Upbeat

Soprano Emma Roxburgh and tenor Iain Tetley are playing the title roles in this weekend's performances of Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' by the Handel Consort and Quire. They talk Eva through the… Read more Audio

Legendary New Zealand soprano Malvina Major has given her final professional performance. She tells Eva what she has planned for the next phase of her career. Read more Audio

Sistema Aotearoa has just launched the youth orchestra Rangatahi Philharmonia o Tara. Eva catches up with programme director Rosalind Giffney, and asks her how the South Auckland music education… Read more Audio

Atamira Dance Company's latest offering is 'Mitimiti', developed over five years of extensive research and workshops. Eva asks choreographer Jack Gray what it's all about. Audio

Next year, conductor Giordano Bellincampi takes the reins as Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. This week, they get a preview: he's here to lead their performance of music by… Read more Audio

Wellington Jazz Collective The Jac recorded their latest album 'The Green Hour' in Christchurch's Orange Studios. Bassist Nick Tipping and trumpet player Lex French talk about the process and their… Read more Audio

Adam McGrath is the lead singer in the Lyttleton band The Eastern. This October, he's going solo, giving a series of concerts for Arts On Tour. Read more Audio

Christopher Bowen is back in Christchurch, performing a series of songs by composers Douglas Lilburn, Lyell Cresswell, Patrick Shepherd and Ralph Vaughan Williams. He joins pianist Alison Holden to… Read more Audio

This year's SCAPE Public Art exhibition features site-specific works from seven artists, responding in their own way to the theme of 'New Intimacies'. Eva speaks to Rob about what they've created. Audio

Carrie Rae Cunningham has been involved with Auckland's Tempo Festival of Dance since 2008, in a number of capacities. This year, she takes the reins as Artistic Director. She tells Eva what they have… Read more Audio

Star New Zealand tenor Pene Pati is back in the country, and performing with Malvina Major and Aorere College's Graduate Choir on Tuesday. He and conductor Terence Maskell preview the concert, and… Read more Audio

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra CEO Barb Glaser and Director of Artistic Planning Ronan Tighe launch their 2016 season. Audio