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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

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

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

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

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

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

British violinist talks about his experiences nurturing the hotbed of talent and creativity at the Australian National Academy of Music, his new post as Principal Artistic Partner with Canadian… Read more Audio

Auckland composer, music editor and emerging writer discusses his new play Jesus Christ Part II, the process of editing another composer's music for series' like Spartacus and Ash vs The Evil Dead… Read more Audio

Artistic Director of Auckland's Silo Theatre tells us about their 2016 programme, described as a collection of work that 'celebrates the anarchic, the wild and the beautiful fight in us all to survive… Read more Audio

Newly appointed NZSO Music Director talks about next year's vibrant programme, the novels he's been reading, the musical medicine he gives orchestras, and wonders what Beethoven might think if he was… Read more Audio

Crown Law presents concerts celebrating 800 years since the seal of the Magna Carta. Senior Crown Counsel Paul Rishworth and Merran Cooke discuss the effect on human rights of this founding document. Audio