Concert Talk

Jane Pierard is a Hawkes Bay music teacher who particularly enjoys working with young people. Read more Audio

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra will soon be presenting the New Zealand premiere of 'Die tote Stadt'. Frances Moore is Stage Director for this 'opera in concert' performance of Erich Korngold's… Read more Audio

The New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī will lose around a third of its staff if cuts, proposed to help Victoria University keep its deficit under control, go ahead. Professor Sally Jane Norman… Read more Audio

Admired teacher, clarinet and saxophone player Mark Walton is back in Aotearoa for his YouTube series Aotearoa Musical Treasures and to perform as a soloist with Resonance Ensemble Orchestra in… Read more Audio

NZSO Principal Trombonist and conductor David Bremner joins Bryan Crump from Nuku'alofa Tonga to discuss the Island nation's love affair with brass instruments and the profound effect the visit has… Read more Audio

RNZ Concert Host Leah Thomas is leaving for New York City to study for a Master of Arts Management at the New School, after winning a Fulbright Scholarship Graduate Award. Read more Audio

World class heldentenor Simon O’Neill performs Mahler’s, Das Lied von der Erde in Dunedin on Saturday. He tells Bryan Crump about the pressures on New Zealand’s classical arts and the courage it takes… Read more Audio

Dunedin Professor and leading New Zealand Classical Composer, Anthony Ritchie declares the winner of the annual award for orchestral composition, which aims to nurture local composers residing in… Read more Audio

Young pianist Lixin Zhang has founded a boutique music academy which aims to promote musical excellence in New Zealand. Read more Video, Audio

Long-distance relationships can be difficult, but theatre collaborators Penny Ashton and Robbie Ellis have made it work. Read more Audio

A giant pūriri tree in a Northland forest inspired Ben Hoadley's Double Bass Concerto. It gets its premiere this weekend. Read more Audio

Soloist with the Auckland Philharmonia, the American flutist will perform the concerto written especially for her by composer and friend Kaija Saariaho. Read more Video, Audio