Eva Radich

The Road that Wasn’t There, by Trick of the Light Theatre Company, is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after performances in Auckland and Wellington. The play has its roots in the magic… Audio

Te Kōkī Trio from New Zealand School of Music in Wellington has just put out its first release on the Rattle label, a CD of Debussy sonatas and Piano Trio. Violinist Martin Riseley, cellist Inbal… Audio

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s rehearsal pianist Michael Pansters has landed a gig of a life time at the Royal Opera House in London. He’s off on his adventure later this month, taking the role of… Audio

London based Australian pianist Piers Lane is in the country to judge the Wallace National Piano Competition. He explains what he’ll be looking for from the young pianists, how demanding competing can… Audio

Music has the ability to transport us to different places, to tell stories, to take us on adventures. And that is why music and video games go so well together. In August the Auckland Philharmonia… Audio

A young woman has to choose between a life of material luxury or true love. That’s the basis of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Auckland Philharmonia’s 2017 opera in concert. New Zealand opera singers Bianca… Audio

Husband Sigiswald Kuijken, wife Marleen Thiers and daughter Sara Kuijken are three quarters of the Kuijken Quartet. They are currently on a Chamber Music New Zealand tour performing Hayden and Mozart… Audio

Translating English, and other languages into Spanish has been part of Madrid based New Zealand poet Charles Olsen’s creative journey. He’s only learnt Spanish since moving to Spain fourteen years… Audio

Michael Houstoun played for a marathon 90 minutes, performing two concertos with Orchestra Wellington on Friday night. Peter Mechen reviews Houstoun’s performance of two concertos in D Minor: Mozart’s… Audio

Composer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev – the grandson of the composer Sergei – wants people to hear and open up to classical music as simply music. Part of his strategy is the Nonclassical record label and… Video, Audio

Hundreds of young New Zealand musicians have been given performance opportunities thanks to the Lewis Eady Junior Music Contest. The competition, which has been going for 35 years, is on again this… Audio

Can you imagine listening to Bach in a bowling alley? What about in a beer hall with raucous people sitting around you?  Listening to Bach outside the traditional concert hall environment is what the… Video, Audio

Men’s rights activists are being put in the spotlight for new musical M’Lady – A Meninist Musical.  Written by Cassandra Tse, and James Cain, with music from Michael Stebbings the show morphed from… Audio

Lin-Manuel Miranda has become a household name for those who love musical theatre. He’s the award winning composer behind the Broadway smash hit Hamilton. But before Hamilton fame he wrote hip-hop… Audio

Richard Davis is bringing his vibrant conducting style to Dunedin this week. According to Bachtrack he virtually dances on the podium, and it’s all quite new for Richard. He’s only recently swapped… Audio

Can you imagine the great operas performed with an antipodean twang? Teresa Desmarchelier helps performers from this side of the world refine their voice for the stage. She’s Australia’s leading lyric… Audio

The queens of political satire Lorae Parry and Pinky Agnew are back, injecting humour into the election with their show Destination Beehive. It opens at Circa theatre this week and follows the… Audio

Colin Currie has played James MacMillan’s percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel so many times it’s part of his DNA; high time then for the two Scotsmen to collaborate on a second concerto for… Audio

A complete reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll & Hyde opens tonight at Auckland’s Basement Theatre. It has a uniquely kiwi twist – Mr Hyde is so evil that he punches the cleaning lady… Audio

1893 marked the first performance of Pucini’s Manon Lescaut, a fiery passionate interpretation of a novel by Abbé Prévost about a girl gone bad. It was Puccini’s first great success. Auckland… Audio