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12:40 PM.Robbie Ellis speaks to NZ composer Susan Frykberg about the recent Australasian Computer Music Association 2011 Conference in Auckland. Audio

12:15 PM.NZ Pianist performing Rachmaninov's "Paino Concerto No 4" with the NZSO as part of their 'Leningrad' tour. Audio

1:05 PM.Richard Mapp reviews last night's Wellington concert by the Hamburg-based SaguaroTrio featuring NZ pianist John Chen. Audio

12:15 PM.Founding member of Strike percussion ensemble, recently returned from Taiwan and presenting 'Elemental' this week at Downstage Theatre in Wellington. Audio

1:04 PM.Director and Soprano presenting the New Zealand School of Music's season of Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Audio

12:47 PM.Ex-principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and Repeteur of the Balanchine Trust in NZ to choreograph Balanchine works for the NZ School of Dance graduation season. Audio

12:14 PM.Russian conductor working with the NZSO for their 'Leningrad' tour featuring works by Shostakovich and Rachmaninov. Audio

1:05 PM.Dean Sky-Lucas reviews last Friday night's APO presentation of Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold" in concert. Audio

12:19 PM.Australian conductor and broadcaster presenting "Unwrap the Music" with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestras this evening. Audio

1:06 PM.Co-Director's of Wellington's 'Crowes Feet Dance Collective' presenting their latest show 'Angle Poise' this week. Audio

12:46 PM.Winner of NZ post Book of the Year for "Blue Smoke - The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964" speaks about his win and also review Randy Newman's recent Melbourne concerts. Audio

12:06 PM.Senior Professor of Piano at the Guildhall in London and Senior Lecturer in Piano at the University of Auckland curating Liszt Extravaganza by Auckland University piano students this week. Audio

1:00 PM.Sophie visits the 'Sistema Aotearoa' programme at the Otara Music Ars Centre in Auckland. Audio

12:45 PM.Director of Lilburn Electroacoustic Music Studios explores the concept of soundscape. Audio

12:15 PM.Music Director of Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir who are attending the 9th World Symposium on Choral Music in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Audio

1:05 PM.New Zealand soprano and German Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra presenting Wagner's 'Das Rheingold'. Audio

12:40 PM.Berlin-based American Soprano performing lead role in 'Soap' which is playing at the St James Theatre in Wellington. Audio

12:15 PM.Melbourne correspondent Sue Thomas finds out about the Pacific Stories film project which was showing as part of Melbourne's EMERGE Festival. Audio

1:06 PM.NZ Trio violinist and pianist reflect on recent European tour and preview upcoming Wellington and Auckland shows. Audio

12:40 PM.Peter looks at 'Releasing the Angel' - the latest CD release by New Zealand composer Eve de Castro-Robinson. Audio

12:19 PM.Australian musical theatre producer on the Melbourne production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest offering "Love Never Dies". Audio

1:03 PM.Music Director and Mezzo-Soprano from Handel Consort and Quire presenting Handel's 'Rinaldo' in Auckland this weekend. Audio

12:14 PM.Author of 'The Artists: 21 Practitioners in New Zealand Contemporary Art' and founding director of the Sanderson Contemporary Art Gallery in Parnell, Auckland. Audio

1:10 PM.Director of Peach Theatre Company presenting Shakespeare's 'Othello' at Auckland's Maidment Theatre. Audio

12:47 PM.Peter Mechen reviews last Saturday night's VWO concert featuring pianist Diedre Irons and Mezzo-Soprano Margaret Medlyn. Audio