Upbeat

Imagine hunting down all the people you have shared an “intimate” moment with, asking him to reflect on their experiences with you and then filming it. New Zealand documentary film maker Paul Oremland… Read more Audio

Sarajevo, a new release by Wellington pianist Jian Liu features a collection of New Zealand piano works from some of the country’s most eminent composers. The album features two contrasting works by… Read more Audio

Spanish classical guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas is internationally praised as “the soul of the Spanish guitar”.  It’s not hard to see why: he plays from the heart, is passionate, effervescent and… Read more Video, Audio

Sugar and spice, and all things nice… and naughty make up a variety spectacular coming to Wellington. The Menagerie Deluxe combines burlesque, circus acts, opera singers, jazz vocalists, drag queens… Read more Audio

Tom Warrington and his trio are back in their adopted homeland for a small North Island tour. The bass player finds the New Zealand environment so restful and stimulating he has decided to make the… Read more Audio

New Zealand pianist Xenia Pestova is playing a collection of new music by mostly contemporary and female composers as part of her Chamber Music New Zealand tour. One of the works she has commissioned… Read more Audio

Holst's pieces describe the moods or personalities of seven planets. Performed by Orchestra Wellington, and women of the Orpheus Choir, conducted by Marc Taddei, and accompanied by video by NASA. Read more Video, Audio

Were you told as a child that you shouldn’t or couldn’t sing? What about being told you were tone deaf? As an adult do you sing now? Telling a child they can’t sing has life-long implications. But… Read more Audio

The guitar’s at the centre of music performance in Aotearoa; everyone plays it from country and western through to rock stars and classical stylists. That’s been helped by the impact of the many… Read more Audio

Singers from the New Zealand School of Music are finding their inner animal as they bring to life Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Director Jon Hunter is turning convention on its head with… Read more Audio

European star violinist Alina Ibragimova gave a blistering account of the Bartok 2^nd violin concerto last night with the APO and Giordano Bellincampi. Her Shostakovich was electrifying when the young… Read more Audio

Conductors are polygamous, according to Englishman Alexander Shelley, who is about to begin his fourth tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. This time he’s conducting Spanish classical… Read more Audio