Upbeat

Opera star Jessye Norman wins the Gould Prize, we mark the passing of film director Miloš Forman, review the NZSO’s first shed series gig, and begin a new series exploring great composers and their… Read more

Off to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Shed Series tonight? Conductor Hamish McKeich gives us the inside word on gig etiquette, Frank Zappa and Mozart. Read more Audio

Pianist Ingrid Fliter joined the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra last night for A Night of Firsts. The concert featured the Australasian premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Symphonic Movements, the… Read more Audio

What happens when an airline crushes a very expensive instrument; did the APO & pianist Ingrid Fliter sparkle in A Night of Firsts; what’s the gig etiquette at tonight’s NZSO Shed Series concert and… Read more

An instrument invented for women to play takes centre stage on Saturday. In the concert, named My Lady’s Pleasure, Tina Chancey, soloist for NZ baroque music group Affetto will play the pardessus de… Read more Audio

Venezuelan-born Spanish Conductor José Luis Gomez is known for his energy on the podium. He brings that to the south this week to conduct the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and violinist Shlomo Mintz. He… Read more Audio

Why Mark-Anthony Turnage is pulling the pin on opera writing, composers who have battled against critics, energetic  conductor Jose Luis Gomez arrives in Dunedin, & an instrument created for women… Read more

Say the word 'Wicked' and most of us think of the Broadway smash hit. The man behind the untold story of the Witches of Oz' is composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. It can be seen as a commentary on… Read more Video, Audio

Sir Andrew Davis announces he’s stepping down from the MSO, and we talk to Stephen Schwartz, the wicked composer behind the hit musical, and we hear some of your favourite choral works. Read more

Christina and Michelle Naughton wowed the audience at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington on Friday night with their performance of Mozart’s Concerto for two pianos with the NZSO. Fiona McCabe… Read more Audio

Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter is in Auckland to perform Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Ingrid talks to Upbeat about some of her favourite music, and… Read more Video, Audio

We feature Rachmaninov’s Vespers sung by Wellington choir Inspirare, five favourite tunes chosen by Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter ahead of her APO appearance; Fiona McCabe reviews the NZSO’s… Read more