Composition

Composer Salina Fisher must be running out of room on her mantelpiece to hold all the awards she's won, and she's still only in her early 20s. She won the NZSO Todd Young Composer award in both 2013… Audio

Peter reviews Monday's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert, featuring works by five New Zealand composers. Audio

Friend and former student Daniel Beban recalls his first encounter with Jack Body and talks through some of his compositions. Audio

Elizabeth reviews Chamber Music New Zealand's 'Composer Connections' series. Audio

The Aroha String Quartet is embarking on a recording project dedicated to New Zealand composers, with partners Radio New Zealand Concert and SOUNZ - the Centre for New Zealand Music. Cellist Robert… Audio

Michael Williams is a Waikato-based composer who has been working on writing Letters From The Front, which is his first symphony. He matches letters from the First World War with musical movements and… Audio

Chris looks at three recent pieces by composers who utilise film projection in their work. Audio

Upbeat contributor on music for guitar explores works by Douglas Lilburn. Audio

Orchestra Wellington Music Director and Resident Composer launch next year's season. Audio

You could say composer Dudley Benson is having a pretty good month. His 2010 album Forest has just been remixed and rereleased (as Deforestation) and earlier this week the Arts Foundation handed him a… Audio

Peter reviews last night's Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performance, featuring violin virtuoso Ning Feng. Audio

Peter looks at early String Quartets by New Zealand composers.

Archival audio in this programme was supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Audio

Swedish trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger returns to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra this week, playing a concerto written for him by Australian composer Brett Dean. He tells Eva about playing new… Audio

Dunedin composer Anthony Ritchie's latest opera 'This Other Eden' is based on Michelanne Foster's play of the same name, and centres on early New Zealand missionary Thomas Kendall and his interactions… Audio

Adrian Hollay explores the background of the composer-in-residence programme at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Audio