How you can give an “incredible confidence boost” to the artists you love
BY CUTCOMMON It’s easy enough to fall in love with a great piece of music, enjoy a live performance, or feel inspired by that music […]
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Victoria Pham is inviting you to “listen at a cross-cultural threshold” in this upcoming event
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In 2021, Victoria Pham wrote an article in Decolonial Hacker about the problematic representation of “Asianness” in the Australian music industry — […]
Fiachra Garvey is introducing 60 young musicians to the London Philharmonic Orchestra
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, UK CORRESPONDENT Classical Vauxhall is a series of concerts in the London district of Vauxhall. Sponsored by Vauxhall One, this concert series […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey experiences Joyce DiDonato: EDEN
BY JEFFREY CHARLES PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Joyce DiDonato: EDENPresented by Princeton University ConcertsRichardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 1 February The year […]
Alexander Gavrylyuk is getting in touch with his emotions in this Romantic-era program
BY CUTCOMMON To Ukrainian-born pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk, there’s nothing more romantic than the music of Brahms or Beethoven. Give him the chance to curate his […]
We asked Sophie Rowell how she programmed her first concert as MCO artistic director
BY CUTCOMMON Melbourne Chamber Orchestra is gearing up for its first event of 2023. It’s also the first event Sophie Rowell has programmed as its […]
These percussionists will play hairdryers and houseplants in the Melbourne Recital Centre
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Musicians are often cursed with finding rhythm and pitch in every sound. From car horns to clocks — or in the case […]
EVENTS // Pride & Joy will celebrate LGBTQIA+ composers across time and place
CONTENT COURTESY ORCHESTRA VICTORIA The voices of LGBTQIA+ composers can be heard in music throughout history, yet this is often omitted from historical retellings, and […]
‘Tis the season to be jolly: singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you
BY WENDY HARGREAVES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND and MELISSA FORBES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND On a December night 50 years ago, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 […]
“Being a composer is trusting your gut,” reckons Ego Plum (The Cuphead Show)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE He’s known as The Cartoon Composer — and in 2022 he scored one of the truest-to-genre shows to land on Netflix. Inspired […]