Eva Radich

Children around the world have an opportunity to experience the joy of playing a musical instrument thanks to the Sistema programme.  Director of Arohanui Strings, Alison Eldredge, sees the benefits… Audio

Melbourne based Kiwi singer/songwriter Stanley Woodhouse is touring the country with fellow artist, poet and novelist Dominic Hoey also known as ‘Tourettes’. The 17 date tour also features a spot in… Audio

Composer, pianist and singer Nick Knox is one of 12 musicians playing the ivories for the Audio Foundation’s Festival of Piano Music. For the festival he’ll let the moment take him where he needs to… Audio

The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2018 programme is out and full of bold and interesting works overseen by new Artistic Director Patricia Barker. She explains why she’s putting strong women in the… Audio

Brett Dean’s Fire Music was the centre piece of the Auckland Philharmonia  Orchestra concert last night conducted by the composer. The dynamic work inspired by new life after tragedy was performed… Audio

The “Dunedin sound” is being celebrated by the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra this weekend.  Tally Ho! 2 features music spanning 40 years of Dunedin pop music and includes many of the original artists… Audio

Australian composer Brett Dean wrote Fire Music in response to the disastrous ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires of 2009 in Victoria. He’s here to conduct the work with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra… Audio

Globe-trotting conductor Marc Taddei returns to the capital to lead Orchestra Wellington in their performance of Stravinsky’s ballet Petrouchka this weekend. The colourful piece is accompanied by new… Audio

Acts from home and abroad will congregate in February for the third annual Coastella on the Kapiti Coast. Named artists include The Black Seeds, Nadia Reid, Louis Baker, and Rhombus in Dub. But what… Audio

Pianists Tony Chen Lin and Jun Bouterey-Ishido are adding a bit of fun into their piano performances by presenting pieces written for one piano and four hands. Works include Kurtág's “Games”… Audio

Jonathan Bielski is bringing a different flavour to next year’s Auckland Arts Festival as he steps into the Artistic Director role. The well respected and highly experienced administrator and… Audio

Internationally renowned pianist Joyce Yang opened her tour of the country with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington on Friday night. She performed the… Audio

Ten New Zealand Aria Competition finalists performed to a full house in Rotorua with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch. Baritone Jarvis Dams, who was a Lexus Song… Audio

The New Zealand Aria Competition is the largest of its kind in the country and one of the most prestigious in Australasia. Australian vocal coach Sharolyn Kimmorley co-judged the competition with… Audio

Music brings colour in many forms for pianist Joyce Yang. The synesthete sees colours when she plays music and says music stimulates an intense visual sensory experience for her. She explains how… Video, Audio

What’s the worst date you’ve ever been on? Just imagine that, but a lot worse, and on stage in front of hundreds of people. Dating, in particular through the app Tinder, is the inspiration behind the… Audio

Chamber Music is coming to the burbs in Auckland, with the second Mt Eden Chamber Music Festival this weekend, bringing together some of the best musicians in the country. Artistic director Simeon… Audio

2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. A National Commemorative event by the Lutheran Church of New Zealand is being held in The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul  to commemorate this… Audio

They say good things come in small packages … and that’s what to expect at the Show Me Shorts film festival. Auckland filmmaker Roseanne Liang’s Do No Harm, which has been selected for the Manhattan… Audio

Choreographer Sarah Foster-Sproull is just a few months into the 2017 Creative New Zealand Choreographic fellowship which allows her to delve deeper into dance practices. One area she’s exploring is… Audio