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Upbeat for Wednesday 10 August 2016

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 9 August 2016
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  • Buying a piece of NZ Art history

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    2016 Parking Drawing Prize winner Hannah Beehre's "The Catastrophe"

    1:40 PM.David Alsop keeps us up to date with events in the visual arts realm including a major paintings and contemporary art auction where two Frances Hodgkins works are up for sale.

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  • Breaking the conducting glass ceiling

    music
    Conductor Tianyi Lu

    1:20 PM.Young New Zealand conductor Tianyi Lu is back home after scoring a job in the UK. She talks about the changing attitude regarding female conductors and says there’s a real sense of possibility now… Read more Audio

  • Superstar violinist

    music
    Noah Bendix-Balgley

    1:00 PM.American violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley rocketed to superstar status in the classical music world when he won the audition to become one of the "first concertmasters" of the top orchestra in the world… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Tuesday, 9 August 2016
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 11 August 2016
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