Eva Radich

The US elections have inspired a new piece of theatre for the Basement Theatre as part of Auckland Fringe Festival. Power Ballad takes a swipe at politicians who don’t know the meaning of “feminist”… Audio

Cantabrian turned Mexico based saxophonist and composer Jasmine Lovell-Smith is back on home soil for a series of concerts in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch promoting her new album Yellow Red… Audio

The Michael Fowler Centre was packed to the brim for last night’s New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at 70 anniversary celebration. The three hour extravaganza featured works by Dvorak, Strauss, Brahms… Audio

Former NZSO members Alan Gold, Farquhar Wilkinson, Wilma Smith and Kenneth Young recall their days with the orchestra. Audio

70 years ago New Zealand Symphony Orchestra played its first performance. Rod Biss was in the audience that night listening to Dvorak’s Carnival Overture, which will also be performed at tonight’s… Audio

Auckland cellist Matthias Balzat was the Grand Prize winner of the National Concert Competition on Saturday with his performance of Shostakovich’s first Cello Concerto. Tony Ryan was there and… Audio

Clowning can be a funny business, but for Ruth Dudding and Zack McCracken it’s rather serious business. The duo is part of Clown Doctors New Zealand, a group that goes into hospitals and care… Audio

Earthquakes cause displacement, and that was the catalyst for a lot of rarely seen New Zealand art to be put on display at the Adam Art Gallery. The November earthquake saw more than half of Victoria… Audio

Total language immersion is at the heart of 9Bach - an alternative folk group formed by Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist Lisa Jen and her husband English guitarist Martin Hoyland. Audio

Former deputy artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, Henning Albrechtsen is in New Zealand to coach at the New Zealand School of dance. He’s a specialist in the Bourneville method, a style… Audio

Wellington’s photography festival Photival is a festival with a conscience. Spread around the city the installations reflect life on the brink. Ben Laksana’s photographs capture the isolation of those… Audio

Opera and cake, what could possibly go wrong? That is the basis of Dunedin singer Claire Barton’s latest show Bon Appétit! Inspired by television chef Julia Childs, Claire whips, beats and bakes live… Audio

The National Concerto Competition has been giving young musicians under 25 a chance to shine while playing classical music for 50 years. This year, 1988 winner Hamish McKeich will conduct the finals… Audio

From spacesuits for films and dresses for Game of Thrones, costumier Chantelle Gerrard has been busy. Now, she, and 30 others are turning their hands to creating both period and modern pieces for… Audio

Warm, humourous and delicate is how Peter Hoar describes violinist Chloe Hanslip’s performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto no. 5 with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. But how did the rest of the… Audio

Christchurch has a new and unique chamber music ensemble that will perform their first concert at The Piano this week. The City Players combines flute, clarinet, cello and piano, and features some of… Audio

Mary Rinaldi and Sasha Nixon took out three major prizes for their short film The Anniversary at Tropfest NZ Short Film Festival last week. This was the first time the couple had worked together on a… Audio

The CSO launched its 2017 season with a concert titled Romeo & Juliet last week. Tony Ryan went along to see what the year has in store for Canterbury orchestra-goers. Audio

The opening concert for the 2017 season of Christopher’s Classics comes to The Piano in Christchurch this Thursday. A selection of songs about nature, in all its many forms, will be performed by… Audio

Described as provocative, passionate and political, story teller Sameena Zehra and Irish musician Mike McKeon seem like an unlikely pair. But the married couple is in NZ to bring their unique flavour… Audio