Upbeat

New Zealand singers tenor Manase Latu and bass Samson Setu have won places on the New York Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program; it's the first time singers from Aotearoa… Read more Audio

"Voices of Women" is a new CD from Waikato composer Janet Jennings, setting to music words spoken and written by a range of women poets including Ursula Bethell, and Christina Rossetti, and iconic… Read more Video, Audio

Mireya Ramos, lead singer and violinist of New York's all-women Mariachi band Flor de Toloache, has been recording new music at Rhythm Ace studio in Taranaki, while taking refuge from COVID-19 in… Read more Audio

The violin and harpsichord duo of Lara Hall and Rachael Griffiths-Hughes introduces 18th century composer Joseph Gibbs to New Zealand audiences in their regional tour for CMNZ. Read more Audio

Wellington music educator Mat Hoyes is the recipient of a Lilburn Research Award for his "Counting the Beat" project. Read more Audio

New Zealand conductor Gemma New returns to conduct NZSO Read more Audio

New Zealand contemporary ensemble Stroma celebrates two decades of championing the music of today. Read more Audio

NZSO bass player Malcolm Struthers' passion for his instrument has turned into a stimulating new hobby, making his own basses. He describes the process of constructing two basses from scratch and… Read more Audio

Trombonist and music educator Joe Thomas is soloist in the Bay of Plenty Symphonia's next concert. Read more Audio

Pianist Diedre Irons had listeners around the world galvanized by her performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in Wellington with the NZSO at the start of July, in a concert performed in front of… Read more Audio

Wellington composer and conductor Michael Vinten is one of the recipients of the inaugural Lilburn Research Awards.
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Announcing the winners of double passes to the New Zealand String Quartet, and some of the unusual memories and places they have heard the music of Beethoven. Read more