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3:47 PM.New Zealand vocal coach Andrew Crooks is in self-isolation following a flight from the United States. He's using his time to figure out how best serve his American students by distance learning and… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Michael Norris talks about how and why his new NZSO commission Mātauranga (Rerenga) for taonga pūoro, live electronics and orchestra, evokes James Cook's first encounters with Māori. Read more Audio

1:06 PM.Reviewer Justin Gregory was at the opening night of Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King' at the Auckland Festival: “If you can get along to see it, I think you should”. Read more Audio

12:25 PM.He Ngākau Aroha is probably a world first, bringing together orchestra, including taonga puoro (traditional Māori instruments) with kapa haka dancers and singers. The work is premiered on Saturday 14… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.This year, public broadcasters from all over the world are celebrating International Women's Day together. Read more Audio

12:36 PM.Michael Stewart, Director of Music at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul and self-confessed Tournemire fan, is performing the composer's magnum opus 'L'Orgue Mystique' (The Mystical Organ) throughout… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Brad Wells, artistic director of Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth talks about the visionary, otherworldly production Kopernikus playing at the 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Violinist Ben Baker returns to New Zealand as soloist in the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's season opener Symphonic Dances.  Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.Rhiannon Giddens is on her way to Wellington with partner Francesco Turrisi to perform at New Zealand Festival on 4^th March. The singer, banjo player and violinist talks to Eva Radich about  recording… Read more Video, Audio

12:40 PM.New Horizons, William’s Dart’s new music showcase, is celebrating 40 years of continuous programme making on RNZ.  Read more Video, Audio

12:38 PM.A "kinetic force" on the podium, conductor Kristjan Järvi is re-inventing our relationship to classical music. Read more Video, Audio

9:46 AM.Ten works, three locations, two musicians: violinist Justine Cormack and pianist Kate Boyd perform Beethoven's violin and piano sonatas in Central Otago from 14-16 February. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Listener Kathy Gillard's fantastic version of "The Holly and the Ivy" Read more Audio

12:00 PM.An irreverent take on "Good King Wenceslas" by listener Graeme Cairns! Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Listener Dana Livesay's moving take on "In the Bleak Midwinter". Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Not only are we saying goodbye to the decade, we are also farewelling Upbeat producer and music journalist Zoë George. Here are five pieces that reflect her time with RNZ Concert and RNZ Music. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.The Rodger Fox Big Band has been invited to play a concert at the prestigious Jazz Education Network conference in New Orleans in January, Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Monarchs, priests, soldiers and enraged fathers - just some of the many roles baritone Roger Wilson has played in his opera career so far. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Opera can be an acquired taste but opening it up to those who might approach it with trepidation is the ethos behind Wanderlust Opera. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Legendary jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is set to make just his second NZ appearance, at the 2020 Auckland Arts Festival. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Nick Tipping's full interview with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. Audio

10:07 AM.The likes of ABBA, Queen and Coldplay should now be put on the same pedestal of the world's greatest classical composers according to a new study published in the Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and… Read more Audio

10:00 AM.Internationally renowned New Zealand tenor Simon O’Neill has won the Best Classical Artist Tui at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.The New Zealand jazz community is about to get a lot better connected with the launch of Jazz Aotearoa. Read more Audio

11:19 AM.Yo-Yo Ma performs with New Zealand artists in an extraordinary event on the banks of the Ōtākaro/Avon River in Christchurch to celebrate the way water connects us. Read more Video, Audio