ASH is for Ashley Bathgate: Bach, life, and careers in new music
BY CELINE CHONG, 2017 CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR This story is published as part of CutCommon Young Writers’ Month. If you […]
August 2017
Rada Tochalna: Sex, psychological tension, and ‘fallen’ women
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Rada Tochalna plays the character of Violetta in La Traviata. The Melbourne soprano dubs Violetta a “high-class call girl” who sells sex and the […]
Con Fuoco: Lana Kains, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians in Australia. Soprano Lana Kains, 19, is studying her Bachelor […]
Con Fuoco: Tom Dunbabin, multi-instrumentalist
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians in Australia. Tasmania’s Tom Dunbabin found his passion for music […]
A chat with TSO Rising Star Maraika Smit
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Maraika Smit has been named the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s new Rising Star. The young horn player first picked up the instrument […]
Premiere! Yggdrasil: The World Tree by Cameron Lam
Tomorrow, the University of Sydney’s Wind Symphony will present Cameron Lam’s Yggdrasil: The World Tree concerto for contrabass clarinet and wind symphony. Yggdrasil was born […]
How does an ensemble become financially sustainable?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How do ensembles achieve financial stability? This is the question we’ve put to Gemma Turvey, artistic director of the New Palm […]
Celine Chong – ‘Classical music: what’s in it for young people?’
BY CELINE CHONG, 2017 CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR This blog awarded Celine Chong the winning place in the 2017 CutCommon Young Writer of […]
Tudor Portraits #4: Jarvis Dams, baritone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, four young singers will join the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs to present Vaughan Williams’ Five Tudor Portraits. We touch base with each […]
Tudor Portraits #3: Morgan Balfour, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, four young singers will join the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs to present Vaughan Williams’ Five Tudor Portraits. We touch base with each […]