How do we find authenticity in our performance?
BY GRACE JOHNSON We would like to welcome Grace in her first blog as a CutCommon contributor. “No, no!” my teacher exclaimed. She coaxed my […]
March 2019
Emma Nightingale to sing in an opera “audiences identify with”
BY ALISON PARIS Opera Queensland is opening its 2019 season with John Adams’ A Flowering Tree – a fantastic tale of a young peasant woman […]
Berlin filmmakers launch platform showcasing real, musical lives
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT On Wednesday nights at Bar Zum Schmutzigen Hobby, Miss Judy Ladivina, draped in glitter and windblown by the glamour of […]
Tasman Compton has won the TSO Rising Star Competition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Each year, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra invites young musicians to apply to be the next TSO Rising Star. Last year, 13-year-old pianist […]
LIVE REVIEW // SSO introduces classical music to kids
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Pictures at an Exhibition (Family event)Sydney Symphony OrchestraSydney Opera House, 17 March As I line up to enter the Sydney Opera House […]
LIVE REVIEW // Carissa checks out the Melbourne Guitar Festival
BY CARISSA DYALL AlchemyAndrew Blanch and Ariel NurhadiMelbourne Guitar FestivalWyselaskie Auditorium, 9 March Alchemy: Guitar Duets from Around the World is the project of Sydney-based […]
Are you listening deeply?
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC It matters how we listen, not just to music but to each other. Are we listening selectively? Listening to respond? […]
EVENTS // The Choir of St James’
CONTENT COURTESY THE CHOIR OF ST JAMES’ The Choir of St James’ performs music for Lent, including Philip Moore’s Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and […]
PHOTOBLOG // What’s Kirsten Milenko doing in Copenhagen?
BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Ever scrolled through someone’s Instagram – particularly someone doing really cool and interesting things overseas – and thought, please […]
Blood, Sweat, Opera // Emma Matthews, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Last year, we took you backstage with opera stars in our interview series Behind the Curtain. This year, we’re going to take you inside the […]