Upbeat

Former Cantabrian soprano Amina Edris is doing very well at San Francisco Opera. She’s in the second year of the young artist Adler programme and will appear in supporting roles in Verdi’s La Traviata… Read more Audio

Wellington composer Natalie Hunt loves the clarinet. She’s made it the main feature in her new work, due to have its world premiere at the Adam Chamber Music Festival on Waitangi Day. It’s called Quar… Read more Audio

New arts organization The Zimbelstern Foundation is taking the pipe organ and broadening its appeal as the “king of instruments”. Paul Rosoman explains why this instrument should be treasured, how… Read more Audio

It’s a fact of life, we all die. Death is theme of Once There Was A Woman created and performed by Beth Kayes. Grief, memory, vulnerability, caring for the elderly and death, along with race… Read more Audio

The Adam Chamber Music Festival opens this weekend with a spectacular opening concert, including the New Zealand premiere of Chinese composer Gao Ping’s Ephemera for string quartet and clarinet. After… Read more Audio

Swedish born, Amsterdam-based playwright Jakob Ahlbom is bringing his theatrical work Horror to the Auckland Arts Festival in March. Read more Audio

New Zealand composer Leila Adu is usually based at Princeton but is back in Wellington to perform at the City Gallery in front of works by another famous New York dweller, Cindy Sherman. Leila brings… Read more Audio

Kiwi actor William Kircher explains how being buried in dead fish, and being pushed down a river in a barrel in full costume has changed his life. This all happened when Bill was a dwarf in The… Read more Audio

Although she maybe directing and starring in Grumpy Old Women: Game of Crones Geraldine Brophy is far too busy to be grumpy, or old. With a three month tour of her latest show about aging about to… Read more Audio

Violinist Fiona Pears is traveling the country playing in clubs, country halls, theatres and band rotundas spreading joy and enjoyment. Along with her band, that includes pianist and producer Ian… Read more Audio

The London Symphony Orchestra has come up with a novel way to promote themselves visually for their upcoming season Always Moving and to celebrate its new music director Sir Simon Rattle. Read more Video

More than 40 singers aged between 6 and 70 will take to the stage in Wellington this week for the premiere of new musical The Queen of Tarts. Written by Paul Percey and Michael Vinten, and directed by… Read more Audio