Concert Talk

Sound artist and experimental musician Gabriel Byrne has created a soundscape to be listened to at three green spaces in Wellington, as part of this year's Loemis Festival. Read more Audio

Fergus Byett, Choirs Aotearoa's 2024 Composer-in-Residence, talks with Bryan Crump about what he loves about writing music when there's words involved. Read more Audio

Nick Tipping, host of RNZ’s jazz show Inside Out, pays tribute to NZ jazz great Rodger Fox who has died at the age of 71. Read more Audio

Emma Pearson and Hanna Hipp, two of the lead roles in NZ Opera's season of Le Comte Ory, join Bryan Crump to talk about the production and their characters. Read more Audio

There's a new choral competition in town: the Musika Moana Choir Competition. Helen Tupai, one of organisers of the competition, talks with Bryan Crump. Read more Audio

Recorder specialist Kamala Bain brings a selection of her instruments into the RNZ Concert studio, from the little sopranino recorder to the baroque bass recorder, and gives us a taste of what a… Read more Audio

RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump talks with Dr Kira Omelchenko. She's a conductor from Kansas, USA, and her interest in indigenous and classical music has brought her to Aotearoa as a Fulbright Scholar. Read more Audio

89 days of travel, 33 trains, 19 countries. Greg Hill, former French horn player with the NZSO, has written a book about his journey from his home in Wellington to its antipodes - the furthest point… Read more Audio

Hannah Neman is Orchestra Wellington's Marketing & Engagement Manager. She talks with Bryan Crump about what the job involves, and the Orchestra's free Symphony in the Hutt concert that's coming up in… Read more Audio

Dutch-Maltese conductor Lawrence Renes is in New Zealand for Auckland Philharmonia's next concert which features star Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth. Read more Audio

Han-Na Chang began her musical career as a solo cellist, but she's in New Zealand for concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as the conductor. She talks with David Morriss about how the move… Read more Video, Audio

It started out as group of friends who wanted to continue singing together after 'ageing out' of Wellington Youth Choir. Ten years later, Supertonic choir is still going strong. RNZ Concert's Andrew… Read more Video, Audio