Upbeat

Chamber Music New Zealand CEO Peter Walls announces his retirement. We get festive with the Artistic Directors of the Dunedin and Nelson Arts Festivals, and review the NZSO’s latest performance of… Read more

16-year-old Russian pianist wins the Eurovision Young Musicians competition playing Tchaikovsky and we continue our 2018 Proms series with the BBC. Read more

New Zealand Opera recently announced Thomas de Mallet Burgess as its new General Director. He chooses five favourite pieces of music that speak to him on different levels. Read more Video, Audio

NZ musical film Upstage has won an international award, NZ Opera’s new General Director Thomas de Mallet Burgess choses his Five Faves, and star violinist Augustin Hadelich plays Beethoven’s Violin… Read more

Upstage, a New Zealand made musical film, has won a top prize at the first Creation International Film Festival in Canada. Read more Video

Christchurch brothers pianist Jun and cellist Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido are back home and enjoying some quality time together with their family. The talented duo are sharing their love of music with a… Read more Audio

The wealth of New Zealand poetry has been a rich source of inspiration for New Zealand composers since the 1940s. Read more Video

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conductor and Music Director Edo de Waart has told Upbeat how important good funding for the arts is. Read more Audio

The members of the New Zealand String Quartet showed off their impressive unity at last night's performance in Christchurch but was it enough to inspire reviewer Tony Ryan? Read more

We celebrate National Poetry Day, hear from NZSO conductors Edo de Waart and Hamish McKeich and we complete our series on Hungarian music. Read more

Baritone James Harrison has returned home from London to appear in the High Court in Christchurch... but it’s a good thing. Read more Audio

Finalists for the best contemporary and soundtrack awards at the Silver Scrolls are announced and baritone James Harrison returns home to appear in court – but it’s a good thing. Read more