Lilburn Lecture
Lilburn Lecture 2025: Bodies of Water - Don McGlashan
In his 2025 Lilburn Lecture, New Zealand music icon Don McGlashan talks about how bodies of water have shaped him as an artist and person. Video, Audio
Lilburn Lecture 2023: Unknown Country: Listening for the Sound of Aotearoa New Zealand - Nick Bollinger
Award-winning writer, musician, and broadcaster Nick Bollinger delves into diverse corners of Aotearoa's musical past and present to investigate what it is that differentiates New Zealand pop music… Video, Audio
2022 Lilburn Lecture: Ross Harris
For his 2022 Lilburn Lecture, composer and Arts Laureate Ross Harris dove deep into his own musical past, sharing colourful snapshots from his life and career. Audio
New Zealand Music: Living the Dream
'Fame without fortune is a burden for any performer’. In the 2020 Lilburn Lecture, Karyn Hay explores the realities of an artist's life in NZ. Audio, Gallery
Wide Blows Our Banner by Eve de Castro-Robinson
How much has changed for New Zealand's female composers in the 125 years since women's suffrage? In the 2018 Lilburn Lecture, acclaimed composer Eve de Castro-Robinson reflects on her own journey as a… Audio, Gallery
Lilburn Lecture 2016: Robin Maconie - minor corrections
Robin Maconie takes issue with some of the content of the 2016 Lilburn Lecture, delivered in November by Jennifer McLeod.
Plato’s Cave: Realities of Composing in New Zealand by Philip Norman
Philip Norman delivers the inaugural Lilburn Lecture before an audience in Victoria University's Hunter Council Chamber. His subject, Plato's Cave: The Realities of Composing in New Zealand. Audio
