Music Alive

A concert of entertaining diversions from New Zealand and abroad. Read more

Drummer and beat-maker Alexander Flood and band perform original music from their new album at San Fran, Wellington as part of the 2024 Wellington Jazz Festival. Read more Audio

The Rodger Fox Big Band performs a poignant, celebratory tribute to the late Rodger Fox at the Opera House, Wellington as part of the 2024 Wellington Jazz Festival. Read more Audio

Exciting violinist Pekka Kuusisto performs the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and conducts the Third Symphony by early Romantic composer Louise Farrenc. Watch and listen live from the Michael Fowler Centre… Read more Audio

Pōneke-based saxophonist and composer Louisa Williamson and her band perform The Chasm Where We Fall Into Each Other - inspired by the ancient Patuna Chasm in the Wairarapa - as part of the 2024… Read more Audio

The NZSO, Voices New Zealand and four extraordinary singers present Rossini’s Stabat Mater and the world premiere of Kiwi composer Victoria Kelly’s response to that work. Read more

Toiere unites beloved operatic arias, duets and ensembles in their original languages and te reo Māori, celebrating voice, language and identity while honouring Aotearoa New Zealand’s rich cultural… Read more Video, Audio

Listen to the Soweto Gospel Choir's performance of 'HOPE' at the Auckland Arts Festival in 2025. Hailing from Soweto, South Africa, the choir is known for its powerful blend of African gospel music… Read more Audio

Six impressive young soloists perform music by classical heavyweights Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, and Richard Strauss, accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. (VIDEO) Read more

The top twenty-four secondary school choirs, selected from over 200 across the motu, perform at The Big Sing Finale. You can listen, and see videos, here:  Read more Video, Audio

Multi-Grammy Award winner Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the NZSO in two post-war American works, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No 2, The Age of Anxiety with pianist Joyce Yang, and Aaron Copland’s… Read more Audio

Chamber music trio Les Voisins celebrate French culture through music in this eclectic concert. Read more Audio