“If the performers have a good time, the audience will”
BY CUTCOMMON Christoffer Sundqvist is a leader in his field. As a soloist, he’s performed with the world’s major orchestras. As a member of the […]
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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 […]
Get ready for a “meaningful and magical ride” with this George Crumb music fest
BY CUTCOMMON If you could plan a festival around the music of one composer, who would you choose? Paavali Jumppanen’s top pick was George Crumb […]
EVENTS // George Crumb Festival @ ANAM
CONTENT COURTESY AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC The Australian National Academy of Music’s end of year Chamber Music Festival pays tribute to one of music’s most […]
EVENTS // Renaissance and Baroque Stories with ANAM
CONTENT COURTESY AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC Before music became a practice in the homes of connoisseurs and skilled amateurs during the 18th Century, it […]
EVENTS // A Decade of Rhythm! Silver Streetcar
CONTENT COURTESY AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC Tin is the traditional metal marking a 10-year anniversary. So, too, is it the flashy and proud symbol […]
EVENTS // Jeroen Berwaerts performs with ANAM’s musicians
CONTENT COURTESY AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC As the preferred instrument of both the Archangel Gabriel and Louis Armstrong, the trumpet can help us both […]
It’s one step closer to the Berlin Philharmonic for Phoebe Gardner
BY CUTCOMMON Phoebe Gardner has always enjoyed listening to recordings of the Berlin Philharmonic. Now, the violinist has received the rare opportunity to learn from […]
5 classical and art music gigs to check out this May
BY CUTCOMMON You might’ve had a big month last April, especially if you rocked up to the Melbourne Recital Centre’s New Music Days festival. But […]
56 concerts in 10 days? Welcome to ANAM Quartetthaus
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A portable timber cube seats 52 audience members, and they’re positioned in circles around a tiny stage. A string quartet is stationed […]