Arts

Multi-genre Latin music group Latinaotearoa have just finished a raucous tour of Australia and New Zealand in the wake of their recently released album of reinterpretations of South American songs… Audio

We speak with Grammy Award winning violinist Augustin Hadelich who is mid tour with the NZSO and Music Director Edo de Waart presenting de Waart’s third Masterworks concert for 2018.  The young German… Audio

All over the country programmes are gathering momentum celebrating the 125^th anniversary of women’s suffrage. The Royal New Zealand Ballet are among the producers: Strength and Grace performed on 17… Audio

BBC Proms 2018

Over the next eight weeks on RNZ Concert we bring you a selection of exciting concerts from this year’s BBC Proms.

TV reviewer, Tamar Munch has been watching Robin Williams - Come Inside my Mind (on Sky and will be streaming on Neon) It's told largely through Williams' own words, and celebrating what he brought to… Audio

Morna Young is a playwright, actress and musician from a wee fishing village in the North East of Scotland.  She's currently in New Zealand being hosted by BATS Theatre and Toi Põneke as part of the… Audio

Most likely known as the only piece you may know on the piano, “The Celebrated Chop Waltz” was written in 1877 by sixteen year-old British composer Euphemia Allen. But there are some rather…

Music and arts events in New Zealand are becoming more accessible for disabled people, says Áine Kelly-Costello, an Auckland based flutist, writer and advocate. Audio

A newly discovered recording of Rachmaninov playing his own Symphonic Dances on the piano is due for release by Marston Records, we speak to flutist and accessible arts advocate Áine Kelly-Costello…

Beth Hill is the programme leader for arts, self-directed learning, and living skills at Northland Regional Corrections Facility. Earlier in August she was awarded the Arts Access Maui Tikitiki a… Audio

A newly discovered painting by the renowned New Zealand artist Charles F Goldie has sold for almost four hundred thousand dollars. The portrait of Kapi Kapi, an Arawa Chieftainess, was painted in 1918… Audio

Baroque wind ensemble Zefiro has recently begun a tour of the country. Elizabeth Kerr gives their opening night concert is Wellington her hearty approval. Audio

News today that Glyndebourne summer music festival has chosen its first artistic director Stephen Langridge and we continue our Tuesday Proms matinees with Beethoven, Shostakovich & Rachmaninov led by…

James Morrison – a Celebration of Ella and Louis by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra this week celebrates the famous collaboration of jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Virtuoso… Audio

What music is best to fall asleep to? Upbeat provides some suggestions. Because... soon you will be able to finally fall asleep to music without needing headphones. The Flexound Humu – a pillow that… Video

Upbeat talks with Helene Pohl and Rolf Gjelsten of the New Zealand String Quartet ahead of nationwide tour Turning Points and, celebrating the famous collaboration of jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and…

The New Zealand String Quartet is about to embark on a nationwide tour. The quartet is celebrating 30 years since its first tour in 1988 with some of the most groundbreaking works in the quartet… Audio