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When immigrants arrived in New Zealand in the Nineteenth Century, they brought with them some enthusiastic musician / composers. Their success rate was a bit hit or miss, according to composer and… Read more Audio

RNZ Concert listeners tell us why they chose this year's favourite classical music in Settling The Score 2022. Read more Video

We are celebrating your favourite classical music from 6am til 8pm on Labour Day Monday, with the Top 30 countdown running from noon til 6pm on RNZ Concert. This is what we can tell you about what you… Read more Video

Wellington based, Filipino-born bassist and composer Seth Boy often combines the musical influences of his home country and of jazz greats like Duke Ellington, and John Coltrane in his work. Seth has… Read more Video, Audio

Winning this year's $50,000 Dame Malvina Major Award is allowing Christchurch tenor Oliver Sewell to live the dream and forge an international career. Oliver's currently in Europe after recently… Read more Audio

Lalah Hathaway has been dubbed "first daughter of soul", a fitting tribute to her late father - the celebrated soul singer and musician Donny Hathaway. The singer had been battling mental ill health… Read more Audio

Performing arts reviewer Michael Hooper joins Kathryn to talk about New Zealand Opera's current tour of MacBeth. It's a new production by Netia Jones, conducted by Brad Cohen and features Phillip… Read more Audio

Grounded in the Celtic musical traditions, multi-instrumentalist Rennie Pearson is about to head around the North Island as he releases his new solo album filled with traditional music of Ireland… Read more Audio

Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha University of Canterbury Librarian Lisa Davies (Kai Tahu) is determined to make te reo more accessible. She's also a jazz musician, so she's brought both together. She's… Read more Audio

NZ Barok - New Zealand's Baroque instrument orchestra is about to reunite after a lengthy hiatus, putting their own spin on famous and lesser-known examples of Baroque - classical music of the… Read more Audio

After 17 years hosting Nights, RNZ presenter Bryan Crump heads over to our fine music network RNZ Concert this month. He joins Kim Hill to play some favourite songs and chat about his career. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery