Concert Talk

Bryan Crump speaks with Metropolitan Opera singer Sasha Cooke about her upcoming performance with the NZSO Read more Audio

On a rainy early afternoon in an industrial area in the Southern suburbs of New Plymouth, Bryan Crump gets to know Trevor and Betty Bremner and finds out more about their business sshhmute.   Read more Audio

On Bryan Crump’s venture to Taranaki for WOMAD 2023, he met German eleven-piece marching band MEUTE. Read more Audio

Kate Bell talks about the experiences of people who join adult community choirs with a focus on the barriers they face, and what makes them stay, Read more Audio

Bryan Crump visits Adam Jasinski, conductor with the Taranaki Symphony Orchestra to find out about his final performance after 23 years at the podium, his musical influences and learns about his lemon… Read more Audio

The Sleeping Beauty is this year's Opera in Schools touring production. Bryan Crump speaks to performers Ridge Ponini and Alexandra Francis about Cook Islands opera and the role reversal used in this… Read more Audio

Bryan Crump speaks to Matthew Ross Read more Audio

The 55th National Concerto Competition took place over the weekend, featuring three of New Zealand's top young pianists. The winner of the career-launching $10,000 first prize was Yuzhang Wu, a year… Read more Audio

Bryan Crump speaks with pianist and National Concerto Competition 2023 finalist Yuzhang Wu. Read more Audio

NZSO Principal Harp Carolyn Mills has a new album out on the Atoll label. An Enchanted Land is a selection of traditional Celtic melodies for solo harp, with several she's arranged herself. Read more Audio

The New Zealand Music Trust aims to connect people and cultures through music and the arts. Two of the Trust's founding members talk about the latest project: four volumes of New Zealand and Chinese… Read more Audio

Central Christchurch will reverberate to the skirl of Highland pipes as the city hosts this year's NZ & South Pacific Pipe Band Championships. Read more Audio