Music

Performed by Jerome Kavanagh and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vincent Hardaker at their Premier Series concert, 'In the Elements', Auckland Town Hall, 24 August 2023. Audio

Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vincent Hardaker at their Premier Series concert, 'In the Elements', Auckland Town Hall, 24 August 2023. Audio

Violinist, educator and academic researcher Eleanor Ryan talks with Bryan Crump about the PhD thesis she's currently working on: decolonising performance pedagogies in Higher Education. Audio

Singer, composer, front man and euphonium player Don McGlashan will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.  Russell Baillie, the Entertainment Editor for the NZ Listener speaks to Jesse.

Today we chat to Jujulipps about her latest single Airplane Mode. Evie tells us all about Shark Tank and we also hear from Big AL ahead of his debut release dropping Friday. Audio

Celebrated musician Don McGlashan has been inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame. He joined one of his first bands, Ethos, at the age of 15, then came Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, The Mutton… Audio

Don McGlashan is a legend of the New Zealand music scene, his career has spanned renowned bands Blam Blam Blam, The Mutton Birds, and more recently, his own solo project.

And now, he's going to be… Audio

Bill Martin and his Trio will be mixing his jazz with the words of some Dunedin poets in a concert marking National Poetry Day. Audio

So'omalo is back! He fills us in on his trip to Samoa, we wrap up ESPN (Evie Sports Podcast Now) and the man behind the memes, Tavlova, joins us on the show to talk about the meme-scape. Audio

Thousands of Kiwi secondary school musicians and composers perform together and enjoy the thrill of making music each year in the largest and longest running chamber music event of its kind. Here are… Audio

Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh are co-creators of a new work, 'Papatūānuku', for taonga pūoro and orchestra which will have its world premiere at the Auckland Philharmonia's In the Elements concert… Audio

In today's music feature we explore the eclectic catalogue of Gorillaz. Gorillaz is unique in that it is not the collaboration of a group of musicians, but of a single musician and an artist. Audio

A concert exploring the big questions of life and death through works by John Psathas, Richard Strauss and Mozart - composers who have all grappled with these universal themes in profound and… Audio

Kāinga is the first feature film to screen on the RNZ website. It’s a collection of eight short movie explorations of what home in Aotearoa means from a Kiwi-Asian experience. Wellington composer… Video, Audio

On any given day in the capital, there's a chance that you'll stumble into a man dressed as a tree, playing the saxophone. The man beneath the costume is Wellington musician Jarrod Wood. Audio

A special performance is taking place this weekend in Otatauhi Christchurch to mark 150 years of University of Canterbury. Audio