Winterschool for advanced young musicians “invaluable”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There can be little more fulfilling than dedicating yourself to full time study of your instrument. But while a lot can […]
2016
Composer Alex Turley premieres his City of Ghosts
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
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 […]
Live Review: The Australian Ballet’s Vitesse
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Vitesse The Australian Ballet Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 26 April A blast of sound and light jolts the […]
Live Review: Katie Noonan and Brodsky
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Brodsky Quartet and Katie Noonan City Recital Hall, 3 May As I entered the City Recital Hall from Angel Lane, with […]
Lisa Cheney and Peggy Polias are Making Conversation
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Lisa Cheney and Peggy Polias are smashing the stereotype of the “dead white male” composer in their latest venture Making Conversation. […]
First rock, then Baroque
BY ROBERT MACFARLANE While putting together my program for the Australian Bach Society’s concert The Path to Bach on 7 May, as the snow […]
Lior chats world premiere of his fresh Song Cycle
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne’s Lior Attar has taken out several ARIA awards for his hits as a singer-songwriter, though he’s never been bound by […]
Argo transforms reservoir into “sonic playground”
Be immersed in an underground world crafted by Brisbane composers Ben Heim and Connor D’Netto in their newest show Flow. The contemporary-classical duo known […]
Winner Announced: CutCommon Young Writer of the Year
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 […]