Upbeat

Outstanding broadcaster, generous interviewer and huge music fan Bryan Crump is the new afternoon drive-time presenter for RNZ Concert. Bryan will wrap up his incredible innings on RNZ National… Read more

Considered one of the world's great violinists, American Hilary Hahn is a three-time Grammy Award winner passionate about making classical music more accessible. Read more Video, Audio

A thoroughly modern Cinderella centred around a quest for identity, true love and the courage to be yourself is being staged by the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company. Cinderella is the company's first… Read more Audio

You can't be an opera singer unless you have an impressive pair of lungs - and know how to use them.

But Auckland-born soprano Christina Orjis had to get professional help to learn how to breathe… Read more Audio

For today's Music Feature we're exploring the Art of Broadway Orchestration with Auckland University musicologist Gregory Camp. Read more Audio

A young Porirua violist has been selected to study at an Ivy League university in the US. Former Tawa College student Jess Jenkins has been accepted at Harvard, from over ten thousand applications… Read more Audio

Giordano Bellincampi talks to Tim Dodd about Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore' and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's semi-staging of the opera in the Auckland Town Hall. Read more Audio

Lexus Song Quest 2022 Grand Final Read more Video, Audio

The Lexus Song Quest 2022 judge talks with Clarissa Dunn about his singing career following his first prize win in the 1991 contest, and how a comment from the judge has stayed with him and held true… Read more Audio

The South Island Organ Company has been keeping the unique craft of organ building and restoration alive for 55 years and is still going strong. Read more Audio

Three of New Zealand's national choirs are about to join forces for the first time in 20 years for a very special performance of Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana'. Read more Audio

Congratulations to the five finalists selected to sing in the 2022 Lexus Song Quest Grand Final Gala where they will perform with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Video