Upbeat

We hear some performances from The Big Sing Finale, NZ Youth Choir’s David Squire explores the state of choral singing in New Zealand and we explore the winners of the Gramophone Chamber and Choral… Read more

The Big Sing 2018 results from the Gala Concert at the Michael Fowler Centre on Saturday. Read more

Talented conductor Lionel Bringuier returned to Auckland to lead the APO in last night’s concert The Prodigal Son, featuring works from Ravel, Saint-Saens and Prokofiev. Peter Hoar was at the Town… Read more Audio

International choral conductor and composer David Childs is back home to adjudicate this year’s Big Sing. He speaks about his long career working with choirs in the United States and his attitude… Read more Audio

Soprano Madison Nonoa wins the inaugural McCormick Opera Competition, Upbeat previews the Big Sing Finals with Adjudicator David Childs, and we review last night’s APO concert and round out the week… Read more

Soprano Madison Nonoa has won the inaugural McCormick Opera Competition in Auckland overnight. Read more Video

French conductor Lionel Bringuier returns to lead the APO for the third time in tonight’s concert The Prodigal Son. He’s had a meteoric rise in the classical world. Bringuier’s Auckland concert will… Read more Audio

At only 12 years old, Rotorua school girl Zeeah Rona Waerea-Tamai is already hitting the right notes with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. She'll perform this weekend with the APO in South… Read more

Baritone Will King wins the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Wellington Aria Competition, French conductor Lionel Bringuier returns to lead the APO and we continue to explore quartets. Read more

Edo de Waart led the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performing Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony and Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 Revised Version) and Symphony in Three Movements.… Read more Audio

Festival Artistic Directors Nicholas McBryde and Charlie Unwin discuss the importance of the Dunedin and Nelson Arts festivals to their communities. We find how much emphasis they put on collaboration… Read more Audio

Emeritus-Professor Peter Walls, CEO of Chamber Music New Zealand has announced he is to retire. Read more