Upbeat

Chief Executive of NZ On Air announces Doc Connect: their new documentary initiative. Audio

Upbeat visual-arts contributor on some of New Zealand's most successful exports and upcoming international arts events. Audio

British soprano playing Mother Abbess in the upcoming New Zealand season of The Sound of Music. Audio

NZ composer and violist Alex MacDonald and flutist Samantha Dench present Mystical impressions concert with harpist Ingrid Bauer this week in Paekakariki. Audio

Upbeat Melbourne correspondent Vincent O'Donnell speaks to Auckland born author Diana Sweeney who won the 2013 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing. Audio

Talise Trevigne is an American soprano who is singing the lead role of 'Mimi' in NZ Opera's Christchurch production of Puccini's La Boheme. Audio

The WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival has launched its most ambitious programme yet, featuring over 100 writers, thinkers, commentators and performers from New Zealand and the world… Read more Audio

Darren picks some seminal tracks by blues legend Muddy Waters. Audio

The Wallace National Piano Festival is in full swing. Tonight, the festival features adjudicator Read Gainsford in recital, performing works by Haydn, Schubert and Rachmaninov. He speaks to Eva about… Read more Audio

It's starting to seem like Kristian Lavercombe is the heir apparent to the role of Riff Raff in 'The Rocky Horror Show'. The young New Zealand actor first performed the role in the local leg of an… Read more Audio

John continues his survey of some of Bill Evans' most delightful recordings, with collaborating artists including Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Charles Mingus and John Coltrane. Audio

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra led by Tom Woods performs Mahler's Second Symphony this Saturday with the Melbourne Youth Orchestra, and a 120-strong choir made up of singers from Christchurch… Read more Audio