Upbeat

Former Aucklander Tianyi Lu who has won the 2020 Premio Cantelli International Conducting Competition in Italy.

Tianyi cut her teeth as a young conductor working with the Auckland Philharmonia… Read more Audio

During the UK's lockdown, the London Mozart players teamed up with a couple of kids, a dog, and a rubber duck - to bring you the most adorable version of Peter and the Wolf we've ever seen. Read more

Chamber Music from the heady days of the '20s' is coming to a concert hall near you over the next few weeks. 

Andrew Beer and Sarah Watkins, and composer Ben Hoadley, whose new work Cave Dances is… Read more Audio

Pianist Stephen de Pledge discusses his surprising 50th year when the closest he can get to an audience is through his live-streamed performance with the APO tonight. While he'll miss having people… Read more Audio

Tenor Amitai Pati talks about making his Parisian debut earlier this year, his upcoming NZ Opera performances playing Jupiter in Handel’s opera Semele and giving a recital with Emma Pearson tonight in… Read more Audio

Sarah Castle and Paul Whelan have shared many early musical experiences, flatting together as students, singing in the National Youth Choir. Now they are both home from their respective international… Read more Audio

In contrast to the anger and violence you would expect from a film about gangs, Arli Liberman’s soundtrack to Sam Kelly's Savage is moving and intensely sad. Read more Audio

Miguel Harth-Bedoya talks lockdowns, music education, and whether there's such a thing as classical music. Read more Audio

It's the Proms, but not as we know them. The BBC Proms 2020 offers treasures from the archive and incredible live performances - all at a safe social distance. Read more Video

This year the Wellington Jazz Festival will highlight the achievements of New Zealand musicians. Read more Audio

Wellington chamber choir Nota Bene conductor Shawn Condon seizes the moment to create a show finding light in the darkness.  Read more Audio

Anthony Ritchie discusses the premiere of his fifth symphony 'Childhood' by the DSO this Saturday. The Dunedin composer talks about the theme of regeneration and growth in his new work.  Read more Audio