This award-winning quartet is keeping the conversation going
BY LILY BRYANT In an often-quoted letter from 1829, German writer Goethe neatly describes listening to a string quartet as hearing “four intelligent people conversing.” […]
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In conversation with Theonie Wang, superstar violinist in the making
BY CUTCOMMON Richard Tognetti is known as a “superstar violinist” of Australia. He’s the artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and has six ARIA […]
Writing screen music for “heroes being pushed to their limits”
BY CUTCOMMON The new Netflix series Man on Fire is as thrilling as anything composer Max Aruj has worked on before: Mission: Impossible, Top Gun: […]
Cross-cultural collaboration “essential in finding one’s own voice” in music
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON How can we have a well-rounded music education in Australia without exposure to the music of cultures across the world? This is […]
How Arcadia Winds has achieved 13 years of success in classical music so far
BY CUTCOMMON This is not the first time we’ve featured Arcadia Winds in CutCommon. Since the chamber group’s founding in 2013, we’ve caught up with […]
Shorter concerts are making classical music more accessible
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Relaxed performances are gaining popularity because they turn a formal, classical concertgoing experience into one that’s more casual and inviting to those […]
Johannes Grosso will co-direct Gran Partita with a fellow woodwind powerhouse
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON This May, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is taking two of its leading instrumentalists, and putting them front-and-centre as dual directors of an […]
Kaylie Melville is gearing up for a “wildly exciting” concert with these percussionists
BY CUTCOMMON “Percussion is quite literally the beating heart of so much of our music.” So says Kaylie Melville, one of Australia’s top performers of […]
The fuel crisis is impacting Australian musicians
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF On the first of April, like many other Australians, I sat huddled over my laptop while nervously awaiting a 7PM address from […]
In conversation with Henry Eames, ANAM horn player
BY CUTCOMMON Melbourne horn player Henry Eames has a passion for music and education. So what better career move than to continue his education at […]