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12:30 PM.Upbeat catches up with Composers' Association of New Zealand president Antonia Barnett-McIntosh to find out how this year's Nelson Composer Workshop is going. Read more Audio

12:05 PM.Upbeat catches up with pianist Liam Wooding, who is touring a solo recital for Chamber Music New Zealand. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Upbeat talks with NYO musicians Mana Waiariki and Lauren Jack about the 2021 programme which includes a performance of Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony alongside NZSO players. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Taking control of her own career, freelance French horn player Anita Austin has developed several concert options that she's taking around New Zealand's rest homes and retirement villages. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Anne Rodda, Executive Director of the Hill Family Foundation for Art and Music, talks about a special music competition for young New Zealand musicians coming up in September this year. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Upbeat talks with taonga puoro composer and practitioner Horomona Horo about this weekend's premiere in Hamilton of a new concerto for taonga puoro and orchestra. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Dr Tessa Romano, Head of Voice at Otago University, is performing Aaron Copland's settings of poems by Emily Dickinson this weekend with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Pianist Henry Wong Doe is back in New Zealand to perform with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio

12:05 PM.Congratulations to young pianist Lixin Zhang, who has been awarded Silver Medal in the prestigious Bachauer International Young Artist Piano Competition. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Find out how the recently formed Three Lakes Cultural Trust is encouraging and enabling the arts in the Queenstown Lakes District. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Wellington choir The Tudor Consort explores the unique sound of the Russian Orthodox tradition in their concert, Iconic. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Zoe Zeniodi talks about the art of conducting, why she decided to become a conductor, and leading NZ Opera's season of Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Tim Dodd talks to William Green about Vera Moore (1896-1997), one of the first New Zealand-born pianists to have an international performing career. Read more Video, Audio

12:10 PM.Congratulations to young Dunedin musician Cameron Monteath, this year’s recipient of of the Audrey Reid Composition Prize. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Michael Lawrence, Chair of the National Concerto Competition, talks with Upbeat about upcoming final this Saturday, and the influence the contest has had in shaping the careers of many New Zealand… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Congratulations to Kirsten Strom who, along with fellow composer Reuben Jellyman, is one of this year's Edwin Carr Foundation Scholarship recipients. She'll be heading to London soon to continue her… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Orchestra Wellington concertmaster Amalia Hall steps into the spotlight to take on Paganini's Violin Concerto No 2 - a virtuosic and demanding showpiece. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Baroque Voices director Pepe Becker talks with Cynthia Morahan about a special mid-winter concert combining 14th century music with a 19th century art form. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.'Sanctuary' is a new collaborative album from jazz composers and performers Jasmine Lovell-Smith and Jake Baxendale. Read more Audio

12:05 PM.Richard Nunns was an English teacher and jazz musician who became fascinated by taonga puoro - traditional Māori instruments. We explore his impact on New Zealand music. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.There's a new classical musical festival happening in Queenstown this weekend. The Wakatipu Music Festival celebrates the newest and brightest New Zealand musical stars. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Young Auckland bassoonist Charlotte Naden is heading off to Europe to take part in two prestigious music programmes. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Waikato's premier choir marks 75 years of high-quality choral performance in the community with a special concert this Saturday, which also farewells music director Timothy Carpenter. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.RNZ Concert's Nick Tipping previews this year's lineup at the Wellington Jazz Festival. Read more Audio