Bryan Crump

NZ singer Rhonda Browne gets her first role with English National Opera, singing Buttercup in Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore. Video, Audio

Marcus Norman, manager of the Christchurch music venue The Piano, chats about next year's International pianist recital series. Audio

Michael Hill International Violin Competion winner in 2013, Nikki Chooi is returning to New Zealand to help select applicants for next year's competition.

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Australian born, Oamaru-based composer and music teacher Nikolai Valov takes this year's Composer Aotearoa! Open Prize for his setting of the William Henley poem, Invictus. Video, Audio

Roger Horrocks has been writing a book about listening. Audio

You have to be up before the crack o' dawn to catch this week's "Sonic" Moment of Calm. Audio

Diedre Irons talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump ahead of a performance of Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto this weekend.  Audio

Wellington Brass music director Dave Bremner talks to RNZ Concert ahead of the band's Christmas concert with Wellington's Signature Choir.  Audio

Conductor David Burchell talks about City Choir Dunedin's upcoming performance of Handel's oratorio this weekend. It's one of the first of many that take place at this time of year, sung by choirs all… Audio

Relax with a stroll down a country lane. Audio

Rita Paczian talks to RNZ Concert ahead of her final performance with Bach Musica as its director.  Video, Audio

British stage director Elaine Kidd talks about her work to bring out the actor in some of New Zealand's up-and-coming singers. Audio

Songwriter Shayne Carter and NZSO conductor Hamish McKeich talk about Carter's first album with a symphony orchestra. Audio

Tenor Simon O'Neill pays tribute to the great New Zealand bass-baritone Sir Donald McIntyre, who died earlier this month.  Video, Audio

There's something to be said for suburbia when the local blackbird is on song. Audio

Not yet 30, Jess Gillam has many musical firsts to her name. But she's never played the saxophone part in Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances - until now.  Video, Audio

After more than two decades at the heart of the Hawkes Bay choral scene, Joe Christensen is stepping down as music director of Hastings Choral.  Audio

New Zealand has a brand new wind band. RNZ Concert speaks with its musical director, Tom Chester. Audio

When it's blowing nor'westerly outside, you can listen to a gentle southerly on the inside. Audio