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1:02 PM.NZ bass who was recently made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit discusses his work and the recent Wanganui Opera School. Audio

1:02 PM.Newly appointed director of the Whanganui Regional Museum talks about the challenges facing him in his new role. Audio

2:39 PM.Piano pedagogue Rae de Lisle was named a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list. As a pianist Rae's own career was cut short by injury and she is now not… Read more Audio

2:26 PM.Dutch violinist Janine Jansen is usually to be found playing with the best orchestras in Europe and America. She is married to conductor Daniel Blendulf and talks about the joy of sharing the stage in… Read more Audio

2:11 PM.Douglas Wright talks about the personal experiences that led to his latest dance work The Kiss Inside; the work centres on the human pursuit of ecstasy in sex, drugs, physical exertion, sado-masochism… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.American Soprano Renee Fleming was here in September giving a one-off concert with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor James Judd. She is a regular host and performer in the… Read more Audio

2:35 PM.American dramatic soprano Christine Goerke is one of the world's most in-demand singers. She was guest soloist for the NZSO's mid winter Wagner gala with New Zealand Wagnerian Simon O'Neill. Christine… Read more Audio

2:27 PM.Canadian violinist Nikki Chooi was the winner of the 2013 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. In June he made a guest appearance at this year's competition in Queenstown and was a guest on… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Director Lemi Ponifasio has serious clout in Europe: his latest work I AM premiered at the Avignon Festival and has also been seen in Germany but not so often in Auckland his hometown. His company MAU… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.British pianist Freddy Kempf discusses the challenges he faced in April when he took on the monumental challenge of conducting all five Beethoven piano concertos from the keyboard with the NZSO. Audio

2:45 PM.Australian jazz composer and singer Dan Bolton lives in New York where he's carved out a niche for himself with his own act and as a musical director for Broadway and cabaret stars. He's back home… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Soprano and producer Rhona Fraser from Opera in A Day's Bay Garden previews this summer's production of Handel's Agrippina. Audio

2:43 PM.Carol Dumbleton began Shakespeare in the Park twenty years ago at the Pumphouse Theatre on the shores of Lake Pupuke in Milford. This summer she presents Shakespeare's Storms : King Lear and The… Read more Audio

2:35 PM.Upbeat correspondent Vincent O'Donnell speaks to the Chair of the Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation, Mike Stenhouse, just prior to last Friday's Gallery re-opening, nearly five years after it… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Kathlene Fogarty is a partner in FHE Galleries in Auckland and answers questions on the topic Everything You Want to Know About the Art World and Were Afraid To Ask. Kathlene Fogarty also represents… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Canterbury land owner Hadyn Rawstron highlights his Lansdown Summer Festival coming up early next year. The heritage estate is used to present Narropera, narrated opera featuring Haydn and his wife… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Concerto Italiano is one of Europe's finest baroque ensembles. Led by Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano make its debut here during the New Zealand Festival in March performing Monteverdi's… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Director of 'Christopher's Classics' previews his 21st season producing his own series of chamber music concerts in Christchurch. The last two concerts of Christopher's Classics 2016 will be in the… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Director of the Wanganui Opera School which runs every January. He talks about the new tutors coming this summer and the visit of Dame Kiri te Kanawa. Audio

2:40 PM.Artistic director of Java Dance Sacha Copland describes her new Wine Project: dance inspired by spending time in a French vineyard. And the ongoing success of her innovative work Back of the Bus. Audio

2:23 PM.Art Gallery dealer David Alsop casts a critical eye over the high level argument over the choice of Lisa Reihana to represent NZ at the 2017 Venice Biennale. David also looks at the Art events… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.On Christmas Day at 10:00am, actor Stephen Lovatt performs a scene from Kiwi playwright Bruce Mason's classic play The End of the Golden Weather on Takapuna Beach, the setting for Mason's dramatic… Read more Audio