Upbeat

Enzemble NZ, which features several NZSO players including Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen, performs its inaugural concert in Wellington this weekend. Nick Tipping goes behind the scenes with NZSO's… Read more Audio

A group of young musicians from Auckland have discovered what it’s like to be on the road, and they are the better for it. Read more Audio

The 2018 season of Christopher's Classics came to an end last night in Christchurch with NZ Barok and cellist James Bush. Tony Ryan describes the performance as authentic, classy and spirited. Read more

Chamber Music New Zealand is going a little “wild” for 2019, according to outgoing CEO Peter Walls. Read more Video, Audio

the Show me Shorts NZ International Short Film Festival is underway. Director Gina Dellabarca gives us a sneak peak of the festival's creation and what to expect this year. Read more Video, Audio

The choral community is mourning the death of New Zealand Choral Federation CE Grant Hutchinson. Read more Audio

In November 2016, as a result of the Kaikoura Earthquake, the pipe organ at Wellington’s Cathedral of St Paul was damaged. Its replacement is a custom-made digital one. Read more Audio

Two internationally acclaimed musicians, both well-loved by NZ audiences, are touring with members of the New Zealand String Quartet for Chamber Music New Zealand. Read more Audio

Wellington bass baritone Barry Mora steps up to play twin roles of Benoît/Alcindoro when his friend Richard Greager breaks a leg days before New Zealand Opera's La Bohème begins production.   Read more Audio

Music is art, and art is music for Auckland based musician and instrument maker Liam Bowan, whose taonga pūoro is on display to the public this week. Read more Audio

German Canadian virtuoso cellist Johannes Moser has performed with the world's leading orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics and Chicago and London… Read more Video, Audio

Rock-star German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser is in New Zealand to perform a masterpiece that is as relevant today as it was when it was composed in 1959. Read more Video, Audio