Concert Talk

We invite you to relax on the inside while the rain falls on the outside Read more Audio

The clock's ticking, but it's relaxing Read more Audio

Bryan Crump takes us on a short walk from the heart of Auckland's K-Road to a chorus of crickets in a nearby park. Read more Audio

Young pianist Ben Kennedy is this year's recipient of the Upper Hutt Grand Piano Trust Scholarship. He talks with David Morriss about his upcoming concert, and a trip to Switzerland next month where… Read more Audio

Congratulations to music scholar Professor Samantha Owens, who's just been awarded the Lilburn Research Fellowship for 2025. She talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about her research topic for the… Read more Audio

The 2024 national brass band championships begin on Wednesday. This year, the contest is widening participation to outside New Zealand and into the Pacific. RNZ Concert's David Morriss talks with two… Read more Audio

Spoilt for choice: Hamilton based Matthew Chanwai is about to become an organ scholar at Cambridge University, but he's already principal cellist with the NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Read more Audio

Composer and Tauranga choral conductor Nigel Williams talks to Bryan Crump about setting some of New Zealand's finest poets to music for Matariki. Read more Audio

Listen to the reassuring sounds of breakfast on the make. Read more Audio

Kiwi pianist Sylvia Jiang talks with Bryan Crump ahead of her concert with the Auckland Philharmonia, and her first Chamber Music New Zealand tour. Read more Audio

For the first time in 27 years, RNZ Concert has a new sound desk in its Wellington studio. Bryan Crump thanks the people who made it possible. Read more Audio

New Zealand conductor Tianyi Lu is back in Aotearoa to direct the National Youth Orchestra, ahead of making her BBC Proms debut next month. Read more Audio