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12:35 PM.Chief Cantor of Vienna's Jewish Community currently visiting New Zealand. Audio

12:15 PM.Founding Director of Touch Compass Dance Company and recipient of 2011 Creative NZ Choreographic Fellowship. Audio

1:01 PM.Writer of and actor in "Station to Station", a play about a charismatic TV presenter turned religious zealot. Audio

12:40 PM.Sue Thomas talks to curator Anna Epstein and Yiddish theatre exponent Charles Slucki about the current exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia in St Kilda. Audio

12:20 PM.Chief Executive of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra on their upcoming Romeo and Juliet programme with works by Tchaikovsky, Berlioz and Prokofiev. Audio

1:03 PM.Peter Mechen reviews last weekend's NZSO performance of Mahler's 6th Symphony. Audio

12:23 PM.Music Director of Auckland Chamber Orchestra presenting Matariki concert this week. Audio

12:09 PM.Russian violinist and winner of 2011 Michael Hill Violin Competition speaks to Kerry Stevens after awards announcement. Audio

1:00 PM.US jazz legend playing his first ever concert in NZ this weekend. Audio

12:40 PM.Auckland based singers premiering their show 'Two Daft Sopranos' at the Maidment Theatre tonight. Audio

12:10 PM.UK violinist and adjudicator of 2011 Michael Hill Violin Competition previews this weekend's final. Audio

1:04 PM.Violinist and actor appearing on new cd of Douglas Lilburn's previously unavailable works: Salutes to Seven Poets. Audio

12:15 PM.Timpanist and Percussionist from the NZSO preview upcoming performances of Mahler's 6th Symphony. Audio

1:05 PM.Peter Hoar reviews last night's Auckland concert by touring New York-based ensemble. Audio

12:40 PM.NZ Songwriter and composer talks about her recent European tour. Audio

12:19 PM.Director of Frankfurt Book Fair where NZ will be next year's Guest of Honour. Audio

12:10 PM.Supreme music winner of the national final of the Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ University of Otago Shakespeare Festival. Audio

1:08 PM.US-based violinist and adjudicator of 2011 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. Audio

12:15 PM.Violist from New York-based Brentano String Quartet touring NZ on behalf of Chamber Music NZ. Audio

1:07 PM.Author of 'A Search for Tradition & A Search for a Language' being released next week to mark the 10th anniversary of Douglas Lilburn's death. Audio

12:54 PM.Artistic Director of Dunedin's Fortune Theatre who are teaming up with Christchurch's Court Theatre for 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress'. Audio

12:40 PM.NZ composer and organiser of this weekend's 'Let the Art Sing' performance at New Plymouth's Govett Brewster Gallery. Audio

12:15 PM.Head of Music and students from Chilton Saint James School in Lower Hutt talk about Seraphim Choir's upcoming European tour. Audio

1:05 PM.Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Princlipal Guest Conductor discusses upcoming concert. Audio

12:44 PM.Michael Hill International Violin Competition host talks about this years event which starts in Queenstown this weekend. Audio