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Finalists for the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, Best Music in Film & Best Music in Series have been announced. Read more Video, Audio

Callum Blackmore and Blaire White talk about getting scholarships for a year of practical experience at Opera North in Leeds. Read more Audio

Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Orchestra has announced its interim conductors, and we hear “A London Symphony” as part of our BBC Proms series. Read more

Jim Pugh is a jazz legend. He was lead trombone for both Woody Hermann and Chick Corea, worked with groups as diverse as Steely Dan and the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble, and is Distinguished Professor… Read more Audio

We feature Gramophone Classical Music Award finalists, trombonist Jim Pugh on jazz and we mark St Stephen’s Day. Read more

Today on Upbeat: Lover or #metoo predator? Don Giovanni, women representation in ballet choreography with visiting choreographer Andrea Schermoly and Stravinsky conducts his own ballet score. Read more

Listeners have two more weeks to prove themselves great lullaby music writers. To help you along here at Upbeat we feature a few different lullabies, from Brahms to Tiki Taane. Read more

Multi-genre Latin music group Latinaotearoa have just finished a raucous tour of Australia and New Zealand in the wake of their recently released album of reinterpretations of South American songs… Read more Audio

We speak with Grammy Award winning violinist Augustin Hadelich who is mid tour with the NZSO and Music Director Edo de Waart presenting de Waart’s third Masterworks concert for 2018.  The young German… Read more Audio

All over the country programmes are gathering momentum celebrating the 125^th anniversary of women’s suffrage. The Royal New Zealand Ballet are among the producers: Strength and Grace performed on 17… Read more Audio

Top ranked violinist Augustin Hadelich talks about working with Edo de Waart and the NZSO to perform Beethoven’s difficult Violin Concerto and we meet multi-genre music group Latinaotearoa.

And we… Read more Video