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Upbeat for Wednesday 4 May 2016

  • Ning Feng

    1:40 PM.Berlin based, Chinese born violinist Ning Feng first experienced New Zealand in 2005 when he won the Michael Hill international violin competition. Now he's back to perform Korngold Violin Concerto… Read more Audio

  • Gareth Davies

    1:20 PM.The play Everest Untold, by Gareth Davies, tells the little known story of New Zealand mountaineer George Lowe and British Mount Everest Expedition army Colonel Sir John Hunt; the men who in 1953… Read more Audio

  • Davinia Caddy

    1:00 PM.Davinia Caddy from the University of Auckland School of Music looks ahead to next week's concerto competition and graduation gala concert. Three soloists are vying for $15,000 prize money and the… Read more Audio

1pm Davinia Caddy

University of Auckland Concerto Competition finalists: Flutist Anna Cooper, pianist Siyu Sun and violinist Lauren Bennett

University of Auckland Concerto Competition finalists Anna Cooper, Siyu Sun and Lauren Bennett Photo: Supplied

Davinia Caddy from the University of Auckland School of Music looks ahead to next week's concerto competition and graduation gala concert. Three soloists are vying for $15,000 prize money and the kudos that goes with winning the competition.

 

1.20 pm Gareth Davies

Edwin Wright and Stephen Lovatt as Sir John Hunt and George Lowe in Everest Untold

Edwin Wright and Stephen Lovatt as Sir John Hunt and George Lowe in Everest Untold Photo: Supplied

The play Everest Untold,  by Gareth Davies, tells the little known story of New Zealand mountaineer George Lowe and British Mount Everest Expedition army Colonel Sir John Hunt; the men who in 1953 helped Edmund Hilary "knock the bastard off" as he famously said. The play premiered last year in Auckland and returns this month starring Stephen Lovatt and Edwin Wright.

 

1.40 Ning Feng

Violinist Ning Feng

Violinist Ning Feng Photo: Lawrence Tsang

Berlin based, Chinese born violinist Ning Feng first experienced New Zealand in 2005 when he won the Michael Hill international violin competition. Now he's back to perform Korngold Violin Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra tomorrow night.