Upbeat

NZSO National Youth Orchestra Composers-in-Residence Celeste Oram and Reuben Jelleyman will have their commissioned works played by the NZSO Youth Orchestra tonight in Wellington and tomorrow in… Read more Audio

Dunedin playwright and writing mentor Emily Duncan likes to go to dark places. For her PhD in Theatre Studies thesis she wrote a play about a former tuberculosis sanatorium and borstal in Otago. Most… Read more Audio

The orchestra is like a family, and when a family member is unwell everyone wants to help. Violinist Slava Fainitski has been a member of Orchestra Wellington for over 25 years. He recently had a… Read more Audio

Wellington reggae-soul band The Black Seeds are back with a new beat and a new album. 2018 will mark 20 years of the band and their new album Fabric offers a mix of funk, soul, and Afrobeat. Lead… Read more Audio

The Road that Wasn’t There, by Trick of the Light Theatre Company, is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after performances in Auckland and Wellington. The play has its roots in the magic… Read more Audio

Te Kōkī Trio from New Zealand School of Music in Wellington has just put out its first release on the Rattle label, a CD of Debussy sonatas and Piano Trio. Violinist Martin Riseley, cellist Inbal… Read more Audio

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s rehearsal pianist Michael Pansters has landed a gig of a life time at the Royal Opera House in London. He’s off on his adventure later this month, taking the role of… Read more Audio

London based Australian pianist Piers Lane is in the country to judge the Wallace National Piano Competition. He explains what he’ll be looking for from the young pianists, how demanding competing can… Read more Audio

Music has the ability to transport us to different places, to tell stories, to take us on adventures. And that is why music and video games go so well together. In August the Auckland Philharmonia… Read more Audio

A young woman has to choose between a life of material luxury or true love. That’s the basis of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Auckland Philharmonia’s 2017 opera in concert. New Zealand opera singers Bianca… Read more Audio

Husband Sigiswald Kuijken, wife Marleen Thiers and daughter Sara Kuijken are three quarters of the Kuijken Quartet. They are currently on a Chamber Music New Zealand tour performing Hayden and Mozart… Read more Audio