Upbeat

Chinese conductor Xian Zhang is thrilled to be back in New Zealand, leading the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in its Russian Tales concert tonight, which features Rimsky- Korsakov’s Scheherazade… Read more Video, Audio

Multi-talented  American pianist Awadagin Pratt is in New Zealand to serve on the judging panel for the Kerikeri International Piano Competition. Read more Video, Audio

Neil Finn is joined by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to play his album "Out Of Silence" in its entirety plus some of his older hits at the 2018 Auckland Arts Festival. Read more Video, Audio

Dugal McKinnon, Deputy Director; Composition and Sonic Arts at the NZSM, talks about his new festival which showcases ground breaking musical performance from some of the world's leading sonic arts… Read more Audio

Andrew Haveron is a UK-born violinist. After a stint as first violinist of the Brodsky Quartet, he’s been in demand as an orchestral concertmaster, working with Valery Gergiev and the Orchestra for… Read more Audio

A new piece inspired by Sir Edmund Hillary is among the works on offer from the CSO's 2019 season; the first for the orchestra in its "new" old home at the Christchurch Town Hall. Read more Audio

Paul Barton has performed Bach, Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin to soothe the mammal residents of Elephant World Sanctuary in Thailand, some of whom are elderly and disabled. Read more Video

Well-known classics will be joined by big names, circus performers, kiwi hits, BBC’s Planet Earth and music inspired by Roald Dahl for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2019 season. Read more Video, Audio

After some feedback from our audience, RNZ Concert staff share their personal reflections about the women who have been heroes to them in their musical life. Read more Video

Composer Victoria Kelly talks about female representation in the music industry 125 years since female suffrage in Aotearoa, New Zealand.   Read more Audio

Renowned New Zealand organist and music teacher Betty Black has died, aged in her 80s. Read more

Some of them threw rocks at glass ceilings, some of them were visionaries... Here are just a few of music's feminist moments. Read more Video