Upbeat

Christchurch has a new and unique chamber music ensemble that will perform their first concert at The Piano this week. The City Players combines flute, clarinet, cello and piano, and features some of… Read more Audio

Mary Rinaldi and Sasha Nixon took out three major prizes for their short film The Anniversary at Tropfest NZ Short Film Festival last week. This was the first time the couple had worked together on a… Read more Audio

The CSO launched its 2017 season with a concert titled Romeo & Juliet last week. Tony Ryan went along to see what the year has in store for Canterbury orchestra-goers. Read more Audio

The opening concert for the 2017 season of Christopher’s Classics comes to The Piano in Christchurch this Thursday. A selection of songs about nature, in all its many forms, will be performed by… Read more Audio

Described as provocative, passionate and political, story teller Sameena Zehra and Irish musician Mike McKeon seem like an unlikely pair. But the married couple is in NZ to bring their unique flavour… Read more Audio

Since 1978, Koichi Makigami has been making music with Hikashu, a collective who have taken in post-punk, new wave, krautrock and free jazz. With techniques and sounds borrowed from various indigenous… Read more

Pianist Denes Varjon is back with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra for the first time since its 2012 Mozart Festival. The award winning pianist will perform Beethoven’s first Piano Concerto. The… Read more Audio

Since 1978, Koichi Makigami has been making music with Hikashu, a collective who have taken in post-punk, new wave, krautrock and free jazz. With techniques and sounds borrowed from various indigenous… Read more Video, Audio

ALDOC is the new project of flutist Alan Doherty, who stepped into the spotlight as a soloist for The Lord of the Rings soundtracks. He’s back here touring with his band, including at this weekend’s… Read more Audio

Chloe Hanslip started playing the violin at two.  She recorded her first album at just 12. Now at nearly 30 she’s performed in some of the most famous concert halls including Carnegie Hall and the… Read more Audio

Playwright Eli Kent uses his own self- obsessed generation to update Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt for the Auckland Theatre Company. Peer Gynt [recycled] takes the apparatus of contemporary life –… Read more Audio

Australian Cabaret performer Tomas Ford brings his musical spy thriller The Chase! to New Zealand. The story follows the crooner turned assassin on an epic globe-trotting journey, with original songs… Read more Audio