Eva Radich

Eva Radich talks with visiting Romanian violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea and pianist Andrey Gugnin. Goicea was the winner of the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. She’s back in New… Audio

Chinese conductor Xian Zhang is thrilled to be back in New Zealand, leading the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in its Russian Tales concert tonight, which features Rimsky- Korsakov’s Scheherazade… Video, Audio

Composer Victoria Kelly talks about female representation in the music industry 125 years since female suffrage in Aotearoa, New Zealand.   Audio

Michael Norris is one of three SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalists for 2018. He tells us why he enjoyed working with local throat singer Jonny Marks to create Sygyt, a work that melds the ancient folk… Video, Audio

SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalist Michael Norris talks about the fun he had creating a work for throat singer Jonny Marks, we find out why Bach is going to prison in the US and we continue our… Video

The NZSO’s 2019 core repertoire season features favourites including Holst’s The Planets and Beethoven’s complete symphonies, new local commissions and a bevy of talented soloists. Audio

The NZSO announces its 2019 subscription series, we mark the passing of Italian maestro Claudio Scimone and we continue celebrating 2018 Gramophone winners.

Edo de Waart led the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performing Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony and Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 Revised Version) and Symphony in Three Movements.… Audio

Christchurch brothers pianist Jun and cellist Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido are back home and enjoying some quality time together with their family. The talented duo are sharing their love of music with a… Audio

We celebrate National Poetry Day, hear from NZSO conductors Edo de Waart and Hamish McKeich and we complete our series on Hungarian music.

Jim Pugh is a jazz legend. He was lead trombone for both Woody Hermann and Chick Corea, worked with groups as diverse as Steely Dan and the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble, and is Distinguished Professor… Audio

We feature Gramophone Classical Music Award finalists, trombonist Jim Pugh on jazz and we mark St Stephen’s Day.

James Morrison – a Celebration of Ella and Louis by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra this week celebrates the famous collaboration of jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Virtuoso… Audio

Violinist Manu Berkeljon and clarinet player Anna McGregor are Kiwi components of Swedish based chamber music trio Klara Kollektiv. The ensemble formed in 2017 and is coming to the end of a regional… Audio

US based Kiwi violist Tim Deighton brings his talent home to perform the world premiere of Anthony Ritchie’s Viola Concerto No 2 with Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. He discusses his award winning… Audio

Lexus Song Quest 2018 winner Joel Amosa talks about the importance of his Samoan culture in his ability to perform at the top level. Joel won New Zealand's top singing prize on Saturday night in… Audio

We mark the passing of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, a prominent figure in avant-garde and free jazz who has died at the age of 76.

Lexus Song Quest winner Joel Amosa talks about singing for his…

Stuart Maunder talks with Eva Radich about 'Aida' and the challenges of staging concert performances of opera. Audio

Ronan Tighe takes us through the story of Verdi's opera Aida. Audio

17 year old pianist Lixin Zhang is already a star. The year 13 Burnside High student’s debut album Play has just been released on Rattle and has shot to number 1 on RNZ Concert’s chart. He tells Eva… Audio