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Upbeat
A daily music and arts interview programme which ran on RNZ Concert for many years, concluding in 2020.
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Upbeat concluded in 2020, Interviews, spoken features and podcasts from across RNZ Concert are now available at Concert Talk
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Young opera singer puts Tayla Made grant to good use
19 May 2021Young opera singer Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono talks with Upbeat about how he's used his Tayla Made Foundation grant. Read more Audio
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Composer Tom McLeod
18 May 2021Tom McLeod has written the music for a new film documentary series, Fight for the Wild, which explores the idea of a predator-free New Zealand by 2050. Read more Audio
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Jeremy Mayall: fusing musical worlds together
17 May 2021Composer and sound artist Jeremy Mayall is creative coordinator for the NZSO’s upcoming collaboration with Te Reo metal band Alien Weaponry. Read more Video, Audio
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Emily Mair (1928-2021)
17 May 2021Respected and well-loved singing teacher Emily Mair has died aged 93. Her former student, international opera star Simon O'Neill, pays tribute to his teacher. Read more Audio
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Lucas Baker plays Barber
14 May 2021Violinist Lucas Baker will be busy this weekend. As well as leading the Wellington Youth Orchestra in their first concert of the year, he'll be taking centre stage as the soloist in Samuel Barber's… Read more Audio
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Violist and conductor Georgia Steel
13 May 2021Georgia Steel is going places - the young violist and conductor has been accepted into the Masters programme of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in the UK. Read more Audio
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Farewell to classical connector Rick Young
12 May 2021After two decades of sharing his love of classical music with RNZ Concert listeners, we're sad to say goodbye to Classical Connection host Rick Young. Rick talked with David Morriss about some of the… Read more Audio
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Holly Mathieson
11 May 2021Conductor Holly Mathieson is back in the country and has a busy schedule of concerts over the next weeks, including her debut with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio
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Competition success for young violinist Rose Stevenson
10 May 2021Congratulations to Rose Stevenson, who has won the inaugural Dunedin Concerto Competition, and to second and third place getters pianist Abhinath Berry and cellist Boudewijn Keenan. Read more Audio
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Stage Director Jacqueline Coats on 'Fidelio'
7 May 2021Jacqueline Coats talks to Tim Dodd about Beethoven's Fidelio and her stage direction of the APO's Opera in Concert performance. Read more Audio
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Competition showcases young classical talent from the south
6 May 2021Otago and Southland's top young classical musicians perform in the inaugural Dunedin Concerto Competition this Friday. Read more Audio
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'Holocaust Requiem' is focus for new documentary film
5 May 2021Violist Xi (Lucy) Liu has co-produced a documentary film on composer Boris Pigovat as part of her PhD studies. Lacrimosa Dies Illa premieres at Wellington's Penthouse Cinema this week. Read more Video, Audio
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A daily music and arts interview programme which ran on RNZ Concert for many years, concluding in 2020.
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