Upbeat

Translating English, and other languages into Spanish has been part of Madrid based New Zealand poet Charles Olsen’s creative journey. He’s only learnt Spanish since moving to Spain fourteen years… Read more Audio

Michael Houstoun played for a marathon 90 minutes, performing two concertos with Orchestra Wellington on Friday night. Peter Mechen reviews Houstoun’s performance of two concertos in D Minor: Mozart’s… Read more Audio

Composer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev – the grandson of the composer Sergei – wants people to hear and open up to classical music as simply music. Part of his strategy is the Nonclassical record label and… Read more Video, Audio

Hundreds of young New Zealand musicians have been given performance opportunities thanks to the Lewis Eady Junior Music Contest. The competition, which has been going for 35 years, is on again this… Read more Audio

Can you imagine listening to Bach in a bowling alley? What about in a beer hall with raucous people sitting around you?  Listening to Bach outside the traditional concert hall environment is what the… Read more Video, Audio

Men’s rights activists are being put in the spotlight for new musical M’Lady – A Meninist Musical.  Written by Cassandra Tse, and James Cain, with music from Michael Stebbings the show morphed from… Read more Audio

Lin-Manuel Miranda has become a household name for those who love musical theatre. He’s the award winning composer behind the Broadway smash hit Hamilton. But before Hamilton fame he wrote hip-hop… Read more Audio

Richard Davis is bringing his vibrant conducting style to Dunedin this week. According to Bachtrack he virtually dances on the podium, and it’s all quite new for Richard. He’s only recently swapped… Read more Audio

Can you imagine the great operas performed with an antipodean twang? Teresa Desmarchelier helps performers from this side of the world refine their voice for the stage. She’s Australia’s leading lyric… Read more Audio

The queens of political satire Lorae Parry and Pinky Agnew are back, injecting humour into the election with their show Destination Beehive. It opens at Circa theatre this week and follows the… Read more Audio

Colin Currie has played James MacMillan’s percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel so many times it’s part of his DNA; high time then for the two Scotsmen to collaborate on a second concerto for… Read more Audio