Upbeat

Riki Gooch talks about 'conduction', a system of gestures he uses in his new work, Ngā Tuone. Read more Audio

Prize-winning pianist Lixin Zhang performs an all-Chopin recital in Wellington this Sunday. Read more Audio

The APO goes to the opera for their next concert, which features a stellar line-up of some of New Zealand's top opera singers. Read more Audio

Composer Salina Fisher speaks to Nick Tipping about her new work 'Kintsugi' inspired by the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold dust and lacquer. Read more Audio

Opus Orchestra and Scholars Baroque Aotearoa Chamber Choir join forces this weekend to perform Handel's oratorio, Israel in Egypt. Read more Audio

Adjudicator Richard Mapp was "utterly blown away" by the quality of the young pianists in this year's New Zealand Junior Piano Competition. Read more Audio

Singer Jared Holt takes the tenor role in Orchestra Wellington's performance of The Bells by Sergei Rachmaninov. Read more Audio

Kiwi conductor Holly Mathieson returns home to conduct two of our major orchestras – the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra – as they both finally welcome audiences… Read more Audio

Auckland pianist Lorelle McNaughton opens the NZ Junior Piano Competition with a solo recital tomorrow night at the Lewis Eady Showroom in Aucklan. She talks about how living in Spain has helped her… Read more Audio

Wellington Youth Orchestra finally has a chance to perform this COVID year with two concerts this weekend. Orchestra manager Anne French and soloist Ben van Leuven discuss the highs and lows of 2020. 

Artistic Director Tama Waipara on Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival opening this weekend and celebrating the vast creativity of the East Coast and its people. Read more Audio