series Behind the Curtain. This year, we’re going to take you inside […]

Akiho Suzuki: Mental health sounds like…

January 30, 2019

BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Sydney-based musician and charity worker Jessie Wang is a mental health advocate and studies psychology at […]