Exploring Australia’s history with…beatboxing?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Let’s look back a few centuries to 1616. Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog, on his ship Eendracht, landed off the coast of […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Con Fuoco: Madeleine Stewart
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. Madeleine Stewart, 20, is in her second year […]
Chris Perren talks no-nonsense about Nonsemble
BY MYLES OAKEY, CUTCOMMON YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR Composer and guitarist Chris Perren has honed a compositional sound which he explores through a […]
Young cellist Nana Ou-Yang visits Australia with Jackie Chan
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Acting? Writing? Making music? No problem. Cellist Nana Ou-Yang is just 16 but takes it all in her stride. The multi-talented […]
Taking a breath with Dan O’Connor
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For Dan O’Connor, the function of a musician’s breath is as significant as the sound it produces through the instrument. In […]
Con Fuoco: Chad Vindin
Welcome to Con Fuoco, CutCommon’s interview series with emerging artists across Australia. Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni Chad Vindin has made a name for […]
Opera star Pumeza Matshikiza visits Australia
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT Pumeza Matshikiza didn’t have the luxury of an early music education. Her childhood spent in South Africa’s Eastern Cape during the final years […]
A journey into purgatory with Christopher Healey
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Place your trust in Christopher Healey as he takes you through seven days and nights of purgatory. The Queensland composer’s latest […]
Trump’s misogyny set to music by Robert Davidson
BY THOMAS MISSON Donald Trump’s thoughts on women have attracted all manner of satire in the media – be it on TV, YouTube, or […]
A chat with Thomas Larkin: True West
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you think you’ve experienced sibling rivalry in your family? It’s unlikely you’ve lived through anything like this. From Pulitzer Prize-winning […]