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1:08 PM.Festival Director of the Body Festival of Dance in Christchurch talks about this year's offerings. Audio

12:47 PM.NZ Opera Emerging Artist talks about current and upcoming projects. Audio

12:16 PM.Head of Classical Voice at the New Zealand School of Music previews A Night At The Opera. Audio

1:04 PM.Peter Mechen reivews last weekend's Wellington concert by the Austrian based Eggner Trio and violist Amihai Grosz. Audio

12:45 PM.Upbeat jazz contributor John Kliem explores works by various artists. Audio

12:33 PM.Paris based NZ oboist who is back in the country to perform with Bach Musica in Auckland. Audio

12:09 PM.Managing Director of the Royal New Zealand ballet Company announces Francesco Ventriglia as new Artistic Director and unveils 2015 season. Audio

1:04 PM.Wild Bees Director and writer of Wild Bees which premiere's at Auckland's Basement Theatre tomorrow. Audio

12:17 PM.Eggner Trio cellist and guest violist preview their Chamber Music New Zealand tour. Audio

1:20 PM.Violin soloist for this weekend's Opus Orchestra concert in Hamilton. Audio

1:00 PM.Dutch-Israeli pianist visiting the University of Auckland and recoding for Atoll Records. Audio

12:40 PM.Jon Tolansky looks at the making of the British film which features music by New Zealand composer Hollie Fullbrook. Audio

12:15 PM.Opera North General Director talks about the Pettman Dare scholarship programme. Audio

1:10 PM.Alliance Française French Film Festival director Sarah Reese is currently visiting the Toronto Film Festival, scouting some new work for the New Zealand event. She tells Eva about what she's seen. Audio

12:45 PM.Gunter looks at recordings by Cuban guitarist Manuel Barrueco. Audio

12:15 PM.Natalia Lomeiko plays the spectacular Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra this week, as part of their Russian Masters programme. Eva catches up with Natalia about her… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Music Director of NZ Opera's upcoming season of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Audio

12:46 PM.Art contributor David Alsop looks at exhibitions coming up around the country and discusses the diminishing arts coverage in mainstream media publications. Audio

12:16 PM.Founder and Music Director of Wellington's Nota Bene choir looks back on 10 years of music-making, their recent CD release and her imminent retirement. Audio

1:02 PM.German new-music violinist giving a recital at the New Zealand School of Music. Audio

12:15 PM.New Zealand film producer talks about her current project 'The Patriarch' directed by Lee Tamahori. Audio

12:55 PM.South African composer and collaborator on William Kentridge's The Refusal of Time at City Gallery Wellington Audio

12:42 PM.Jonathan Hendry reviews the Auckland Theatre Company's production of Trees Beneath the Lake by Arthur Meek. Audio

12:12 PM.London-based New Zealand conductor, back home for a concert with St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra. Audio

1:15 PM.17-year-old poet Zech Soakai returns to the fourth year of The Rising Voices Poetry Slam tomorrow evening in the Auckland Town Hall concert chamber. He speaks to Eva about what inspires him. Read more Audio