Upbeat

New Zealand Opera has started touring to schools around the country, taking the art form to students of all ages. Juliette Sivertsen joined the crew for their first day on the road, starting at… Read more Audio

Wellington based Jazz guitarist and composer Callum Allardice won the inagural Apra Best Jazz Composition award at the 2016 Jazz Awards handed out at Easter. He tells Zoe George how his winning 10… Read more Audio

David Alsop previews several new exhibitions: Frida Kahlo: Her Photos at Te Manawa Museum in Palmerston North; Fiona Pardington: A Beautiful Hesitation; the latest offerings from Wellington artist Rob… Read more Audio

British pianist Clare Hammond recently made her film debut as the younger version of Maggie Smith's character, 'Miss Shepherd', in the Alan Bennett film adaptation The Lady in the Van, directed by… Read more Audio

Tenor Amitai Pati is one third of opera group Sol3 Mio. The trio has just completed a nationwide tour before the three individual singers move on to follow their individual opera dreams. Amitai speaks… Read more Audio

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Martin Riseley will be both the director and soloist in the CSO's first concert of its new Artist Series. He explains how he manages to juggle the varied… Read more Audio

Circa Theatre is celebrating its 40th birthday in 2016. Susan Wilson directs Robert Lord's Joyful and Triumphant with three of the actresses from her original production from 1992. That production… Read more Audio

Juliette Sivertsen visits the Veiqia Project in Auckland. She talks with curator Tarisi Sorovi-Vunidilo about how the once taboo art form has become an important part of the cultural identity for… Read more Audio

The National Jazz Festival is on in Tauranga over Easter. Liam Ryan talks about the Jazz Awards that will be presented on Saturday, the Tui for Best Jazz Album of the Year and the APRA Best Jazz… Read more Audio

Scotty Cotter has been acting since he was 16. Now he's co-directing other young actors to create a play that reflects their lives. He talks about being co-director of Massive Theatre Company's newly… Read more Audio

Tudor Consort welcomes back former Music Director Peter Walls as part of its 30th Anniversary concert series. On Good Friday, Peter conducts Music for Holy Week: St Matthew Passion by Heinrich Schütz… Read more Audio

While messages of support flow into Brussels from around the world, after last night's bombings, Belgian composer Jef Neve talks about the divisions afflicting his country. Jef is trying to leave… Read more Audio