Nat Bartsch’s relaxed performances provide “a place where you can be yourself”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Booked your tickets for that concert you were thinking of attending? Great. Now you just need to figure out how you’ll get […]
Melbourne Recital Centre
“Culture isn’t stagnant”: Australian Art Orchestra celebrates 30 years of change
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian Art Orchestra is celebrating its 30th birthday. But it’s certainly not getting old. Artistic director Aaron Choulai goes so far […]
4 concerts to check out in Melbourne this November
BY CUTCOMMON Let’s face it — by November, most of us are either in holiday mode, or wrapping up our end-of-year projects so we can […]
What live music is happening in Melbourne this September?
BY CUTCOMMON August is almost out, and this winter season has been wrapping up with some Intimate Salon Experiences. To celebrate 15 years of live […]
Orava Quartet will premiere a new Australian work this month
BY CUTCOMMON It’s safe to say that most musicians would be happy with a review praising their ability to “defy the laws of physics”. But […]
4 concerts not to miss in Melbourne this August
BY CUTCOMMON It’s been exactly 15 years since the Melbourne Recital Centre started supporting live music — and it’s given Australian audiences access to hundreds […]
“With us, it’s guitar like you haven’t heard before”
BY LILY BRYANT When I ask Benjamin Dix of the Melbourne Guitar Quartet what it’s like to prepare for a world premiere, he laughs, self-effacingly. […]
Why everyone needs a bit of sad piano music sometimes
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The name of Andrea Lam’s concert is amusingly candid. Why would you want to listen to a program filled with Sad Piano […]
This string ensemble will play Schubert in “the perfect chamber music venue”
BY LILY BRYANT Writing in the last few months of his life, it’s likely Franz Schubert knew he would never hear his majestic String Quintet […]
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 […]