Concert Talk

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

Mark Menzies, Head of Performance at Canterbury University's School of Music, talks with Bryan Crump about how the School is marking the University's 150th anniversary. Read more Audio

"The fundamental thing about performing music is your passion for it and your sense of ownership of it, and that you're really expressing something that feels very true to you." Scottish pianist… Read more Audio

German violinist David Garrett doesn't confine himself to "the bubble of classical music" for inspiration. As a crossover artist, he's performed pieces by Metallica, Queen and Coldplay, alongside… Read more Video, Audio

Mezzo-soprano Catrin Johnsson is the narrator for a new work by Waikato composer Janet Jennings. It's a musical story about courage, guardianship and the environment around us. Read more Audio

Manukau Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Their next concert includes a work by David Hamilton commissioned especially to mark the occasion. Read more Audio

"It's just an hour, but wow - what an hour!" says Lester Lynch. The US baritone is in New Zealand with UK soprano Susan Bullock to perform Bartok's opera Bluebeard's Castle in an innovative production… Read more Video, Audio