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Upbeat concluded in 2020, Interviews, spoken features and podcasts from across RNZ Concert are now available at Concert Talk
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Christopher Blake
Chief Executive of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra who were nominated for a Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance for its recording of Symphony "Humen 1839" by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zhou… Read more Audio
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Carnivorous Plant Society
Carnivorous Plant Society is the brainchild of Auckland trumpeter and cartoonist Finn Scholes. The band draws together some of Auckland's top musicians to play cinematic jazz music and is currently… Read more Audio
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Stuart Coats and Brigitte Heuser
Singers in Wanderlust Productions' opera in English version of Mozart's romantic opera Cosi Fan Tutte. It was first produced by Opera Otago in 2008 as part of the Dunedin Arts Festival, and is being… Read more Audio
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Gretchen la Roche: Richard Chandler Obituary
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra General and Artistic Manager Gretchen La Roche, talks about the tragic death of orchestra member Richard Chandler who has died in a bicycle accident. Audio
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Katherine Austin: Tennant-Austin Duo
Pianist Katherine Austin from the Tennant-Austin Duo talks about the first performance of a work by John Psathas commissioned for her and cellist James Tennant to perform. Halo for cello and piano… Read more Audio
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Deirdre Tarrant and Linda Lim: East Meets West
The Year of the Monkey will be welcomed in at a Chinese New Year Festival in Wellington on Sunday. Linda Lim is co-ordinator for the East Meets West Celebration Show. Choreographer Deirdre Tarrant… Read more Audio
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Kate de Goldi and Jane Waddell
Kate De Goldi's acclaimed children's book The ACB With Honora Lee has been adapted by Jane Waddell. Kate and Jane join Eva to discuss the story's contemporary theme: the eccentric Honora Lee is living… Read more Audio
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Simon Ravens
British conductor and founding music director of Wellington's Tudor Consort early vocal ensemble previews this weekend's 30th Anniversary concert. Audio
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Kayla Collingwood
Mezzo soprano Kayla Collingwood talks about singing in Bach Musica's Valentine's Day Concert. Kayla is not only an outstanding vocalist but also an awarded composer, teacher and published author. The… Read more Audio
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Jason Henderson
Jason Henderson is the only performer with three different shows in the Fringe Festival in Wellington. The young singer has spent the summer creating cabaret acts that mirror his personal life and his… Read more Audio
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Ronel Schott & Stuart Maunder
Director and producer talk about filming the 2015 NZ Opera production of Puccini's opera 'Tosca'. It stars New Zealand tenor Simon O'Neill and Irish soprano Orla Boylan as the lovers and Philip Rhodes… Read more Audio
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John Verryt
Leading New Zealand scenic designer John Verryt has created the sets for many New Zealand theatre productions for the best part of three decades. Now he has the challenge of designing a set that can… Read more Audio
