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12:30 PM.Tenor Filipe Manu has adapted to the challenges of performing online. The Jette Parker Young Artist shares the challenges and joys of singing in London's Royal Opera House during a pandemic. Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.Tim Finn's opera 'Ihitai 'Avei'a - Star Navigator' is set to premiere at this year's Auckland Arts Festival and features young singers Amitai Pati and Natasha Wilson. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Singer Georgia Jamieson Emms' love of opera and travel inspired her to form the Wanderlust opera company. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Six grand pianos and a sweeping digital audio landscape feature in a new work by renowned New Zealand composer John Psathas which premières at the Auckland Arts Festival on 18 March.

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12:30 PM.Hammers & Horsehair's next series of concerts pays homage to a tour of the country in 1922 by one of New Zealand's earliest international opera stars, Rosina Buckman.

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12:30 PM.Rachel Fuller explains why the term ‘accompanying’ doesn't adequately describe what collaborative pianists do. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Philip Norman's new work for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra marks the ten-year anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and premieres in the orchestra's 2021 Season opener this weekend. Read more Audio

1:29 PM."Relationships are everything. There's no other way - everything's made up of relationships." Composer and taonga pūoro specialist Ruby Solly talks to Nick Tipping. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Singer-songwriter Chris Sanders and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra have collaborated on a project inspired by the 'teddy bear hunt' that became popular around New Zealand neighbourhoods during… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.Alison Isadora is interested in exploring interactions between composers, performers and audience members. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.How do you go from interviewing the likes of Harry Styles and Adele to composing a string quartet? British music journalist Paul Morley tells all in his book A Sound Mind: how I fell in love with… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.The Octagon Ensemble's next concert She Sings: Songs of Truth, Hope & Joy features works by women composers and poets. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Innovative choreographer Loughlan Prior has both dancers and musicians moving in Transfigured Night, a collaboration for Chamber Music New Zealand involving BalletCollective Aotearoa and the New… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Two shorter, interactive concerts of New Zealand music begin Opus Orchestra's 2021 programme at Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival, with one especially for children. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.From the Rubble (2021 tribute) is a musical offering from composer Kris Baines and cellist Andrew Joyce to commemorate the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.Up-and-coming soprano Rhiannon Cooper is looking forward to singing with two of her opera singer heroes in the DSO's Celebrating 2021 concert. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Chamber Music New Zealand's 2021 Season Coming out of the Dark champions New Zealand performers and continues to expand the definition of chamber music with a range of innovative collaborations. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Applications are open for this year's ASQ International Music Academy in Wellington: six days of intensive chamber music making under the guidance of Quartet members and guest tutors. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The Michael Hill Violin Competition Charitable Trust has just launched a project to help get string instruments in the hands of young players who need them. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Congratulations to young Christchurch composer Rosa Elliott, who has won both the Under-25 Category and Composer-in-Residence position in the inaugural Compose Aotearoa! competition. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The Auckland Youth Choir is looking towards the future with the launch of a new mentoring and development project which takes in all aspects of running the choir. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Described as 'an a capella gospel choir with a rock & roll heart', Jubilation is an Auckland-based choir of people from all walks of life who come together to sing songs that reflect universal themes… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Roger Flury looks back at the career of New Zealand-born conductor Warwick Brathwaite, who died 50 years ago this year. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Catch up with opera's 'dynamic duo', Amina Edris and Pene Pati, who are currently touring their Dare to Dream programme of classic and contemporary favourites. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Bay of Plenty Symphonia and professional musicians violinist Andrew Beer and cellist Ashley Brown feel the mutual benefit of their collaboration over Four Seasons concerts.   Read more Audio