New voices share their experiences of live and recorded music
BY CARISSA DYALL HushLocal Heroes seriesRubiks Collective with Lotte Betts-DeanPrimrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 3 July What makes a great performance? Is the repertoire […]
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Side by SideWest Australian Symphony Orchestra with Australian National Academy of MusicPerth Concert Hall, 26 July The West Australian Symphony […]
BY WENDY ZHANG Madama ButterflyOpera AustraliaSydney Opera House, 29 July Black and white with dashes of red dominated the stage of Graeme Murphy’s production Madama […]
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT PRS New Music Biennial 2019Various artistsHull, 12-14 July “Well that was interesting,” an elderly woman commented to her friend, sitting […]
BY WENDY ZHANG VOCES8Sydney Opera House, 16 June My idea about a cappella music came from pop culture productions like Pitch Perfect and Glee, and […]
BY ALLEYNE MOSS Alleyne was named runner-up in the inaugural CutCommon Young Critics’ Mentorship. We would like to welcome Alleyne in her first review published […]
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) In this companion piece to her live review of Music and Mental Health at Vivid, Jessie […]
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Music and Mental HealthVivid FestivalMuseum of Contemporary Art, 8 June As a musician who’s also passionate […]
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Systems_TheoryEnsemble Thing, Emily De Simone (cello)Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, 30 June The cello, in its brooding tonal richness and […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Trigger warning and reader guide: This review contains coverage of discussion about discrimination and violence against women, and child abuse in the […]
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