Arts

Country music from the 60s to today 

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An international series of masterclasses via Zoom is proving a success for Auckland couple Edith Salzmann and Wolfgang Kraemer from the The Pettman National Junior Academy. 

On Sunday it expands into…

The film and screen industry has emerged as one of the candidates to help rebuild Queenstown Lakes' shattered economy.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy sealed the district's reputation as a stunning… Audio

Live music venues have launched the careers of our most talented performers, but now many of the hot spots are holding on for dear life.

Forced to close during lockdown they face an uncertain future… Audio

New Zealand's museums and art galleries are concerned that government and philanthropic funding sources might dry up, with the money instead diverted to health and social causes related to the… Audio

Today we launch our lockdown t-shirt competition. We speak to artist Dick Frizzell for some tips. Audio

For the next four weeks the Auckland Theatre Company is putting on its first ever play designed to be watched online.  Audio

Nearly two-thirds of Auckland's arts sector is worried there still won't be work in six months' time.

A survey of 332 Auckland creatives for Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi found 80 per cent had cancelled an… Audio

Classical musicians put their considerable skills to the test creating new versions of popular tunes. Video

Artist Dick Frizzell has been busy during lockdown putting the finishing touches on his new book Me, According To The History Of Art. The self-described 'habitual isolator' joins the show to discuss… Audio

'Romeo & Juliet' with music by Prokofiev is performed by Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Good literature retains a magical quality that is both enlightening and subversive, offering an authentic inner experience of life, English Booker Prize-winning novelist Graham Swift says. Audio

Gao Ping's classical work 'Bitter Cold Night' for violin and piano, is a poetic acknowledgement of the pandemic sweeping the earth in 2020. It is also a celebration of music responding to the world… Video

The biggest public art exhibition ever seen in Aotearoa in now showing on digital billboards in five of our biggest cities. In Isolation focuses on art produced by local artists during the current…

From ballet to karate to singing - it is not just school that has gone online - after-school activities have too.

And many are realising the potential of virtual lessons.

Lydia Batham reports. Audio

We speak to TV sitcom creator, writer and director Michael Schur.  Audio