Upbeat

"Singing together brings nations together" - that's the motto of the World Choir Games, which will be taking place in Auckland in 2024. Read more Audio

Beethoven has been a constant feature throughout Michael Houstoun's career. The New Zealand pianist tells Eva Radich why, as he prepares for his all-Beethoven recital to celebrate the composer's… Read more Audio

The 2019-20 New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir comes together one last time to present concerts in Auckland and Wellington at the end of difficult year which saw many of the choir's events… Read more Audio

Dr Nancy November has been awarded a Marsden Grant for research into the social lives of nineteenth-century women through a musical lens. She'll be looking at the small-scale, ‘play at home’ versions… Read more Audio

2020 has been one of the most challenging years in our lifetimes. Here are some examples of triumphing over adversity from Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born 250 years ago this week.  Read more Audio

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra shares some details of what to expect in its 2021 season. Read more Audio

Canterbury's newest opera company, Toi Toi Opera, is dedicated to celebrating local talent and making opera more accessible to the community. Read more Audio

Counsel in Concert is a choir and orchestra made up of lawyers and legal staff from throughout the Wellington region, along with friends from New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Wellington.

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Conductor José Aparicio and Hawke's Bay musicians get together this weekend to 'create some beauty'. Read more Audio

"The audience is hungry for the arts," says Orchestra Wellington's music director Marc Taddei. The orchestra's 2021 season, which celebrates the virtuoso, has just been launched. Read more Audio

Ariana Tikao and Alistair Fraser are two of New Zealand's leading exponents of ngā taonga puoro. Their first duo album, Nau Mai e Kā Hua, has just been released on Rattle. Read more Audio

Retiring Manager of the Nelson Music Festival Trust, Bob Bickerton, talks about the music in his life. Read more Audio