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12:40 PM.Peter Mechen reviews last night NZSO concert featuring NZ pianist John Chen and Hong Kong born conductor Perry So. Audio

12:15 PM.NZ tenor and mezzo soprano performing with Wellington Orchestra for upcoming concert at Government House. Audio

1:00 PM.NZ playwright and actor - co-creators of 'Tom Keeper Passes' being premiered by Long Cloud Youth Theatre this Friday at Te Whaea Theatre in Wellington. Audio

12:40 PM.NZ Pianist and Hong Kong-born Conductor working with the NSZO for tonight's Chinese New Year Concert. Audio

1:00 PM.NZ actor appearing in three separate productions at NZ International Arts Festival and The Maori Troilus and Cressida, opening this year's Globe to Globe festival in London. Audio

12:15 PM.Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artists performing in Days Bay Opera production of Handel's 'Alcina'. Audio

1:00 PM.Organisers of CelloNZ series of Auckland-based Christchurch Earthquake Relief concerts and masterclasses. Audio

12:15 PM.Jill Tanner Lloyd, Cristina Lopez Gomez and Paul Bosauder Leader of Wellington's Desde Sevilla Flamenco Dance Company and Barcelona-based singer and guitarist presenting Esencia del Flamenco this… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Members of Christchurch based world music jazz group 'Mundi' who are touring NZ on behalf of Arts On Tour. Audio

12:15 PM.Wellington City Councillor leading the Arts and Culture team talks about arts funding issues in the capital for 2012. Audio

1:00 PM.Violinist from the New Zealand String Quartet who are holding workshops and master classes at next week's Adam Summer School in Nelson. Audio

12:15 PM.Founder and CEO of Naxos music lable celebrating their 25th Anniversary this year. Audio

12:15 PM.Organist and composer announces new initiatives involving the Auckland Town Hall Organ. Audio

1:03 PM.Composer and co-producer of 'Bathing With Elephants' multidisciplinary performance presented in Auckland by Vitamin S and Co-Lab. Audio

12:17 PM.Member of Dunedin based folk group 'The Chaps'. Audio

1:05 PM.Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra Chairperson recently honoured as Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Audio

12:40 PM.Director of Footnote Dance and NZ choreographer talk about 'Choreolab 2012' which is taking place in Wellington at the moment. Audio

12:15 PM.Co-Director of World Buskers Festival which is taking place in Christchurch. Audio

1:10 PM.At Brewery Ommegang in upstate New York, Robbie Ellis talks to Jason Parrish and Morgan Micucci who are working with the Glimmerglass Festival to design an operatically inspired beer. Audio

1:00 PM.Curator at Wellington City Gallery talks about 'Walking With Taniwha' exhibition by artist Israel Tongaroa Birch. Audio

12:30 PM.British conductor and Director of the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London and featured guest of next month's Akaroa Festival. Audio

12:09 PM.Artistic Planning Manager of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra talks us through 2012 season. Audio

1:02 PM.Auckland based bass clarinettist on the release of his latest cd 'Steep Steps'. Audio

12:21 PM.Auckland based conductor and composer on the release of two cds 'Gypsy Girl' and 'Tales of Panapa'. Audio

1:05 PM.Organiser and actor in 'A Partridge in a Pear Tree' Victorian Christmas being held at Alberton in Mt Albert from tonight onwards. Audio