Classical Music

Every Tuesday night, Porirua children from low-decile schools get together in a school hall to play classical music on borrowed instruments. The Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust works with local… Video, Audio, Gallery

Lynn Freeman talks to the winners of the NZSO TODD Corporation Young Composers Award - Jay Greenberg and Reuben Jelleyman. Audio

RNZ Concert's Sound Lounge host Kate Mead raises the baton on both contemporary classical music plus recent releases of old masters. Audio

Australian soprano Greta Bradman is a recitalist, concert and stage performer with many awards to her name - which might sound familiar. Greta's also the granddaughter of Australian cricketing legend… Audio

Grace Kim has been praised for her rich hypnotic playing. She says Spanish composer Manuel de Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain suits her temperament very well - romantic, passionate, fiery at… Audio

Composer John Elmsly has just begun his tenure as the Composer-in-Residence at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music. John studied electronic music composition at Victoria University with Douglas… Audio

Upbeat asks a panel of arts specialists to discuss the status of classical music to New Zealand audiences. Speakers are Michael Vinten President of the NZ Opera Society, Stephen Wainwright CEO of… Audio

'Slow', from the forthcoming Kin EP by Jessie Cassin Audio

Should schools be "force-feeding" children classical music as part and parcel of their music education? With Dr Rachael Dwyer, Research Fellow at the Queensland Conservatorium of Griffith University. Audio

Ilyich Rivas might be only 21, but he's already worked with a number of world-class orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony, London Philharmonic, and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. This week… Audio

Netherlands based Canadian pianist giving concerts around New Zealand this month. Audio

Swiss-based New Zealand violinist comes home to perform with the St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra. Audio

Peter Mechen speaks to recent octogenarian NZ Baritone Donald McIntyre about his many decades on the opera stage. Audio

Chamber Music New Zealand staff preview their contribution to Giving Tuesday. Audio

The most prestigious and yet misunderstood role in the orchestra must be that of the conductor. Kirsten Johnstone finds out about the art of conducting from some of New Zealand's well known Maestros.

Auckland Choral Composers of Waves upon Waves preview its premiere by Auckland Choral this weekend. Audio

Peter reviews last night's performance by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with guest violinist Nikita Boriso-Glebsky. Audio

Phillip Norman, author of Douglas Lilburn's biography, talks with Emma Smith about the life and work of this pioneering NZ orchestral and electroacoustic composer who will be honoured at the 2014 APRA… Audio