New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Kiwi tenor Simon O’Neill has returned home to perform Wagner’s song cycle Wesendonck Lieder with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra around the country. Peter Hoar was at the Auckland concert which… Audio

A stable of horses react to the a-mare-zing sounds of Bach, how listening to music at work alters your mind, NZSO with tenor Simon O’Neill is reviewed by Peter Hoar, Jazz Tui winner Umar Zakaria and…

Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Renes in a concert in Auckland Town Hall, 9 June 2018. Audio

World famous Kiwi tenor Simon O’Neill is back with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for his debut orchestral performance of Richard Wagner’s song cycle the Wesendonck Lieder, based on poems written… Audio

Tenor Simon O’Neill is back performing with the NZSO, Wellington is getting hot with the Jazz Festival & we continue to acknowledge important musical patrons.

Orchestra Wellington’s concert master Amalia Hall discusses travel and Bartok, Hadyn Green reviews NZSO’s take on Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and we continue celebrating classical music patrons.

Interactive online story book Oat the Goat teaches Kiwi kids about kindness, empathy, tolerance and acceptance. Audio

Have you ever imagined what music looks like? Digital artist Joe Dixon explains how he paints Haydn's 'Sunrise' live with members of the NZSO. Video

NZSO guest conductor Brett Mitchell explains what classical music, grunge, and musical theatre have in common and what composer Leonard Bernstein has to do with it. Audio

What’s going on with the English National Opera banning food in the London Coliseum; we hear some of Teddy Tahu Rhodes’ new album; Bernstein and Vivaldi with NZSO guest conductor Brett Mitchell, and…

How a young trumpeter successfully funded his Juilliard education; many British orchestral musicians say they are living on the breadline; we celebrate the brilliance of Bernstein with singer Morgan…

May the 4^th be with you! Five faves from NZSO timpanist Larry Reese; Peter Hoar reviews Phantasm, we discover how going to concerts makes you live longer, and we mark International Gardening Day.

Split Enz and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra joined forces 21 years ago to perform and record some of the best known Kiwi hits. ENZSO is now returning, in a smaller set up, with original ENZSO… Video, Audio

It’s been 21 years since ENZSO. Eddie Rayner shares his memories. How common music experiences can help grow parental-child relationships, Soprano Nadine Sierra and young conductor Ryan Bancroft wins…

Salina Fisher’s Tupaia has just had its first performances by the NZSO. The work is the first of four pieces commissioned to mark the 250^th anniversary of Captain Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific… Audio

We get creative with Victoria Spackman, Salina Fisher takes us through her new commission, and we hear Dvořák’s seventh symphony.

The world premiere of Salina Fisher’s new piece Tupaia was given by the NZSO and Music Director Edo de Waart last week. Fisher’s piece sat alongside Berlioz’ Les Nuits d'Été sung by US mezzo-soprano… Audio

Why are artists giving back Echo awards, we mark NZ Dance week, Elizabeth Kerr reviews the NZSO’s Berlioz, Debussy & Ravel programme, the Behn Quartet talk about their tour of New Zealand and we… Video

We look at new research that shows how biased humans are towards music, Placido Domingo takes to the stage at the Met, Bret McKenzie discusses the Muppets, and we hear Gareth Farr’s Cello Concerto and…

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…