Concert Talk

For the first time in 27 years, RNZ Concert has a new sound desk in its Wellington studio. Bryan Crump thanks the people who made it possible. Read more Audio

New Zealand conductor Tianyi Lu is back in Aotearoa to direct the National Youth Orchestra, ahead of making her BBC Proms debut next month. Read more Audio

Deke Sharon, music director for the three Pitch Perfect movies, is credited with modernising contemporary a capella singing.  Read more Audio

Young Auckland flute player, Alina Chen, talks to Bryan Crump about the hoops she had to jump through to win a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Read more Audio

Listen as the Auckland Express interrupts the calm on a still night near Waiouru in 1958. Read more Audio

Gabriella Uphof is a Year 11 student who is part of the musical joy-machine that is The Panimals; Bream Bay College's very own steel pan band. Read more Audio

Tony Ryan talks to Bryan Crump about a 'constellation of New Zealand compositions' he's conducting in Christchurch this Matariki weekend with the Resonance Ensemble. Read more Audio

Two years after winning the Anthony Ritchie Composition Prize for young composers, Georgina Palmer talks to Bryan Crump about her blossoming career. Read more Video, Audio

Dunedin composer, Anthony Ritchie, announces the 2024 winner of the prize that takes his name, recognising talented young composers based in Otago and Southland. Read more Audio

Guitarist Jane Curry had a life-changing accident in 2019, breaking her neck. She talks with Bryan Crump about her post-injury journey. Read more Video, Audio

TOLU is a collaborative work between Pacific Dance NZ and classical ensemble NZTrio. Music director Aiono Manu Fa'aea talks with RNZ's Bryan Crump. Read more Audio

Listen to a Kiwi in suburbia. Read more Audio