Lucien Johnson
Lucien Johnson: A creative life
Internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Lucien Johnson joins us ahead of his co-created show with Hannah Tasker-Poland, The Most Naked, A Cabaret of Skin and Bone opening at Q Theatre in… Audio
Lucien Johnson: saxophonist puts Peter Bland poems to music
Celebrated saxophonist Lucien Johnson has poetry in the blood. He is the son of late poet Louis Johnson and first met his father's friend and fellow poet Peter Bland as a child. . For the upcoming… Audio
Lucien JOHNSON: Axum
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich (conductor) Recorded 26 July 2019, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert for 2019 NZ Composer Sessions Video, Audio
First we take Manhattan - Lucy Marinkovich and Lucien Johnson
Creative Wellington couple Lucy Marinkovich and Lucien Johnson will soon be packing their bags - and in Lucien's case his saxophone - to head to the Big Apple on the Harriet Friedlander New York… Audio, Gallery
Music: a transcendent form of communication
Music is a transcendent form of communication . It crosses divides between cultures, countries and identities. That’s the background to composer and jazz musician Lucien Johnson’s newly completed PhD… Video, Audio
Upbeat for Monday 28 May
NZ Tenor Thomas Atkins gains international artistic representation; we explore the international language of music with a focus on Ethio-jazz and music to warm you up on this chilly day.
Super Rugby, Haiti, Ethiopia and one saxophone
This week's mixtape guest is Wellington saxophonist Lucien Johnson who has just completed his doctoral research in Ethio-groove music. Lucien shares tales and songs from the far-flung places he and… Video, Audio
Jeffrey Grice - A Culture of Accident
Jeffrey Grice, the New Zealand pianist who's been resident in Paris for almost 40 years, talks to Tim Dodd about his career, the special projects in which he attempts a new relationship with his… Audio
Lucien Johnson: Haiti
Multi-instrumentalist and composer who spent three months last year in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, working on a theatre project at the city's cultural centre, destroyed in the recent quake. Audio