How pianist Natalya Aynsley ditched convention to launch a dream career in pop culture music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Natalya Aynsley never graduated from a conservatorium of music. In fact, she stopped studying piano at just 17 years old. It might […]
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How one photographer’s generosity is shaping the arts media landscape
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s hard to find the right words to introduce Peter Hislop. He’s a photographer who has spent much of his life capturing […]
A new music education opportunity is launching in regional Australia
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There’s a new music education opportunity coming to regional Australia, and more than 130 pianists can take part. Piano+ is about to […]
What do you wish you’d known before starting your music degree?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Georgina Palmer is a composition student. She’s studying at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, but before she got there, she had no […]
How Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung secured funding for her dream project
BY CUTCOMMON If you’re a composer looking for funding to help bring your project to life, the APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund should be high […]
How Danny Lucin’s mixed ensemble is “pioneering early brass in Australia”
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER Danny Lucin has a particularly strong passion for the cornetto (the historical wind instrument rather than the ice cream). Considered […]
“The best weeks of orchestral and chamber music playing I have had in my life”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine a place you could spend two weeks making music, making friends, making connections you’ll keep forever. Making the time of your […]
Get ready to hear 20 pieces of brand new Australian music in 2024
BY CUTCOMMON The inaugural ANAM Set was responsible for the creation of 67 pieces of new Australian music. It was an epic commissioning project — […]
Ade Vincent and Lior are showing why “artists won’t be replaced by AI”
BY CUTCOMMON When composer Ade Vincent and singer-songwriter Lior started their latest commission for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, they wrote a list of emotions they […]
In conversation with ANAM Concerto Competition winner Joshua Jones
BY CUTCOMMON Performing as a soloist is hard. Performing in front of a world-class orchestra is really hard. And being watched and adjudicated while you’re […]