Upbeat

21 year old Cellist Santiago Canon Valencia has had a remarkable career already, sparked off by studies with James Tennant when the young Colombian enrolled at Waikato University at the age of 14. … Read more Audio

Andrew Simon is principal clarinet of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and an old friend of Music Director Marc Taddei from Orchestra Wellington with whom he plays the Mozart clarinet concerto… Read more Audio

Nicolette Fraillon is the only woman to hold the job of chief conductor and musical director of a professional ballet company. She busted the glass ceiling years ago as top dog of The Australian… Read more Audio

St Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra in Auckland has a fabulous pairing for their next concert on Sunday: virtuoso violinist Andrew Beer and charismatic New Zealand conductor Holly Mathieson. Holly is one… Read more Audio

Otago polytechnic and the Fortune Theatre have joined forces to work together on internationally successful play Grounded, written by American playwright George Brant. Starring well known kiwi actor… Read more Video, Audio

Trip to the Moon is Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie assisted by a crew of long-term musical friends. Their new album A Traveller’s Tale is a highly produced, jazz based, inter galactic and eminently… Read more Video, Audio

“An artist is a person who materialises ideas”: that definition comes from New Zealand born artist Christina Conrad. The feminist artist was long before her time in her exposure of convention… Read more Video, Audio

Upbeat producer Zoë George asks Suite Gallery owner David Alsop how to build an art collection, where to buy art, who to buy it from and whether you should by from the head or the heart? Read more Audio

A year since the death of luthier and musician Ian Lyons,  a concert in his memory features the cello section of NZSO organised by Principal cellist Andrew Joyce.  Read more Audio

NZ Barok and Auckland Opera Studio are collaborating for the first time - combining baroque music with Italian opera - for two performances of Handel’s Oreste. Ben Henson will direct the production… Read more Audio

Wellington's newest arts phenomenon, Eternity Opera opens its first production this week. Mozart's Don Giovanni features some of Wellington's best professional singers. Director Alex Galvin and… Read more Audio

Jennifer Shennan reviews the return of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Giselle. It's touring the country. Is it en pointe with purists and is it better the second time around? Read more Audio