Upbeat

NZTrio perform their first post-lockdown concert this weekend, and there's a world premiere on the programme. Read more Audio

Organist Kemp English is braving the winter chill to take his music to aged care facilities around the North Island. Have truck, have digital organ, will travel! Read more Audio

"I’m not finished. I’m not done." Michael Houstoun was due to retire from live performances at the end of this year but COVID-19 changed all that.

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Opera director Jacqueline Coats is back in the country after study in the UK as part of her Pettman Dare Fellowship. Read more Audio

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra gives a free live concert: Ngū Kīoro… Harikoa Ake celebrating the achievements of the 'team of five million' over the last few months amid a global pandemic. Read more Video, Audio

Matthew Marshall has just released a new album of New Zealand guitar music on the Rattle Echo label. Read more Audio

New Zealand Opera is looking for new voices to imagine what opera might be in the context of modern living in Aotearoa. Read more Audio

Peter Biggs has taken on the leadership of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, with a mission to unite the country through music at a time of great need in the community. 

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Ten NZ artists have created short listening experiences to connect with an audience and an emotion in isolation. Have a listen! Read more

Warwick Blair talks about life as a composer and the projects he's been working on. Read more Audio

Life has been on hold for our entertainment venues for three months now. Many shut before the country went into lock down in late March over concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in large gatherings… Read more Audio