Eva Radich

The Behn Quartet know no fear. The quartet of young women take their name from a trailblazing 17^th century female playwright and have been winning international competitions and rave reviews since… Video, Audio

Why are artists giving back Echo awards, we mark NZ Dance week, Elizabeth Kerr reviews the NZSO’s Berlioz, Debussy & Ravel programme, the Behn Quartet talk about their tour of New Zealand and we… Video

New Zealand born philanthropist Annette Campbell-White has been recognised at the International Opera Awards. Campbell-White established the Kia Ora Foundation after success in venture capital… Audio

We discover how listening to Mozart can help your blood pressure, Steinway has given the pianola a digital age makeover; Kiwi  female pioneer in venture capital investment Annette Campbell-White says…

Ross Harris talk about his new work Face, a vocal work written to remember the men who suffered serious facial injury during the First World War, changing their lives in the most dramatic way. The… Audio

We highlight classical music artists and ensembles from non-western countries, celebrate classically trained Nina Simone’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ross Harris discusses his new…

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… 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…

Integrated dancer Rodney Bell describes his Festival 2018 show running alongside the Commonwealth Games. Hurihuri stars Rodney dancing in the air strapped into his wheelchair in an aerial duet with… Audio

We mark the passing of a famous French tenor, explore Rachmaninov’s Vespers and we hear from Kiwi dancer Rodney Bell who’s performing at the Commonwealth Games Arts Festival. Plus our famous fours…

Garry Trinder recently chalked up twenty years as the Director of the New Zealand School of Dance. But the anniversary comes after a difficult period, with an expansion plan for the School cancelled… Audio

Wellington Brass Band triumphs in every category at the Australian National Band Championshiops. A UK violist wins a landmark case for hearing loss caused by extreme rehearsal volume. New Zealand… Audio

Outrage and concern have followed the release of a proposed radical restructure of Auckland University's Department of Music, with five key teaching positions held by respected musicians under threat.

Changes to staff structure are being considered at Auckland University’s School of Music. Associate Professor Eve de Castro-Robinson gives her view on what’s being proposed and what it will mean for… Audio

What’s going on at the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Auckland University’s music department? We review the final few performances at the Auckland Arts Festival, and we conduct a symphony orchestra in…

Pianist Tony Chen Lin makes his professional debut with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra this Saturday playing Ravel’s popular Piano Concerto in G. Eva Radich speaks to Tony about recording his… Audio

We find out why Opera Australia is going to the dogs, what nursery rhymes have to do with the NZSO, Pianist Tony Chen Lin talks about working with the CSO and recording his first solo piano disc, and…

A lineup of talented narrators including Wellington’s mayor Justin Lester and RNZ’s Kim Hill, lend their voices to the retelling of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at New Zealand Festival… Audio

Modern technology jazzes up Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at NZ Festival. Max Richter on why he wants his audiences to go to sleep.  We give away his CD’s to help you doze off. And the most famous of…

Irish choreography Michael Keegan-Dolan takes the title Swan Lake from the classic Tchaikovsky ballet but does his contemporary interpretation follow the original folk tale in other ways? Jennifer… Audio