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Russian violinist Ilya Gringolts joined the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Giordano Bellincampi for Mountain King. Peter Hoar reviews the concert which featured Nielsen Symphony No.3, G… Audio

Wellington based pianist and composer Mark Donlon and New York  trumpeter Alex Sipiagin are collaborating for two concerts for the upcoming Wellington Jazz Festival. Their partnership has also… Audio

The billboards say “if you haven’t seen Carmen, it’s a tragedy”. New Zealand Opera’s Carmen opened last night in Wellington. Christine Argyle reviews this production of Bizet’s opera directed by Lindy… Audio

Enjoy the opportunity. That’s the advice for the competitors in the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. The competition starts this weekend in Queenstown before heading to Auckland… Audio

Maestro Masaaki Suzuki and Juilliard 415 are touring the country as part of the Chamber Music New Zealand tour. They played an entirely Bach programme at Wellington’s Michael Fowler on Tuesday…

Santana vocalist Tony Lindsay is touring NZ with Rodger Fox Big Band. The 11 time Grammy award winner has toured the world extensively with Santana, and recorded seven albums with the band, as well as… Audio

New Zealand Opera’s Carmen opening this week is the result of a director/designer partnership going back 25 years. Lindy Hume and Dan Potra made their names in the opera world with their “… Audio

Masaaki Suzuki is renowned for his performances and recordings of Bach with his group Bach Collegium Japan. New York's Juilliard School is among the world's leading and prestigious performing arts… Audio

Actors Peter Hambleton and Bronwyn Turei star in the New Zealand premiere of film writer Patrick Marber’s Three Days in the Country, based on Russian writer Ivan Turgenev’s classic A Month in the… Audio

New Zealand musician, composer and producer David Long’s new album is abstract, haunting and beautiful. He collaborated on Utterance with taonga puoro player Richard Nunns and harpist Natalia Mann… Audio

A fallen New Zealand mountaineer has provided inspiration for an opera by British composer Joby Talbot.  Video, Audio

Two new compositions by the top prize winners of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Student Composers Competition take centre stage in Auckland this weekend. Choral works by Sarah Fouhy and Lachlan… Audio

For the first time a piano soloist is taking over the Auckland Town Hall organ. Brit Jeremy Filsell is a multi-faceted musician who's established a career on piano and organ and is a global authority… Audio

Concern is running high in Waikato over potential staff cuts at the University Conservatorium of Music. Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato are undergoing restructuring by… Audio

Shakespeare’s turn of phrase has the ability to trip up even the most apt of linguists.  But English actor, author and producer Ben Crystal is making Shakespeare’s words easier to understand and say… Audio

Michael Houstoun played the entire 96 pieces of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Books I & II this past weekend. The pieces that make up the two books were written as exercises for Bach's pupils. Peter… Audio

The music of rock's greatest chameleon will fill the Horncastle Arena this Saturday. Symphonic Oddity, the Music of David Bowie features NZ singers Jon Toogood, Julia Deans, Laughton Kora and Anna… Audio

A choir from Pennsylvania is touring the country and inviting local choristers to join them in school exchanges and workshops. The Allegheny College Chamber Choir is a select group of highly invested… Audio

Singaporean Darrell Ang is back conducting the NZSO after their Naxos recording was nominated for a Grammy Award last year. Elizabeth Kerr reviews Pathétique – Tchaikovsky & Dvořák which features… Audio

Annelies is a choral piece that tells Anne Frank’s brave journey of hiding from the Nazis. The work will have its New Zealand premiere this week from the Auckland Youth Choir. British composer James… Audio