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12:30 PM.Eleanor Bishop is the inaugural Friedlander Foundation Associate Artist for NZ Opera, and Assistant Director in the female-led creative team for the company's upcoming production of 'The Marriage of… Read more Video, Audio

9:40 AM.Pianists Nicole Chao and Beth Chen are the classical piano duo 'Duo Enharmonics'. We find out what it's like to sit so close to your musical partner, and how artistic decisions are made. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Imogen Thirlwall is a NZ soprano who’s been based in Germany for the last few years. She’s back in the country to sing the role of Barbarina in NZ Opera’s production of The Marriage of Figaro. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Awa Pūoro ki te Ao and the Alexander Library in Whanganui are offering a Taonga pūoro kit that can be borrowed from the library. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Hayley Dingwall is Creative New Zealand's Arts Practice Director - Music & Opera. She tells Upbeat what the job involves. Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Congratulations to opera-singing brothers Emmanuel, Alfred and Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono on their competition success. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Bill Stoneham is soloist in the Hummel Trumpet Concerto in Hamilton this weekend, performing with Trust Waikato Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.It's World Day for Cultural Diversity and we're shining the spotlight on our colleague Shahram Aryan and his multicultural band, Sounds Like Us. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Children's entertainer and songwriter Chris Lam Sam has just released his first independent album of songs for kids. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Young opera singer Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono talks with Upbeat about how he's used his Tayla Made Foundation grant. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Tom McLeod has written the music for a new film documentary series, Fight for the Wild, which explores the idea of a predator-free New Zealand by 2050. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Composer and sound artist Jeremy Mayall is creative coordinator for the NZSO’s upcoming collaboration with Te Reo metal band Alien Weaponry. Read more Video, Audio

12:10 PM.Respected and well-loved singing teacher Emily Mair has died aged 93. Her former student, international opera star Simon O'Neill, pays tribute to his teacher. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Violinist Lucas Baker will be busy this weekend. As well as leading the Wellington Youth Orchestra in their first concert of the year, he'll be taking centre stage as the soloist in Samuel Barber's… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Georgia Steel is going places - the young violist and conductor has been accepted into the Masters programme of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in the UK. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.After two decades of sharing his love of classical music with RNZ Concert listeners, we're sad to say goodbye to Classical Connection host Rick Young. Rick talked with David Morriss about some of the… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Conductor Holly Mathieson is back in the country and has a busy schedule of concerts over the next weeks, including her debut with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Congratulations to Rose Stevenson, who has won the inaugural Dunedin Concerto Competition, and to second and third place getters pianist Abhinath Berry and cellist Boudewijn Keenan. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Jacqueline Coats talks to Tim Dodd about Beethoven's Fidelio and her stage direction of the APO's Opera in Concert performance. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Otago and Southland's top young classical musicians perform in the inaugural Dunedin Concerto Competition this Friday. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Violist Xi (Lucy) Liu has co-produced a documentary film on composer Boris Pigovat as part of her PhD studies. Lacrimosa Dies Illa premieres at Wellington's Penthouse Cinema this week. Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.Avondale College student Toby Barrett is a saxophonist, leads a band and likes to invest in shares. He's been recognised in the 2021 Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards, coming top in New Zealand for… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Composer Michael Williams is writing an opera which focuses on the global refugee crisis. Act One of 'D'ua (Prayer) for Broken Shelter' has had its first performance after a week of workshops in… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Manukau Symphony Orchestra's Music Director Uwe Grodd previews the 2021 season, opening this weekend with a concert featuring the orchestra's "most-loved soloist", pianist Michael Houstoun. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Restoration work on the Croft organ at St Andrew's on The Terrace in Wellington is complete. There's a concert this weekend to celebrate. Read more Audio