Upbeat

Concertina player extraordinaire Cormac Begley takes time out from New Zealand Festival of the Arts rehearsals and pop-up concerts to talk about this versatile and expressive instrument. Read more Video, Audio

Michael Stewart, Director of Music at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul and self-confessed Tournemire fan, is performing the composer's magnum opus 'L'Orgue Mystique' (The Mystical Organ) throughout… Read more Audio

Tony Ryan reviews the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's 2020 season-opening concert, Symphonic Dances. Read more

Brad Wells, artistic director of Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth talks about the visionary, otherworldly production Kopernikus playing at the 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts. Read more Audio

Violinist Ben Baker returns to New Zealand as soloist in the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's season opener Symphonic Dances.  Read more Video, Audio

Rhiannon Giddens is on her way to Wellington with partner Francesco Turrisi to perform at New Zealand Festival on 4^th March. The singer, banjo player and violinist talks to Eva Radich about  recording… Read more Video, Audio

Renowned jazz musicians Norman Meehan and Hayden Chisholm are back home to tour their latest album Saffron. Read more Video, Audio

New Horizons, William’s Dart’s new music showcase, is celebrating 40 years of continuous programme making on RNZ.  Read more Video, Audio

Adventurous spirits will be rewarded by the New Zealand String Quartet and soprano Jenny Wollerman's New Zealand Festival of the Arts programme, Secrets of Sea and Space. Read more Video, Audio

Hawke's Bay's Festival Opera starts off this year's Art Deco celebrations with opera's most gripping double bill: Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci. Read more Audio

Versatile Syrian soprano Racha Rizk is soloist in Henryk Górecki's powerful work Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, which opens this year's New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Read more Video, Audio

A "kinetic force" on the podium, conductor Kristjan Järvi is re-inventing our relationship to classical music. Read more Video, Audio