Concert Talk

"One of the interesting things about being old(er) is looking back," says the Christchurch composer. He talks about his sonic art and why it's important to him. Read more Audio

The very popular Synthony (electronic dance music played by an orchestra) is heading to Coronet Peak for the next concert. Emma Featherstone will be directing the musicians. Read more Audio

André de Ridder is in New Zealand for a series of concerts with the NZSO, conducting everything from the blues (Wynton Marsalis style) to Beethoven, with a serious chunk of John Luther Adams in there… Read more Audio

NZ-born musician Graham Johns has just retired after 40 years as Section Leader, Percussion, for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Read more Video, Audio

Purbayan Chatterjee is a master sitar player from Mumbai. He's performing concerts in Wellington and Auckland. Read more Audio

Judith Bell is the mastermind behind Kiwicorder - a free, online resource of New Zealand recorder music. Read more Video, Audio

The BBC Proms is the world’s largest classical music festival, and RNZ Concert is giving you a front row seat. Read more

Georgia Jamieson Emms is the librettist for an opera based on writer Janet Frame's time spent at Seacliff Psychiatric Hospital. Read more Audio

This year’s Classical on Cuba festival includes performances in a furniture store! Elliot Vaughan is Artistic Director. Read more Audio

New Zealand flutist Alexa Still has released Wish, an album of music by composer Valerie Coleman. Read more Audio

Sounds at a dentist's surgery can sometimes set your teeth on edge, so when Bryan Crump heard the mellifluous tones of a clarinet as he walked past, he had to find out more. Read more Audio

Composer, electronic musician and operatic soprano, Calla Knudson, talks with Bryan Crump about her latest album. Read more Audio