Concert Talk

Pianist Joyce Yang is in New Zealand to perform Leonard Bernstein's 'Symphony No 2, The Age of Anxiety' with the NZSO. She says for people who aren't familiar with classical music, nothing beats… Read more Audio

Moses Mackay, one third of the Pasifika opera trio Sol3 Mio, is back in Aotearoa to sing in the annual Spring fundraising Soirée for Te Papa. He's also released a solo album, Grace. Bryan Crump spoke… Read more Video, Audio

Bella Hristova and Michael Houstoun have been making music together since Bella won the Michael Hill International Violin competition in 2008. Having recorded all of Beethoven's sonatas, they've… Read more Audio

"Auckland and the APO have given me at least as much as I've given them." Barbara Glaser looks forward to advocating for the orchestra as its new patron after recently stepping down as CEO, a role she… Read more Audio

Violinists Wilma Smith and Donald Armstrong are Co-Artistic Directors of this year's Martinborough Music Festival, which takes place at the end of September. Read more Audio

Former trade unionist and Labour MP Graham Kelly has played in Dixieland and dance bands for most of his life. He's written a book about how politics and music has shaped his life. Read more Audio

Violinist, educator and academic researcher Eleanor Ryan talks with Bryan Crump about the PhD thesis she's currently working on: decolonising performance pedagogies in Higher Education. Read more Audio

Bill Martin and his Trio will be mixing his jazz with the words of some Dunedin poets in a concert marking National Poetry Day. Read more Audio

Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh are co-creators of a new work, 'Papatūānuku', for taonga pūoro and orchestra which will have its world premiere at the Auckland Philharmonia's In the Elements concert… Read more Audio

Kāinga is the first feature film to screen on the RNZ website. It’s a collection of eight short movie explorations of what home in Aotearoa means from a Kiwi-Asian experience. Wellington composer… Read more Video, Audio

The current Composer-in-Residence at Lilburn House in Wellington talks with Bryan Crump about the importance of her Greek heritage, how she approaches composing and what she does to relax. Read more Audio

Ondulation is the latest album from Tāmaki Makaurau-based composer, keyboard player and performer Alan Brown. It's inspired by – and features – an electronic instrument called the Ondomo. Read more Audio