LIVE REVIEW // Katrina hears Ayşe Gӧknur Shanal and Benjamin Martin in Recital
BY KATRINA BREEN Ayşe Gӧknur Shanal and Benjamin Martin in RecitalAlex Theatre – The Lounge, St Kilda, 22 October Ayşe Gӧknur Shanal (pictured above) and […]
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The Firebird Trio will play music from this beautiful 1990s novel
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There is little that can beat the joy of a good book. A few years ago, a friend wrapped up a book […]
Con Fuoco: Louis Nicholl
Welcome to Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Louis Nicoll is a Melbourne classical pianist studying his third year […]
Live Review: Cinemusica
BY DYLAN HENDERSON Cinemusica Australian Chamber Orchestra and Synergy Percussion Adelaide Town Hall, 12 April After garnering impressive reviews from across the country, […]
The Sound of Snowflakes
BY BENJAMIN MARTIN It is said that Bartok had a special fondness for fir cones and sunflowers. Given their degree of logarithmic elegance, my […]
Blobs and the Death of Classical Music
BY BENJAMIN MARTIN Blobs, and the death of classical music. Minus ‘blobs’, it’s a phrase often repeated nowadays. However, determining why exactly it might […]
Discover: The Mysteries of Bach
BY BENJAMIN MARTIN Guest writer Benjamin Martin is an award winning Australian pianist and composer. Somehow, despite all the efforts of research intent upon […]
Benjamin Martin: Juilliard School, Bernstein, and Bach’s Mysteries
BY GABRIELLE RUTTICO AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE These days, it’s hard to discover something new. History is thoroughly documented and highly accessible, and scarcely a […]