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1:15 PM.Christchurch based violinist performing CSO String Quartet concert tomorrow and 'Ole! Spanish Music for Violin and Piano' this weekend. Audio

12:30 PM.Spanish classical guitarist visiting Wellington and New Zealand School of Music on behalf of the Spanish Embassy. Audio

12:15 PM.Director of Auckland Photography Festival currently taking place across the city. Audio

12:58 PM.Deirdre Tarrant review's last Saturday night's performance of Didy Veldman's 'Carmen'. Audio

12:10 PM.NZ Actor and judge of this year's Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. Audio

1:00 PM.Principal flutist of the NZSO talks about her life and work. Audio

12:40 PM.Music director and founder of the Aotea Youth Symphony and Sinfonietta previews upcoming concert. Audio

12:15 PM.Artistc director, actor/singer and composer of NZSO's upcoming educational concert: Sonnets Unplugged. Audio

12:40 PM.Director and Music Director of Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' opening at Auckland's Maidment Theatre this evening. Audio

12:12 PM.Dutch choroegrapher and creator of Royal New Zealand Ballet's upcoming season of Carmen. Audio

1:03 PM.Peter Hoar reviews last Saturday night's combined ACS and APO concert featuring pianist Emma Sayers. Audio

12:13 PM.Australian conductor and radio presenter working with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra this evening. Audio

1:07 PM.Tony Ryan reviews last weekend's performance of Verdi's Aida. Audio

12:15 PM.US jazz guitarist currently touring New Zealand. Audio

1:05 PM.Organist and Master of the Choristers at St. George's Cathedral, Perth is touring New Zealand over the next month. Audio

12:43 PM.Phil Brownlee reviews the premieres of five works works by New Zealand composers at Wellington's Illott Theatre yesterday. Audio

12:15 PM.International clarinettist visiting Auckland University and performing a recital with Martin Rummel and Stephen de Pledge tomorrow night. Audio

1:02 PM.Recently appointed concertmaster of the Nelson Symphony Orchestra previews tomorrow night's concert. Audio

12:15 PM.New Zealand author about to embark on a three-month residency at the University of Iowa. Audio

1:05 PM.Director of the Wellington Jazz Orchestra who's upcoming concerts feature Gill Evans arrangement of Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess'. Audio

12:45 PM.Nelson City Councilor and Concert Director of the region's historic Theatre Royal talks about the recently completed refurbishment of the 1878 building. Audio

12:13 PM.Artistic Director of the Chorus of Southern Opera, who'll be conducting their performance this weekend in Southern Opera's concert production of Verdi's 'Aida'. Audio

1:05 PM.Music Director of Auckland Choral, conducting Brahms' German Requiem and Anthony Ritchie's Piano Concerto No 3 on Saturday. Audio

12:15 PM.Principal Guest Conductor of the Southern Sinfonia, leading the orchestra's Triple Birthday Extravaganza in the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday. Audio

1:04 PM.NZ composer and organiser of 'Let Art Sing' - a musical respone to artworks in New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster Gallery. Audio