Sound Lounge

Composer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev – the grandson of the composer Sergei – wants people to hear and open up to classical music as simply music. Part of his strategy is the Nonclassical record label and… Read more Video, Audio

What does it take to get into one of the most prestigious music institutions in world? Composer Salina Fisher reveals where she will study a Master of Music in composition later this year. Read more Audio

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich (conductor) Recorded 12 April 2017, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert for 2017 NZ Composer Sessions. Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich (conductor) Recorded 12 April 2017, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert for 2017 NZ Composer Sessions. Read more Audio

Born in the time of Debussy, composing well into the new millennium, Dutilleux' music spans an astonishing history and is like absolutely no other. Charlotte Wilson talks to Kenneth Young about this… Read more Audio

Alison Isadora returns to New Zealand to take up the composer residency at the Lilburn House for 2016-2017. Charlotte Wilson visits her for an introduction that ranges from her background, influences… Read more Audio

Life is never dull for Eve de Castro-Robinson. In the past few months she’s created new works while a resident in the UK and New York; worked on a piece for the Aotea Flute Quartet; had a piece… Read more Video, Audio

The most famous bass-baritone in new music - in the world. Nicholas Isherwood has been right here in New Zealand on a Distinguished Visitors Award at the University of Auckland School of Music, and… Read more Audio

'The Calais Sessions' was recorded in the vast refugee camp in Calais, known by the inhabitants as The Jungle. The driving force behind the album is Vanessa Lucas-Smith who talks about the recording… Read more Audio

The most famous bass-baritone in new music - in the world. He's been right here in New Zealand at the invitation of the NZSM: and in this 2-part series, Charlotte Wilson talks to him about new music… Read more Audio

Wellington composer Ross Harris is on a roll. Two premieres within a day of each other and a whole heap of works on the boil. Charlotte Wilson talked to him about his Symphony No 6, his new quartet… Read more Audio

Composer John Elmsly, electro-acoustic music expert and Associate Professor at the University of Auckland for more than 30 years, reflects on his year as the Lilburn composer in residence in… Read more Audio