Upbeat

New Zealand composer Gillian Whitehead talks about Britain's preeminent composer Peter Maxwell Davies who has died. Gillian was his student and then friend and talks about helping the composer with… Read more Audio

Peter Mechen reviews the NZSO programme Relict Furies at New Zealand Festival featuring a new work by Wellington composer Gareth Farr. Audio

Tobias Jundt and Steven Templar are among the hundreds performing at CubaDupa. We find out what Wellington's answer to Mardi Gras will pan out like this weekend. Audio

Sophocles' Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex is being reinterpreted by a contemporary South Korean theatre company. Juliette Sivertsen goes behind the scenes to meet those responsible for The Chorus, Oedipus… Read more Audio

The story of pianist and singer Benjamin Clementine is a classic rags to riches tale about a young man who was so destitute he busked on the streets of Paris for three years before an appearance on a… Read more Audio

Kirsten Johnstone talks to music promoter Gerry Paul about his new event, the Coastella International Music Festival happening on Easter Saturday on the Kapiti Coast. Kirsten finds out what motivates… Read more Audio

A lifetime of prose by New Zealand writer James K. Baxter covering over a million words and four hefty hardback books is being released free on the internet by Victoria University. Fergus Barrowman… Read more Audio

New Zealand tenor Jonathan Abernethy tells us about his exciting debut last week for Opera Australia in a lead role. Jonathan was half through his dinner when the understudy received a call to get… Read more Audio

Deirdre Tarrant reviews Australian dance company Chunky Move's Complexity of Belonging, running as part of the New Zealand Festival in Wellington Complexity of Belonging is a collaboration between… Read more Audio

Musicologist Dr Nancy November from the School of Music at the University of Auckland has been awarded a Marsden Fund grant to investigate the social role of chamber music in 1800s Vienna. The grant… Read more Audio

One of New Zealand's most gifted architects, David Mitchell, has been named as a 2016 Distinguished Alumni by the University of Auckland and will be honoured at a dinner held tonight. He talks about… Read more Audio

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra gave their first concert at New Zealand Festival last night before repeating it tonight. Jazz pianist and… Read more Audio