This new Dots+Loops festival brings us “the punk rock of the classical world”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You’ve probably read about Dots+Loops – the post-genre brainchild of Brisbane violinist Kieran Welch. In the past, it’s given way to […]
August 2018
Getting to know [crazy good] violinist Ray Chen
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This article was produced with Musica Viva and was featured inside the concert program. It has been edited for publication in CutCommon. […]
WTF?! When your whole group plays a Guadagnini
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
Behind the scenes of Australia’s new opera Dry River Run
BY DR HOLLY CHAMPION This month, I sat down to chat with emerging mezzo-soprano Xenia Puskarz-Thomas and baritone Oliver Boyd. Xenia and Oliver are […]
This opera was made for you lazy, entitled millennials
BY CARISSA DYALL Aren’t millennials the worst? We spend our house deposits on avocado on toast and specialty coffee. We choose to raise dogs […]
LIVE REVIEW // Alison goes to see K Mak and Xani
BY ALISON PARIS K Mak + Xani Double Release Kathryn Mckee featuring Xani Kolac Spring Hill Reservoirs, 19 August Upon entering the unassuming […]
EVENTS // Melbourne Guitar Festival is baaack!
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE GUITAR FOUNDATION The Melbourne Guitar Festival returns to Melba Hall, The University of Melbourne this September for its fourth iteration. Since […]
Behind the Curtain | Rebecca Castellini, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of […]
It’s okay if you’re not a child prodigy
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF One evening earlier this month whilst scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed (when I should have been practising), I came across an […]
Homage to cellist and pedagogue Janis Laurs
BY JO ST LEON Disclaimer: This feature was written under the guidance of Curtain University through Open Universities Australia as part of Jo’s studies in […]