Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Studio 54 and orchestral music don’t usually go together, but this week the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is cranking out the platforms, bellbottoms and big hair as they bring disco hits alive… Video, Audio

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa receives a British Queen’s Birthday honour, Renee Fleming is up for a Tony, the APO goes disco and we celebrate rising stars for the start of Matariki.

Do sharks like classical music? New research reveals the answer. Decca signs three new artists, dynamic Kiwi conductor Gemma New on her growing career and we celebrate great violinist Joshua Bell. Video

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performed the world premiere of Ross Harris’ Face which tells the story of the emotional and physical scars of war. Peter Hoar reviews. Audio

We look at the effects Music has on babies and heart patients and the Vatican is to host its first live streamed concert. We speak with organist Olivier Latry from Notre Dame and Peter Hoar reviews…

The world premiere performed by soloists Alison Bell, Henry Choo, Joel Amosa, with Voices NZ Chamber Choir and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Antony Hermus, Auckland Town Hall, 19… Audio

Ross Harris talk about his new work Face, a vocal work written to remember the men who suffered serious facial injury during the First World War, changing their lives in the most dramatic way. The… Audio

We highlight classical music artists and ensembles from non-western countries, celebrate classically trained Nina Simone’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ross Harris discusses his new…

Pianist Ingrid Fliter joined the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra last night for A Night of Firsts. The concert featured the Australasian premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Symphonic Movements, the… Audio

What happens when an airline crushes a very expensive instrument; did the APO & pianist Ingrid Fliter sparkle in A Night of Firsts; what’s the gig etiquette at tonight’s NZSO Shed Series concert and…

Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter is in Auckland to perform Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Ingrid talks to Upbeat about some of her favourite music, and… Video, Audio

We feature Rachmaninov’s Vespers sung by Wellington choir Inspirare, five favourite tunes chosen by Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter ahead of her APO appearance; Fiona McCabe reviews the NZSO’s…

NZ Opera and the Auckland Philharmonia presented a short season of Leonard Bernstein’s Volaire-inspired operetta Candide as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Was it the best of all possible worlds… Audio

Peter Hoar reviews French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra & producer Zoë George and Dr Aleisha Ward explore Jazz era NZ - music, dance ... and sex. Audio

The world première performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi, Auckland Town Hall, 15 February 2018. Audio

Performed by Madeleine Pierard and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 16 December 2017. Audio

Performed by The Graduate Choir and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 16 December 2017. Audio

The music from the award winning film Titanic is coming to life in Auckland next year. Conductor Neil Thomson along with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and North Shore Children’s Choir is… Audio

An opera in four acts with libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare’s Othello