Upbeat

Law firm Russell McVeagh has withdrawn its sponsorship of the New Zealand International Film Festival Gala. Read more

We mark the passing of contemporary composer Oliver Knussen, Peter Meechen reviews of the NYO’s Firebird performance, and we continue to celebrate the cello. Read more

New releases for the start of the week, Steve Garden – the man behind New Zealand’s pre-eminent art music label, Rattle Records, and we celebrate the cello Read more

Rae de Lisle is well known as both a pianist and teacher; also as a teacher of teachers, and an expert in the treatment of performance related injuries such as focal dystonia. Rae is Director of the… Read more Audio

Last weekend a new album by the great jazz saxophonist John Coltrane was released to the world, 51 years after his death. Nick Tipping speaks with saxophonist and composer Jasmine Lovell-Smith about… Read more Audio

Piano virtuoso Lang Lang comes back after injury, we preview NYO’s weekend performance of The Firebird, Rae de Lisle gives us an insight into the Wallace National Piano competition and we discover new… Read more

Orchestra Wellington is playing Dvořák’s 6^th Symphony, Britten’s Piano Concerto and Janáček’s Taras Bulba, telling the story of a Cossack warrior who prophesies of the rising of a Tsar against whom no… Read more Audio

We bring you an update from the School of music at the University of Auckland and the Royal Philharmonic appoints a new MD and Orchestra Wellington tells of The Prophecy Read more

Accusations the University of Auckland has been “silencing” music staff have been called “untrue”. Read more

The New Zealand music scene will be put under the spotlight with a new study being conducted to determine the level of sexual harassment in the industry. Read more

Australian-born New York-based pianist Andrea Lam is back in New Zealand to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto no 17 with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra tomorrow. She talks to Upbeat about her… Read more Audio

New research into sexual harassment in the music industry across Australasia is to be conducted, pianist Andrea Lam explores the hidden depth of Mozart in her upcoming APO gig and we continue… Read more