Skype call inspires brave and personal composition ‘Selfless’
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In 2018, Allison Wright and Bec Plexus connected via Skype. Their conversation was deeply personal, and would affect the future of their […]
April 2019
Justin Beere: “Chamber music is life”
BY TIM HANNAH For the Melbourne Chamber Players, music is an “obsession“. The group’s crazed passion for music will culminate in its upcoming concert Bridge […]
Blood, Sweat, Opera // Chris van Tuinen, music director
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 […]
Ilan Eshkeri on composing Nureyev’s biopic with Ralph Fiennes
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In 1961, Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev became the first artist during the Cold War to defect to the West. In The […]
What I’m reading: ‘The Piano Teacher’
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR This story was commissioned by Meanjin. It has been made available for publication in CutCommon for the first time (with permission). Ten years old. Innocent. […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy sees an opera about Tang Xianzu
BY WENDY ZHANG Tang Xianzu: The Playwright in Concert Presented by China National Arts Fund, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and AusfengSydney Opera House, 7 April […]
Ben and Danai are making music to help aged care residents in Sydney
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) There’s been a lot of emerging research on the cognitive benefits of music, so naturally, we musicians […]
LIVE REVIEW // Angelo sees WASO play games and movies
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA We would like to welcome Angelo in his first review as part of the CutCommon team. Symphonic FantasyWest Australian Symphony OrchestraPerth Concert […]
LIVE REVIEW // Alexandra sees The Song Company
BY ALEXANDRA MATHEW Pärt PassioThe Song CompanySt Andrews Church in Brighton, 12 April Arvo Pärt composed his Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem in […]
Ziggy and Miles talk Juilliard, Local Heroes, and “unlimited possibilities”
BY CUTCOMMON Back in 2017, we had a chat with brothers Ziggy and Miles Johnston, who spoke to us about their experience of performing together. […]