Con Fuoco: Lucinda Nicholls, voice
BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians in Australia. Lucinda Nicholls is studying classical voice at the University […]
2017
CD Review: Sarah McKenzie’s Paris in the Rain
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Paris in the Rain Sarah McKenzie Impulse! Records, 2016 When Sarah McKenzie released her debut album Don’t Tempt Me in […]
Seven songs, seven weeks in Iceland with Olafur Arnalds
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Seven songs. Seven Iceland towns. Seven weeks. This is Olafur Arnalds’ offering Island Songs. The musician embarked on a journey across his homeland, […]
Shaking up Australian audiences with Eighth Blackbird
BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT One of our nation’s leading presenters of chamber music Musica Viva is about to break new ground by touring the four-time […]
Gone studyin’
BY MYLES OAKEY, 2016 CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR What sort of student will you choose to be in 2017? “Mate!” he […]
How I’m chasing my dream of conducting
BY NICKY GLUCH I was 19 and heading overseas to study maths and philosophy. But everywhere I went, I seemed to be drawn to […]
Classical Latin Grooves with Ziggy and Miles
Ziggy and Miles Johnston are brothers who share a deep passion for music and their instrument, the classical guitar. Classical Latin Grooves is an evening […]
Con Fuoco: Monty Wain, double bass
BY MICHELLE FORBES AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians in Australia. Monty Wain likes a little […]
Rocking the records with Pat Monaghan
BY LUCY RASH I recently spent a large chunk of my time cataloguing the records on my lounge room shelves. What are summer holidays […]
From the Arctic to Australia: Ludovico Einaudi
BY SAMUEL COTTELL There’s something unassuming about Ludovico Einaudi. He sports grey hair, cool horn-rimmed glasses, and is often pictured in jeans and converse […]