Michael Houstoun
Michael Houstoun: Pianist
Pianist Michael Houstoun talks about winning the Tui Award for Best Classical Album at the New Zealand Music Awards for his recording of the Complete Beethoven Sonatas on the Rattle label. Audio
Michael Houstoun: digital music
Concert pianist Michael Houstoun has replaced his sheet music with a tablet computer at his piano. Audio
Michael Houstoun: Orchestra Wellington
New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun confides how much the music of J.S Bach resonates with him as he prepares for his Chamber Music New Zealand tour Inspired by Bach Audio
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3
Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Recorded 20 June 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
Piano Concertos - Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 3
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor. Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei. Recorded 18 April 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio
Lauren Ellis: Big Band Drummer
Lauren Ellis drums for the Rodger Fox Big Band. She previews their upcoming shows and album release with pianist Michael Houstoun. Audio
Jenny Wollerman: Between Darkness and Light
NZ Soprano releases her new CD Between Darkness and Light in collaboration with pianist Michael Houstoun. Audio
Peter Mechen: Orchestra Wellington Review
Review of Saturday's Orchestra Wellington performance with pianist Michael Houstoun. Audio
Marc Taddei and Michael Houstoun
Orchestra Wellington Orchestra Wellington Music Director and piano soloist preview Saturday's concert. Audio
Played On
Timaru-born pianist Michael Houstoun on overcoming 'musician's cramp' and finding the passion to play piano again at the highest level. Audio
Diedre Irons
One of the featured performers for Chamber Music Hutt Valley's Piano Trust Gala Concert. Audio
Kenneth YOUNG: Piano Concerto
Michael Houstoun (piano), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Steven Smith. Recorded by Radio New Zealand Concert at the Auckland Town Hall, 26 August 2004. Audio
Michael Houstoun: Beethoven Complete Sonatas
Top NZ pianist launches his new recording of the complete Beethoven Sonatas. Audio
Extended interview: The Diabelli Variations
Michael Houstoun talks about Beethoven's Diabelli Variations which he performed in 2012 as preparation for the Beethoven reCYCLE project. Audio
Extended interview: Memory
Michael Houstoun talks about the challenge of playing all the Beethoven sonatas from memory. Audio
Extended interview: Selected movements
Tim Dodd and Michael Houstoun look at a few selected movements from sonatas in Houstoun's last wave of concerts: Op 2 No 1, Op 2 No 2 and Op 31 No 3. Audio
Extended interview: Rhythm and Rubato
Tim Dodd and Michael Houstoun talk about a number of topics related to rhythm, energy and rubato in the Beethoven sonatas. Audio
Extended interview: The Limited Piano
Michael Houstoun outlines the qualities he desires in a piano for performing Beethoven and he and Tim Dodd tackle the issue of whether the humble piano was sufficient to express Beethoven’s vision… Audio
Beethoven ReCYCLE (Part 3)
Michael Houstoun and Tim Dodd continue their conversation about the Beethoven piano sonatas and Houstoun's approach to performing them. In this final programme, they talk about the 'Moonlight' Sonata… Audio
Extended interview: Sonata form and keys
Tim Dodd asks Michael Houstoun how much he is influenced or inspired by the structure of the Beethoven sonata movements and the keys in which they are written. Audio
