Upbeat

John Collins, founder and director of experimental theatre group Elevator Repair Service, talks about The Select (The Sun Also Rises). It’s a unique adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic first… Read more Audio

Amalia Hall is playing all six of Ysaye's virtuosic solo violin sonatas this Saturday as part of the Auckland Fringe Festival. She plays some of her favourite music, talks about her solo work overseas… Read more Audio

Hemingway comes to the New Zealand Festival with The Select (The Sun Also Rises).  New York director John Collins explains how he’s bringing Hemingway’s world alive & violinist Amalia Hall plays her… Read more

Electroacoustic New Zealand composer John Young has written a fanfare to open the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s 60th birthday season on Saturday. His new work Spirit tells a true story of love and… Read more Audio

Pianist Stephen De Pledge brings alive new pieces written by seven Kiwi composers who were inspired by JS Bach’s Partita no. 3 in A minor. He discusses how this 18th-century musical form has been… Read more Audio

Today is all about celebrating Kiwi composers. Pianist Stephen De Pledge brings alive seven pieces written by Kiwis inspired by Bach’s Partita & composer John Young’s new commission for the… Read more

Jiří and Otto Bubeníček talk about their ballet vision for the film The Piano. The new full-length work tells the story of Ada McGrath and her daughter Flora set to a score that depicts New Zealand’s… Read more Audio

Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti makes his New Zealand debut with a full band at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna. The talented artist has worked with the very best in the music business but lives alone… Read more Audio

The annual Art Deco Festival is underway in Napier, embracing everything the era had to offer. Find out about the origins of the word “jazz”, the history of flappers and the Charleston, and New… Read more Video, Audio

Peter Hoar reviews French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra & producer Zoë George and Dr Aleisha Ward explore Jazz era NZ - music, dance ... and sex. Read more Audio

French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet discusses the composers who have influenced him, from  Bartok and Beethoven in his youth to Debussy as an adult.  Read more Audio